Today’s post responds to the news today that a long-running 5-year saga has finally come to an end with the Competition Appeal Tribunal has dismissed the Royal Mail’s challenge to a £50m Ofcom fine for abusing its position . In this post we will review the origins of the fine and the legal developments of the case, up to today’s ruling. In August 2018, the British communications regulator Ofcom announced that it was fining Royal Mail a record £50 million for practices that it undertook to squash the competition being offered by Whistl. Whistl is a delivery management company and was aiming to break into the wholesale mail delivery market in the UK. Whistl had alleged that Royal Mail, in its position as the market leader, had altered its pricing for firms who act as a go-between between businesses and the Royal Mail. Crucially, the Royal Mail had proposed a different set of charges for companies that also wanted to deliver the mail themselves, as well as act as the go-between...