Chambers of Jonathan Hirst QC and Nicholas Green QC
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Aidan Robertson QC
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Position
Queens counsel specialising in competition and state aid law C-403/08 and C-429/08 FA Premier League and Murphy, ongoing MasterCard EU General Court ongoing; eight appeals in construction industry in England cases CAT ongoing; BSkyB CA 2010; Merger Action Group CAT 2008; SanDisk High Court 2007; Somerfield CAT 2006; BCL Old Co (vitamins cartel damages claim) CAT 2005 and 2008; Genzyme CAT 2004 and 2005; RAJAR High Court 2004; IBA Health, CA 2004; C-308-10 GIL Insurance ECJ 2004; C-344/98 Masterfoods ECJ 2001; OFT and Competition Commission investigations: Tobacco Products 2010; Construction Recruitment Forum 2009; Construction industry in England 2009 Thermo Electron/GV Instruments 2007; Independent Schools 2006; DS Smith/Linpac 2004; Supermarket prices 2000 and New Motor Vehicles 2000); and EU Law (C-403/08 & C-429/08 FA Premier League & Murphy ECJ ongoing; T-212/07 Bowland Dairy Products CFI 2009; C-27/00 Omega ECJ 2002; C-380/98 University of Cambridge ECJ 2000); and public law (Interbrew High Court 2001).
Career
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales 1988-95; lecturer, Oxford University 1990-96; Fellow and tutor in law Wadham College, Oxford 1990-99; visiting lecturer Institute of European and Comparative Law, Oxford University 2003 to date; publications: ‘Commercial Agreements and Competition Law’, second edition with Nicholas Green QC (1997); co-editor of Vaughan & Robertson’s ‘Encyclopaedia of EU Law’ (OUP, looseleaf); contributor to Brick Court Chambers ‘Competition Litigation: UK Practice and Procedure’.
Member
Bar European Group; Law Society’s European Group; Administrative Law Bar Association; COMBAR; Bar Pro Bono Unit; Society of Legal Scholars and the Association of Law Teachers; editorial board member: European Competition Law Review, European Law Reports and UK Competition Law Reports.
Education
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne; Jesus College, Cambridge (1984 BA 1st; 1985 LLM 1st).
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; EU and competition
