Prohibited Practices

For a summary overview of the prohibited practice provisions of the Competition Act, click here

Some of the significant restrictive practice and compliance matters in which we have been instructed include:

» Acting for Harmony Gold and Durban Roodepoort Deep in their complaint referral to the Tribunal against Mittal Steel (formerly Iscor) regarding alleged excessive pricing practises.

» Acting for Independent News in a complaint brought by a rival publisher concerning allegations of abuse of dominance and restrictive vertical practices.

» Represented Qantas in its application for exemption in respect of its code-share arrangement with South African Airways.

» Acting for the American Natural Soda Ash Corporation in complaint proceedings brought against it concerning allegations of horizontal restrictive practises.

» Advised a national pathology laboratory in a complaint filed against it relating to allegations of horizontal restrictive practises and abuse of dominance in the form of excessive pricing.

» Acted for a major airline in an application for leniency under the Commission's corporate leniency policy.