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Rhodri Thompson KC
Position
Barrister specialising in EU law, UK and EU competition law, public law; recent cases include Ethernet, MasterCard, Tobacco, The Number v OFCOM and BT, Construction, Albion Water v OFWAT; GNER v ORR; Genzyme v OFT; Scottish Milk.
Career
Called 1989; QC 2002; founder member Matrix 2000; practising in Brussels 1990-92, and in London since 1993; chair, Matrix Management Committee 2004-06; contributor, ‘European Community Law of Competition’, 7th ed (Bellamy & Child, Sweet & Maxwell); ‘The Single Market for Pharmaceuticals’ (Butterworths 1994).
Memberships
Bar European Group; UKAEL; Competition Law Association; Joint Chair of Joint Working Party of the Bars and Law Societies of the United Kingdom.
Education
University College, Oxford (MA; BPhil); City University.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Competition
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Rhodri Thompson KC –Matrix Chambers ‘Rhodri is an advocate of choice before the CMA. He is highly skilled at pitching arguments to a Regulator in a way which they will listen to and accept.’
Drawing upon strong expertise in related areas of law such as EU, public, criminal and commercial litigation, Matrix Chambers is well placed to handle complex and high profile competition matters concerning state aid, public procurement, utilities regulation and commercial judicial review. Rhodri Thompson KC and Nicholas Gibson have continued to act for UK Trucks Claim Ltd in UK Trucks Claim v Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V and others, representing the proposed class representative in a collective damages action before the CAT under section 47B of the Competition Act. In R (SSE Generation Ltd) v CMA, the first time a decision of the CMA in its appellate capacity was subjected to judicial review, Christopher Brown achieved a favourable result for the regulator in a three-day hearing before the Court of Appeal.
London Bar > European Union law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Rhodri Thompson KC –Matrix Chambers ‘Rhodri considers all the angles in a case. A very cogent silk.’