Brick Court Chambers

Fergus Randolph KC is at the forefront of EU, sanctions and competition law litigation at the English bar. He regularly appears before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), General Court, all divisions of the High Court and the Competition Appeal Tribunal as well as acting for clients before competition regulators. In addition, Fergus is particularly sought after for his expertise in EU and UK Sanctions, Commercial Agency, Public Procurement and all aspects of EU related Judicial Review.  He also acts as an arbitrator in international disputes, particularly in the fields of sanctions and competition law.

He has been a member of the Bar Council Brexit/Future Relations committee and has been in regular discussions with civil servants on the Brexit transition and the eventual Trade and Cooperation Agreement agreed at the end of 2021.  He has written extensively on those arrangements and will continue to contribute his thoughts on the TCA.

Fergus is a full member of the Brussels bar and as such is entitled to advise and represent clients on matters of EU law before the EU Commission and the EU Courts in Luxembourg.

Prior to practising at the London bar, Fergus spent 15 years in Brussels including time at the European Commission and his practice has taken him to international jurisdictions such as Hong Kong, the Falkland Islands and the South Georgia Supreme Court.

His present cases include competition collective actions in the CAT, constitutional EU cases in the EU General Court and numerous sanctions issues involving the UK and EU regimes.

Throughout his career, he has appeared in many leading cases including White v. White (House of Lords), Lonsdale (House of Lords). Quark (South Georgia Supreme Court and the House of Lords), Ingmar (European Court of Justice), Arkin v. Borchard Lines (High Court and Court of Appeal), Albion Water (Competition Appeal Tribunal), Churchill Insurance v. Wilkinson (High Court, Court of Appeal and European Court of Justice), Bloomsbury International (Supreme Court), IRISL (General Court) and Tomanovic (CJEU Grand Chamber).