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Charles Hollander QC
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Position
Commercial: Winterthur v The Accident Group (after the event insurance claim against 634 firms of solicitors for negligence); Axa v Various firms of solicitors (after the event insurance-professional negligence); Buncefield litigation; Three Rivers litigation; Petroval v Stainby (money laundering in BVI-Yukos fraud); Investec v The Retail Group (exit fee on loan agreement); EU law: Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Services v AMRAC (Turf TV-Article 81); Viking Line v ITF and FSU (free movement rights-ship blacking in Finland) H3G v O2 (UK) (pre-action disclosure on Art 81 claim); adidas-salomon v Draper (tennis: Art 81 discrimination in dress code in grand slam rules) ; British Horseracing Board v Attheraces (excess pricing-art 82); Media: CSC v Video Performance Ltd (Copyright tribunal-royalty rate for music TV videos) Excelsior v YTV (rights to “Darling Buds of May” and “A Touch of Frost”), Barclays v Guardian (publication of confidential tax avoidance documentation. Sport: IAAF v Linford Christie (drugs), FA v Arsene Wenger, Joorabchian v West Ham, Wimbledon FC v Football League, Digicel v West Indies Cricket Board (Stanford 20/20).
Career
Called 1978; QC 1999. Publications: ‘Documentary Evidence’ 1st ed 1985, 10th ed 2009; ‘Conflicts of Interest and Chinese Walls’ 1st ed 2000, 3rd ed 2008. ‘Phipson on Evidence’ 17th ed 2009 (with others); Called to the Bar in Eastern Caribbean, Brunei and Gibraltar. Crown Court Recorder, Deputy High Court Judge (QB and Chancery Divisions). Chair of Standards Committee and Board Member, Bar Standards Board.
Education
University College School, Hampstead; Kings College, Cambridge (1977 BA Classics 1st; 1981 MA).
Practice Areas
Banking; Litigation - commercial; Sport
