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Position
Barrister specialising in EU, competition and administrative and VAT law. Has appeared in 100 cases before the Court of Justice of the EC and Court of First Instance acting for companies, private individuals and the UK Government. EU cases include Bourgoin v MAFF[1986], Factortame [1990 – 99], Saeger v Dennemeyer [1991] Ea, Werner v Finanzamt Aachen-Innenstadt [1993] ED; Optident Ltd v Secretary of State [2001] (HL), ICI v Colmer [1998] QRS v Frandsen [1999], Mann v SS for Employment [1999], R v SS for Health ex p Imperial Tobacco [2000] [2001] (HL), Foot-and-Mouth cases; Competition law – cases include Garden Cottage Foods v Milk Marketing Board [1984], R v MCA ex p Smith & Nephew [1996], In re Supply of Ready Mixed Concrete (No 2) [1995] (HL), Air France v Commission [1994] CFI, Apple v Apple [1992], Ford v Commission [1982, 1984, 1985], Ladbroke cases [1995-8] EC and CFI, (state aid) Cartonboard cases [1998] CFI; Seamless Tubes [2003] CFI; RCA v OFT [2005] (CAT); Albion Water v Ofwat [2006 – 2009] CAT. Devenish v BASF [2008] (CA), Judicial review – cases include R v British Coal and President of Board of Trade ex parte Vardy [1993], R v MAFF ex p Portman [1994]; R v Home Office ex parte Hoverspeed [1998], Imperial Tobacco [2000] R v MAFF exp BPISG [2000], R v SS for Trade and Industry ex parte Isle ofWight [2000]; R (ELFAA) v Department for Transport (2004), Abbey Mine v Co al Authority [2007]; VAT and direct tax – cases include Fine Art Developments [1996], ICI v Colmer [1998], First National Bank of Chicago [1998](ECJ), Thorn Materials (HL)[1998], Primback [2001], BUPA [2002], Tesco [2003], RAL [2002], Telewest [2005], Debenhams [2005], National Westminster Bank [2003], 3G [2006], R (Bermuda) v Ofcom [2008], Conde Nast [2008].
Career
Qualified 1979; Gray’s Inn; QC 1997; author of state aids chapter, ‘Common Market Law of Competition’ (Bellamy & Child, 5th edition); member of the Northern Ireland Bar; Treasurer, United Kingdom Association for European Law (1999 to date); Bencher, Gray’s Inn.
Languages
French, German.
Member
Panel of Arbitrators, Sports Dispute Resolution Panel.
Education
Corpus Christi, Cambridge (MA Law); Université Libre de Bruxelles (Licence Spéciale de Droit Européen, Grande Distinction).
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; EU and competition; Tax - VAT, C&E
