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Tony Singla
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Position
Tony Singla is a junior barrister with a broad practice which covers all aspects of commercial litigation and competition law. He also has experience of public law and sports law cases. Tony’s recent commercial work includes: ITV v Scottish Television (£30m contractual dispute relating to the Channel 3 network), AXA Seguros v Allianz Insurance (reinsurance claim arising out of hurricane damage to Mexico’s highway structure), Bloomsbury International v Holyoake (£200m fraud proceedings arising out of the collapse of the British Seafood group), Skype v Joltid (multibillion-pound licensing dispute against the founders of Skype), and Barclays Bank v The Guardian (obtaining an injunction for Barclays to prohibit the publication of confidential tax documents). Recent competition cases include: Imperial Tobacco v OFT (appeal against £100m fine for retail pricing practices in the tobacco industry), Intel v Commission (appeal against €1bn fine for infringement of Article 102 in the supply of computer chips), the Construction Cartel Appeals (acting in five of the 25 appeals against the OFT’s decision on cover pricing in the construction industry), and Virgin Media v BSkyB (Article 102 claim relating to the supply of pay TV channels). In addition, Tony has been instructed in a number of cartel damages claims such as Nokia v Hitachi. Tony has also acted in several high-profile public law and sports law cases, including R v Secretary of State for Education, ex p Kent County Council (judicial review in respect of the Government’s decision to cancel the Building Schools for the Future programme) and Stanford v Digicel (sponsorship dispute over the Stanford 20/20 for 20 cricket series in the West Indies).
Career
Called to the Bar in 2007 (Lincoln’s Inn). Retained Lecturer in Law at Oxford University, teaching contract law and competition law. Publications: ‘No restitutionary remedies for cartel victims’, ‘Solicitors Journal’ (November 2008); ‘The remedies (not) available for breaches of Article 81 EC’, (2008) European Competition Law Review 201-205; ‘Procedural aspects of unfair prejudice and the re-use of company names’, (2008) ‘Company Lawyer’ 214-216; ‘The fiduciary duties of resigning directors’, (2007) Company Lawyer 275-276; ‘Unfair prejudice in the Privy Council’, (2007) ‘Law Quarterly Review’ 542-546.
Languages
French.
Member
COMBAR; Bar European Group; Bar Pro Bono Unit.
Education
Winchester college; Pembroke College, Oxford University (BA (Hons) Law (First Class)), (BCL (Distinction)); Inns of Courts School of Law (Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding)).
Practice Areas
Commercial; EU and competition; Litigation - commercial
