‘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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Profile
Position
Tony Singla KC is recognised in Legal 500 as an “absolute star of the Bar”.
Tony is recommended as a leading silk in Legal 500 in seven fields: Banking and Finance, Civil Fraud, Commercial Litigation, Competition Law, Group Litigation, Insurance, and Professional Negligence. He also practises in International Arbitration and Sports Law. In particular, Tony is one of the leading practitioners at the Bar in group litigation such as shareholder claims under FSMA and competition class actions.
Tony is regularly instructed as the lead advocate in applications and trials in the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal. He is especially sought after for cases requiring extensive cross-examination of factual and expert witnesses. Tony is also an experienced appellate advocate, having appeared on numerous occasions in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. In addition, he appears frequently before arbitral tribunals under LCIA, ICC, and other rules.
Prior to taking silk, Tony was one of the leading juniors at the Commercial Bar. In 2014 he was awarded Commercial Litigation Junior of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards.
Career
Called 2007, Lincoln’s Inn; Retained Lecturer in Law, Oxford University, teaching contract law and competition law (2006-11). Publications: co-author of ‘Accountants’ Negligence and Liability’ (due to be published in 2016); contributing author of ’Competition Litigation: UK Practice and Procedure’ (OUP, 2010).
Silk 2021
Languages
French.
Memberships
COMBAR; Bar European Group; Bar Pro Bono Unit.
Education
Winchester College; Pembroke College, Oxford University (BA (Hons) Law (First Class)), (BCL (Distinction)); Inns of Courts School of Law (Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding)).
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Testimonials
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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.'