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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
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281 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
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www.blackstonechambers.com
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Blackstone Chambers (Chambers of Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Anthony Peto QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in public law, with a particular emphasis on the law of education, health and prisons. Cases include: R (Oxford Study Centre) v British Council [2001] EWHC 409 (Admin), [2001] ELR 803; Woolgar v Chief Constable of Sussex Police [2000] 1 WLR 25; Parents for Legal Action Limited v Northumberland County Council [2006] EWHC 1081 (Admin), [2006] ELR 397; R (Girling) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ 1779, [2007] QB 783; R (Brooke) v Parole Board [2008] EWCA Civ 29; Export Credits Guarantee Department v Friend of the Earth [2008] EWHC 638 (Admin); R (Roberts) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2008] EWHC 2714 (Admin); Sinha v General Medical Council [2008] EWHC 1732 (Admin); R (Easyjet Airline Co Ltd) v Civil Aviation Authority [2009] EWCA Civ 1361; R (Remedy UK Ltd) v General Medical Council [2010] EWHC 1245; SP v Secretary of State for Justice [2010] EWCA Civ 1590; British Pregnancy Advisory Service v Secretary of State for Health [2011] EWHC 235 (Admin).

Career

Qualified 1994, Inner Temple; junior counsel to the Crown (Attorney General’s ‘B’ panel).

Languages

French.

Education

Lester B Pearson United World College of the Pacific; King’s College, London; St John’s College, Oxford; University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) (1992 LLB Hons First Class; 1992 Matrise en Droit Français; 1993 BCL).

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Education; Professional disciplinary and regulatory law (including police law)

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