
Greg Adey
Greg specialises in competition law and all aspects of intellectual property law, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Greg was an Assistant Manager in the Pensions Actuarial department at KPMG LLP.
Greg’s current and recent instructions include:
Ad Tech Collective Action LLP v Alphabet Inc – acting for the class representative in opt-out collective proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in online advertising markets to the detriment of online publishers (led by Robert O’Donoghue KC and Gerry Facenna KC).
Utilita Energy Ltd v PayPoint Plc – acted for Utilita in a claim for damages before the Competition Appeal Tribunal alleging that PayPoint had abused its dominant position in the market for the provision of over-the-counter pre-payment services to energy suppliers (led by Derek Spitz).
DKH Retail Ltd v City Football Group Ltd – acted for Superdry in trade mark infringement proceedings against Manchester City Football Club relating to branding appearing on Premier League football training kit (led by Philip Roberts KC).
Cabo Concepts Ltd v MGA Entertainment (UK) Ltd – acted for the Claimant in a claim involving alleged infringements of competition law and unjustified threats of patent infringement, and a defence based on passing off (led by Ronit Kreisberger KC and Mark Chacksfield KC).
Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen v Meta Platforms Inc – acted for the class representative in opt-out collective proceedings before the Competition Appeal Tribunal alleging that Meta has abused its dominant position in the market for personal social networking services to the detriment of users (led by Robert O’Donoghue KC and Ronit Kreisberger KC).
Blackfridge SC Ltd v Tether Operations Ltd – acted for the Defendant in trade mark infringement proceedings before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court relating to stablecoin crypto assets (led by Philip Roberts KC).