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Chambers of Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Anthony Peto QC

BLACKSTONE HOUSE, TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7583 1770
Fax:
Fax 020 7822 7350
DX:
281 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.blackstonechambers.com
Email:

Michael Beloff QC

Tel:
Work +44 20 7583 1770
Email:
Blackstone Chambers (Chambers of Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Anthony Peto QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in public law; employment law; commercial law; education law; EC/human rights; and sports law.

Career

Called 1967, Grays Inn; Atkin Scholar; QC 1981; Recorder of Crown Court 1984-95; Master of Bench of Grays Inn 1988; deputy High Court judge 1989-96; judge of Court of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey since 1995; senior ordinary judge Court of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey 2005 to date; member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) since 1996; first chairman of the Administrative Law Bar Association 1986-89, currently vice-president and Emeritus chairman; vice-president of the Interception of Communications Tribunal (Guernsey) since 1998; president, Investigatory Powers Guernsey Tribunal 2005; deputy chairman of the Data Protection Tribunal (national security) UK (now the Information Commission, since 2000); chairman of the Interception of Communications Tribunal (Jersey) 2003-; chairman of the Code of Conduct Commission of the International Cricket Council 2001 to date; Ethics Commissioner London (2012); president, Trinity College, Oxford 1996-2006. Treasurer of Gray’s Inn 2008. Lifetime achievement award 2009 (‘Chambers Directory’ Bar Awards); member of FIA international appeal panel 2010; International Cricket Council’s World Cup 2011 dispute resolution panel member.

Languages

Working French.

Member

ALBA; PEBA; COMBAR; Singapore International Panel of Mediators.

Education

Dragon School, Eton (King’s Scholar); Magdalen College, Oxford (Demy; 1963 BA history; 1965 BA Law; 1967 MA); Farleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey (Hon Lit Hum); De Montfort University (Hon Doctorate Law); FRSA; FMPTI; FASS.

Leisure

Track and field spectator, cinema. Clubs: Reform Club (Political Committee); Vincents (honorary); The Gridiron; International Athletics Club (honorary); Steward Royal Automobile Club 2000 (honorary member).

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Civil liberties and human rights; Sport

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