‘Highly esteemed for its leadership in handling both competition and competition-adjacent claims’, members of Brick Court Chambers remain at the forefront of the most prominent matters in competition law across a variety of courts and tribunals. ’One of the most outstanding barristers of her generation’, Marie Demetriou KC led proceedings on behalf of millions of consumers in Merricks vs Mastercard, the first collective action to be certified, in a four-day appeal in the Court of Appeal, while Sarah Ford KC represented Mark McLaren Class Representative Limited on the second ever collective proceedings to reach trial following the CAT’s decision to make its first ever Collective Settlement Approval Order. The ‘creative and fantastically adaptable’ Daniel Jowell KC was successful in the high-profile and cross-border Epic Games vs Google matter, in obtaining permission for the claimant to allege excessive pricing by the technology giant for use of its app store, and Mark Hoskins KC was instructed to lead for a class representative in collective proceedings against Apple in litigation concerning its app store. An ’exceptionally strong advocate’, Tony Singla KC led on behalf the defendant in Gormsen vs Meta in hearings at the CAT and the Court of Appeal in a class action valued around £3bn.
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Marie Demetriou QC has a broad practice specialising in competition law, EU law, public law and human rights.  She is highly ranked in all of these areas by the legal directories and is regularly nominated for legal awards.  In 2018, Marie was shortlisted as the Lawyer’s Barrister of the Year and in 2016,Marie was awarded EU and Competition Law Silk of the Year by Legal 500, which in addition nominated her as Public Law Silk of the Year.  Marie was also one of three nominees for Chambers & Partners Competition Law Silk of the Year. In 2015, Marie was appointed Standing Counsel to the Competition and Markets Authority, a position she continues to hold, representing the CMA in its major litigation in the courts.Marie has been Chair of the Bar European Group between 2016-2018.

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  • 'The clerks provide an excellent service with Tony Burgess and Ben Rippengale being particularly impressive.'
  • 'Very experienced clerks. Tony Burgess is particularly user friendly.'
  • 'The clerks room is generally very good and responsive. Day-to-day, James Knapp in particular is very good to deal with.
  • 'Clerks' outreach is very good. They're responsive and constructive.'
  • 'The go-to competition set. Their team's experience, both in top flight competition work and commercial work, sets them apart.'
  • 'Brick Court have great bench strength throughout and have a breadth of excellent counsel at all levels, ensuring that a strong, joined up team, is available to assist even with complex multi-party matters.'
  • 'The pinnacle of competition law chambers.'
  • 'Brick Court is one of the preeminent barristers' chambers for commercial and competition law, including group litigation.'