R (Gallaher Group Ltd) v The Competition and Markets Authority [2018] UKSC 25

Plea deals allow public authorities to dispense with cases (that would otherwise be very expensive to run) in a timely and efficient manner. The problem is that this leaves a great deal of discretion to a public authority that can be exercised in an arbitrary fashion. In this week's episode we look at a judicial review of an early resolution agreement offered by the Competition and Markets Authority that was applied inconsistently between parties. Music from bensound.com