In the light of fundamental changes proposed in relation to competition law in Europe in 2000, Professor Christopher Bovis, Jean Monnet Chair of European and Business law at the University of Central Lancashire, analyses present and future procedural competition law. Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.