UK - Decision of the Office of Fair Trading No. CA 98/07/2004
TM Property Services Limited's complaint against MacDonald Dettwiler (Hub) Limited and MacDonald Dettwiler (Channel) Ltd (trading as Transaction Online) 18 August 2004 (Case CE-2941/03).
SUMMARY The OFT has concluded that MacDonald Dettwiler (Hub) Limited (MDHL) and MacDonald Dettwiler (Channel) Limited (trading as Transaction Online) (TOL), both wholly owned subsidiaries of MacDonald Dettwiler Ltd, have not infringed the prohibition imposed by section 18 of the Competition Act 1998 (the Act).
The OFT's investigation was initiated by a complaint made by TM Property Services Limited (TM), which alleged that MDHL and TOL were abusing a dominant position in the market for property searches by: adopting a pricing policy which results in a margin squeeze; pricing at predatory levels; and charging excessive prices. The relevant product market in this case is the market for the delivery of LLC1 and Con29 property searches.
The OFT has concluded that MDHL and TOL do not hold a dominant position in this market. The OFT has therefore decided that MDHL and TOL have not infringed the prohibition imposed by section 18 of the Act.
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