Dr David Reader

  • Senior Lecturer in Competition Law (Law)

Publications

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2025

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2025) Response to CMA market investigation into Veterinary services for household pets: Remedies working paper (27 May 2025). Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority. (In Press)

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2025) Parental Liability in EU Competition Law: A Legitimacy-Focused Approach, Peter Whelan. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press. 2023. 624 pp. £195.00. ISBN 9780198844839. World Competition, [Book Review] (Accepted for Publication)

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2025) Response to CMA Market Investigation into Veterinary Services for Household Pets: Working Papers. Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority.

2024

Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609 and Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2024) Draft Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuse of Dominance – CREATe contributes to European Commission’s Consultation. [Website]

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Written submission to the Senedd Cymru Petitions Committee (P-06-1291: Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales). Documentation. Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) Petitions Committee.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Response to CMA Market Investigation into Veterinary Services for Household Pets: Consumer Survey Draft Questionnaire. Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Response to CMA Market Investigation into Veterinary Services for Household Pets: Issues Statement. Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Paws for thought: putting UK vet acquisitions on a tightened leash. CPI Antitrust Chronicle, 2024(Jun II),

CREATe Team, Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609, Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Thomas, Amy (2024) Press X to Kill: an IP-competition conversation on Microsoft’s game studio closures (part 2). [Website]

CREATe Team, Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609, Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Thomas, Amy (2024) Press X to Kill: an IP-competition conversation on Microsoft’s game studio closures (part 1). [Website]

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2024) Merger (withdrawal). In: Healey, Deborah, Whish, Richard, Kovacic, William E. and Trevisan, Pablo (eds.) Global Dictionary of Competition Law. Concurrences. ISBN 9781939007056

2023

Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609 and Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2023) Taking aim at innovation-crushing mergers: a killer instinct unleashed? Yearbook of European Law, 42, pp. 286-321. (doi: 10.1093/yel/yead013)

2022

Harker, Michael and Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2022) How statutory duties shape the decision making of an economic regulator: insights from the energy regulatory community, past and present. Journal of Law and Society, 49(1), pp. 118-150. (doi: 10.1111/jols.12339)

2021

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2021) UK merger control: finely tailored but time for a new suit? In: Rodger, Barry, Whelan, Peter and MacCulloch, Angus (eds.) The UK Competition Regime: A Twenty-Year Retrospective. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 169-200. ISBN 9780198868026 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198868026.003.0007)

2018

Deller, David, Waddams Price, Catherine, Errington, Elizabeth, Fletcher, Amelia, Hargreaves, Tom, Harker, Michael, Longhurst, Noel, Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Turner, Glen (2018) Fairness in Retail Energy Markets? Evidence from the UK. A report by the Centre for Competition Policy. Documentation. UK Energy Research Centre.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2018) Extending ‘National Security’ in merger control and investment: a good deal for the UK? Competition Law International, 14(1), pp. 35-52.

2017

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2017) UK Merger Control: Law & Practice 3rd edition. Sweet & Maxwell (2016) ISBN: 9780414034167. By Nigel Parr, Roger Finbow and Matthew Hughes. European Competition Law Review, 38(11), pp. 530-531. [Book Review]

2014

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2014) Pfizer/AstraZeneca and the public interest: do U.K. foreign takeover proposals prescribe an effective remedy? CPI Antitrust Chronicle(1),

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2014) Does Ofcom Offer a credible solution to bias in media public interest mergers in the United Kingdom? CPI Antitrust Chronicle,

2013

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2013) UK public interest mergers: uncertain times ahead. CCP Research Bulletin(26), pp. 18-19.

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 14:33:27 2025 BST.
Number of items: 20.

Articles

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Paws for thought: putting UK vet acquisitions on a tightened leash. CPI Antitrust Chronicle, 2024(Jun II),

Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609 and Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2023) Taking aim at innovation-crushing mergers: a killer instinct unleashed? Yearbook of European Law, 42, pp. 286-321. (doi: 10.1093/yel/yead013)

Harker, Michael and Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2022) How statutory duties shape the decision making of an economic regulator: insights from the energy regulatory community, past and present. Journal of Law and Society, 49(1), pp. 118-150. (doi: 10.1111/jols.12339)

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2018) Extending ‘National Security’ in merger control and investment: a good deal for the UK? Competition Law International, 14(1), pp. 35-52.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2014) Pfizer/AstraZeneca and the public interest: do U.K. foreign takeover proposals prescribe an effective remedy? CPI Antitrust Chronicle(1),

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2014) Does Ofcom Offer a credible solution to bias in media public interest mergers in the United Kingdom? CPI Antitrust Chronicle,

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2013) UK public interest mergers: uncertain times ahead. CCP Research Bulletin(26), pp. 18-19.

Book Sections

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2024) Merger (withdrawal). In: Healey, Deborah, Whish, Richard, Kovacic, William E. and Trevisan, Pablo (eds.) Global Dictionary of Competition Law. Concurrences. ISBN 9781939007056

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2021) UK merger control: finely tailored but time for a new suit? In: Rodger, Barry, Whelan, Peter and MacCulloch, Angus (eds.) The UK Competition Regime: A Twenty-Year Retrospective. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 169-200. ISBN 9780198868026 (doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198868026.003.0007)

Book Reviews

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2025) Parental Liability in EU Competition Law: A Legitimacy-Focused Approach, Peter Whelan. 1st Edition. Oxford University Press. 2023. 624 pp. £195.00. ISBN 9780198844839. World Competition, [Book Review] (Accepted for Publication)

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2017) UK Merger Control: Law & Practice 3rd edition. Sweet & Maxwell (2016) ISBN: 9780414034167. By Nigel Parr, Roger Finbow and Matthew Hughes. European Competition Law Review, 38(11), pp. 530-531. [Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2025) Response to CMA market investigation into Veterinary services for household pets: Remedies working paper (27 May 2025). Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority. (In Press)

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2025) Response to CMA Market Investigation into Veterinary Services for Household Pets: Working Papers. Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Written submission to the Senedd Cymru Petitions Committee (P-06-1291: Hold an enquiry into the corporate takeover of the veterinary profession in Wales). Documentation. Welsh Parliament (Senedd Cymru) Petitions Committee.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Response to CMA Market Investigation into Veterinary Services for Household Pets: Consumer Survey Draft Questionnaire. Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority.

Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Summers, Scott (2024) Response to CMA Market Investigation into Veterinary Services for Household Pets: Issues Statement. Documentation. Competition and Markets Authority.

Deller, David, Waddams Price, Catherine, Errington, Elizabeth, Fletcher, Amelia, Hargreaves, Tom, Harker, Michael, Longhurst, Noel, Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Turner, Glen (2018) Fairness in Retail Energy Markets? Evidence from the UK. A report by the Centre for Competition Policy. Documentation. UK Energy Research Centre.

Website

Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609 and Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 (2024) Draft Guidelines on Exclusionary Abuse of Dominance – CREATe contributes to European Commission’s Consultation. [Website]

CREATe Team, Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609, Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Thomas, Amy (2024) Press X to Kill: an IP-competition conversation on Microsoft’s game studio closures (part 2). [Website]

CREATe Team, Eben, Magali ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-7609, Reader, David ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-6570 and Thomas, Amy (2024) Press X to Kill: an IP-competition conversation on Microsoft’s game studio closures (part 1). [Website]

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 14:33:27 2025 BST.

Supervision

  • Zhu, Yingying
    A critical analysis of the application of merger control in China and in the European Union to big data