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6-7 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DE
England
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Anna Medvinskaia
Position
Anna practises in all areas of consumer and regulatory law.
Career
Called 2008 at Lincoln’s Inn. Experience in a number of international organisations, including the United Nations and the European Commission.
Specialism in consumer and regulatory law, including unfair trading, misleading and comparative advertising, product labelling and liability, consumer contracts, food law and regulated lending. Particular expertise in EU consumer law, the primary authority scheme and judicial reviews. Recent work includes acting on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority in the Court of Appeal case of Gahan v Emirates (delay and missed connections under Regulation 261/2004) and acting as sole counsel in the Administrative Court on behalf of Newcastle City Council in R. (Kingston upon Hull City Council) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2016] EWHC 1064 (Admin).
Publications of note: contributing author, Kirk and Ross, Modem Financial Regulation (Jordans, 2013); EU law contributing editor and author of advertising chapter, Lewin and Kirk, Trading Standards: Law and Practice (Jordans, 2015).
Languages
English, French, Russian, Swedish.
Memberships
Bar European Group; Food Law Group.
Education
London School of Economics (2007 LLB); University of Cambridge (2011 LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Consumer
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Anna Medvinskaia –Gough Square Chambers ‘Anna is a compelling advocate.’
London Bar > Local government (including rating law)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Anna Medvinskaia – Gough Square ‘Anna’s advice is pragmatic, concise and easy to understand.’
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4‘Strong in advising on regulatory law,’ Gough Square Chambers has a particular focus on this space on retail products, acting for most of the UK’s major banks, alongside receiving instructions from government bodies including HM Treasury and the FCA. Iain MacDonald has a broad banking and financial services practice, with a focus on retail banking, while Simon Popplewell has dealt with numerous cases before the FCA Regulatory Decisions Committee and other major, including Various SAM Borrowers v Bank of Scotland, with Simon acting for the bank in respect of a challenge to shared appreciation mortgages, where the amount to repay is linked to the price of the property at the time of redemption. The challenges were made on the basis of the unfair relationship provisions in the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Anna Medvinskaia is a notable junior in the team.