As a specialist litigation firm, Assheton-Smith Ginsberg Incorporated deals with litigation and dispute management arising from the provisions of the Competition Act. Our legal expertise includes the following:

instituting and defending complaints of abuse of dominance and prohibited practices (including horizontal and vertical restrictive practices);

instituting and defending applications for interim relief; and

taking decisions on review and appeals.

Craig Assheton–Smith instituted one of the first applications for interim relief when he acted for a flower bulb fundraising scheme against flower bulb producer Hadeco.

 

He is currently engaged in opposing interim relief proceedings brought against a UK-based producer of control systems. He has recently successfully brought an application in respect of the recovery of costs in the Competition Tribunal.

 

Craig has also represented the Competition Commission in the first appeal to the Competition Appeal Court against the Competition Tribunal’s review of a decision made by the Competition Commission.