공정거래 관련 분쟁의 피해구제 활성화를 위한 조정제도 확대 방안 고찰

A study on the Enlargement Proposal of the Mediation Regime in order to Enhance Damage Relief regarding Fair Trade Disputes

The Korean judicial procedure has limitation to gain damage relief. It is very difficult to prove evidence of loss caused to the parties entitled to compensation. Also, injured parties suffered in unfair trade practices are often too small to make it cost-effective for individual parties to bring claims for compensation. On the other hands, the Mediation system could obtain fair compensation for minimal cost and effort. The mediation system could provide that businesses can gain access to compensation more quickly, easily and without costs of litigation. However, the regulation about meditation system in the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act is not permitted to apply to the mediation process when government authority is ongoing investigation or where an infringement decision already been made by the authority. But if these cases could use the mediation system, the parties can get their compensation more easily and effectively than litigation system. Moreover, competition law infringements tend to be committed by dominant parties. If the dominant parties abuse their position of market strength, the suffer parties are hard to bring a suit or apply to the mediation system. So, the collective dispute mediation regime is needed to expand. Therefore, in order to enhance damage relief regarding Fair Trade disputes cost-efficient manner, the mediation system on the competition Act should be improved more expanded.