In the first-ever appeal to the General Division of the High Court (High Court) under the Competition Act 2004 (Act), Philip Jeyaretnam J allowed the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore’s appeal against the Competition Appeal Board’s decision and restored a finding that warehouse operators at Keppel Distripark infringed section 34 of the Act by exchanging WhatsApp messages about a proposed price surcharge: Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore v CNL Logistic Solutions Pte Ltd and another [2026] SGHC 139.
In doing so, the High Court set out the factors that should be considered in determining whether the conduct of competitors amounts to a restriction of competition “by object” under the Act.
In this update, our Head of the Antitrust & Competition Practice Ameera Ashraf and Partners Chan Jia Hui and Clarissa Koh take a look at, and distil the key takeaways from, this landmark decision.
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Ameera ASHRAF
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CHAN Jia Hui
Partner – Antitrust & Competition
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Clarissa KOH
Partner – Antitrust & Competition
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