Price fixing: former employees not liable for company's breach of competition law

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  Safeway Stores Ltd and others v Twigger and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1472 CA (1 other report)

  • Liability for penalty: Company cannot seek indemnity from directors for penalty imposed under competition legislation

    Date:

    15 June 2011

    In Safeway Stores Ltd and others v Twigger and others [2010] EWCA Civ 1472 CA, the Court of Appeal struck out a supermarket's claim to recover the costs of a penalty for breach of the Competition Act 1998 from the directors and employees responsible for the infringement.