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Isabel Buchanan
Position
Barrister specialising in civil liberties & human rights, public international law, public & regulatory, commercial litigation, employment, sport, media & entertainment, telecommunications and EU & competition. Full professional career details can be found at www.blackstonechambers.com.
Career
Qualified July 2015, Lincoln’s Inn
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Immigration (including business immigration)
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Isabel Buchanan –Blackstone Chambers
‘Isabel is very smart and provides top quality advice. She understands cases and their facts quickly and thinks creatively to find solutions. Her legal analysis is top quality and she is a pleasure to work with.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Isabel Buchanan –Blackstone Chambers ‘Isabel has a sharp legal mind. She is a fantastic communicator and provides top quality advice.’
London Bar > Competition
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Isabel Buchanan – Blackstone Chambers ‘Isabel is extremely bright and very responsive. She produces clear, thorough and well-written analysis and presents well. She is also adept at grasping the key issues on a large piece of competition litigation.’
Blackstone Chambers offers ‘great strength in depth, at both silk and junior level’ for competition work, operating at the forefront of regulatory and private damages actions in the UK; as well as a recognised reputation for international expertise, representing governments, regulators, defendants and claimants across multiple jurisdictions. Acting under temporary admission to the Hong Kong Bar, Competition Commission of Hong Kong v W Hing Construction, James Segan KC represented the Commission in the first case heard in the that forum about pecuniary penalties for contravention of that jurisdiction’s competition law. In two significant judgments handed down by the CAT, Brian Kennelly KC and Paul Luckhurst represented UBS in a case regarding applications for opt-out collective proceedings under 47B of the Competition Act; while Monica Carss-Frisk KC, Jessica Boyd KC, Isabel Buchanan and Tom Coates appeared in CityFibre Limited v Ofcom, with the tribunal dismissing CityFibre’s appeal under section 192 of the Communications Act 2003.