Chambers of Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Anthony Peto QC
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Monica Carss-frisk QC
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Position
Barrister specialising in public law (including regulatory, commercial judicial review, immigration), human rights, EU and competition, telecommunications and employment law (including discrimination). Interesting recent cases include: ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4; HJ (Iran) v SSHC; HT (Cameroon) v SSHC [2010] 3 WLR 386; Ahmed Mahad (Ethiopia) v ECO [2010] 1 WLR 48; Rabone v Pennine Care NHS Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 698; Telefonica O2 UK Ltd v Ofcom [2010] CAT 25; National Grid plc v Gas & Electricity Markets Authority [2010] EWCA Civ 114; Sugar v BBC [2009] UKHL9; EM (Lebanon) v SSHD [2008] UKHL 64; Baiai & Trzcinska v SSHD [2008] UKHL 53; AL (Serbia) v SSHD [2008] UKHL 42; Ofcom v Floe Telecom Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 47; Van Colle v Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Police [2008] UKHL 39; Gray v Marlborough College [2006] EWCA Civ 1262; Floe Telecommunications v Ofcom [2006] 4 All ER 688; In the matter of T&N Ltd and Others [2006] 1 WLR 2831; OFT v The Officers Club [2005] EWHC 1080 (Ch); R (Amicus) v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2004] IRLR 430; Chaudhary v Secretary of State for Health; R (H and B) v SSHD [2005] I WLR 1063; R (Bagdanavicius) v SSHD [2005] 2 WLR 1359, HL (E); N v SSHD [2005] 2AC296; R (Khadir) v SSHD [2005] 4 ALL ER 114 HL (E); Ghaidan v Mendoza [2004] 3 WLR 113; R (Interbrew SA) v Competition Commission and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Moses J) LTR 12/11/2001; Corner House v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry [2005] 1 WLR 2600, CA; R (Gezer) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (17 December 2004); Huang/Kashmiri/Al-Qulbain v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] 3 WLR 2600, CA; Reverend Moon v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] UKIAT 00112.
Career
Qualified 1985; Bencher of Gray’s Inn; junior counsel to the Crown (common law) 1999; QC 2001. Publications: co-editor ‘Halsbury’s Laws of England’, 4th ed re-issue: ‘Constitutional Law and Human Rights’; co-editor ‘Human Rights Law and Practice’; co-editor ‘European Employment Law and the UK’.
Languages
Swedish, working knowledge of Finnish.
Education
University College, London (LLB); Oxford University (BCL).
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; EU and competition; Employment
