High Court imposes limits in CRH probe

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission cannot use certain materials, including emails of a senior executive of cement giant CRH, seized as part of an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices, the High Court has ruled.

The materials were taken by officers of the Commission following an unannounced ‘dawn raid’ at the Irish Cement Limited, which is a subsidiary of CRH, plant at Platin, Co Meath, near Drogheda, on May 14, 2014.

Mr Justice Max Barrett yesterday ruled the Commission was not entitled to take or use certain materials seized.