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David Anderson QC
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Position
QC specialising in EU law, public law, competition law, human rights; has appeared in over 130 cases in the European Court of Justice and over 30 cases before the European Commission and Court of Human Rights; appears also in the full range of English courts and tribunals, with particular emphasis on commercial judicial review, human rights, competition law and all aspects of EU law; recent cases include: L’Oréal v eBay (trade marks, pending), UEFA v Commission (football broadcasting, 2011), Kadi v Council (sanctions and international law, 2010), R (Gaunt) v Ofcom (freedom of speech, 2010), Demopoulos v Cyprus (right to property, 2010). Appointed part-time independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, 2011.
Career
Called 1985; Middle Temple; Covington & Burling, Washington DC 1985-86; Cabinet of Lord Cockfield, EC Commission 1987-88; Brick Court Chambers since 1988; junior counsel to the Crown, common law 1995-99; Visiting Professor Kings College, London since 1999; QC 1999; Recorder 2004; LCIA arbitrator; general editor, OUP EU Law series; author, ‘References to the European Court’ (Sweet & Maxwell) 2nd edition 2002.
Languages
French.
Member
Bar European Group; Administrative Law Bar Asssociation; Human Rights Lawyers’ Association; British Institute of International and Comparative Law (trustee).
Education
New College, Oxford; Downing College, Cambridge.
Leisure
Off-road cycling, mountains, sailing, history.
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; Civil liberties and human rights; EU and competition
