The UK’s new competition regime for digital markets: to remedy a gap in the CMA’s toolkit

Abstract

The Government has introduced a new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill to Parliament, which will as currently drafted have a significant impact on how competition law is enforced in the digital space. This article considers how recent CMA activity has shaped the rationale for the new legislation, and how the CMA’s caseload has highlighted a desire for key reforms to the UK competition law regime.