date:Jan 15, 2013
ch of the UKs European Union Treaty obligations as it would restrain trade. In a case expected to last up to eight days, it will contend that minimum pricing breaches the Act of Union that stipulates there must be a common market across the UK. Aidan ONeill QC will represent the SWA.
SWA chief executive Gavin Hewitt said: For more than 30 years the European Court of Justice has consistently found minimum pricing to be an illegal barrier to trade. If countries wish to raise the price of alcoholi