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Hong Kong antitrust court flags 'misleading' guidance in price-fixing case

By Yonnex Li ( October 24, 2025, 05:22 GMT | Insight) -- Hong Kong’s Competition Tribunal has ruled that part of its own procedural guidance is “misleading,” after finding that the sanctioned payment mechanism under court rules cannot apply to competition-enforcement cases. Judge Jonathan Harris noted that the tribunal must independently determine all antitrust violations and cannot accept settlement offers that bypass judicial scrutiny.Hong Kong’s Competition Tribunal has ruled that part of its own procedural guidance is “misleading,” after finding that the sanctioned payment mechanism under court rules cannot apply to competition-enforcement cases....

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