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Group Litigation - All Circuits

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What the Team is Known For

Brick Court Chambers is a leading set in competition law and demonstrates particular strength in the emergent class action regime in that field. Members have distinguished themselves by appearing in a number of seminal cases, including Lloyd v Google and Merricks v Mastercard. They have also acted in Northern Rock Mortgage Prisoners, a group action by thousands of mortgage holders who allege they have been treated unfairly by their lenders. Their strength, one source reports, is in their "unparalleled competition law expertise."

Paul Dennison and Tony Burgess are joint senior clerks.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Helen Davies
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Helen Davies
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Band 1

Helen Davies KC has been instructed in a number of the leading group actions. She is highly experienced in claims concerning vehicle emissions, consumer finance and a range of other matters.

She is brilliant at everything - on her feet and written advice.

She is truly brilliant with star quality.

She is excellent.

Absolutely at the top of her game - without doubt the top silk in the group action market.

Victoria Wakefield
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Victoria Wakefield
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Band 1

Victoria Wakefield KC has a sophisticated group litigation practice and is known for her extensive experience in precedent-setting cases on representative actions in the competition sphere.

She is a great talent and a fantastic advocate. She fights her clients' corners very well.

Daniel Jowell
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Daniel Jowell
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Band 2

Daniel Jowell KC is a prominent silk with deep expertise in group litigation actions. He has experience acting for both claimants and defendants in highly visible matters, such as the Trucks litigation and Which? v Qualcomm.

Danny is one of the established names at the Bar. He is a very calm and collected advocate. He is amazing and I rate him very highly.

Marie Demetriou
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Marie Demetriou
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Band 2

Marie Demetriou KC is a hugely impressive competition-specialist silk with a vast knowledge of precedent-setting work in collective actions, including certification matters.

Her advocacy, she would charm the birds from the trees. She has a really smooth and easy-going advocacy style, its magical to see. She's tremendous.

Marie is a fantastic, a brilliant advocate, and she is also a pleasure to work with.

She is exceptionally talented and brilliant.

Mark Hoskins
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Mark Hoskins
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Band 2

Mark Hoskins KC is highly regarded for his work in major collective actions, particularly in the competition law field.

His advocacy style is very clear. His approach is to distil something very complex into something very simple which is a real skill as an advocate. He can cut through it and pull out the core issues.

Tony Singla
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Tony Singla
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Band 2

Tony Singla KC has an impressive body of experience in group litigation, generally acting for defendants. His expertise encompasses evolving areas including competition collective proceedings and Section 90A FSMA.

A total superstar at the Bar - Tony is brilliant to work with.

He is a heavyweight of the future, he has a sharp legal brain and has the respect of the bench. He has very good judgement, is very quick on his feet and is responsive to interactions with judges.

Gerard Rothschild
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Gerard Rothschild
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Band 3

Gerard Rothschild has a strong practice in collective proceedings in the Competition Appeal Tribunal, where he has been involved in some of the leading cases in that regime, including the interchange fees litigation and the power cables collective proceedings.

Gerard is very much across the detail and is a highly skilled technical barrister for substantive and procedural law.

Gerard is a very smart guy. He was very good on the tactical and strategic issues of the case. He is an extremely good junior to work with.

Gerard has a best-in-class ability to think creatively and apply the law from a vast array of different areas to form commercially-minded legal winning arguments.

Gerard is a versatile commercial lawyer with a skill set in group litigation.

Joanne Box
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Joanne Box
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Band 3

Joanne Box has a thriving practice in group claims arising in a diversity of areas. Her experience notably spans both group litigation orders and collective proceedings bids.

She is very good to work with, very bright and down to earth.

Joanne is very good at getting into the detail, writes well, is very responsive and can pick things up at a moment's notice.

Matthew Kennedy
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Matthew Kennedy
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Band 3

Matthew Kennedy is well regarded for his appearances in competition and data protection-based group litigation. He has impressive experience acting in heavyweight collective actions.

Matthew is superb and very hard-working. He has a phenomenal memory. His advocacy style is really good - a real master of the issues.

Sarah Abram
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Sarah Abram
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Band 3

Sarah Abram KC is a well-respected barrister known for her work in large-scale consumer group litigation.

First-rate barrister. She secured good outcomes for us and gets on well with courts. One of my favourite go-to silks.

She is very impressive on her feet, a forceful advocate. She is imaginative and creative in a good way, she sees solutions and provides good, clear, crisp advice.

Sarah is a great communicator and is able to cut through to the heart of the case straight away.

Charles Hollander
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Charles Hollander
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Band 4

Charles Hollander KC is acknowledged for his ability to bring strategic insight to large-scale group actions. He has been instructed for the claimants in Municipia de Mariana v BHP Billiton, among other major pieces of litigation.

He has the respect of the judges when on his feet.

Emma Mockford
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Emma Mockford
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Band 4

Emma Mockford has built a strong profile in the developing area of collective proceedings. Key instructions include those in the Trucks litigation and Glencore.

Emma Mockford is fantastic. She is bright and hard-working, with a nice manner and approach.

Emma is sharp, commercial and practical, and an excellent advocate.

She is absolutely brilliant and has real quality.

Fred Wilmot-Smith
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Fred Wilmot-Smith
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Band 4

Fred Wilmot-Smith is quickly become a highly regarded junior in group claims in tax law, and is particularly recognised for his technical expertise in remedies and restitution.

He knows more about restitution that anyone. He has an exceptional academic background but is still commercial and practical. He's just got an absolutely encyclopaedic knowledge.

He's very clever, very articulate and argues his cases very well. He's very good at dealing with how specialist areas of law intersect with more generalist private law.

Fred is an up-and-coming and dynamic junior.

Fred is extremely bright, no question about that. He's a good clear writer, strong in court and good on his feet.

Fred is a star.

Jennifer MacLeod
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Jennifer MacLeod
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Band 4

Jennifer MacLeod boasts an admirable group litigation practice. With expertise in competition law and administrative law, Ms MacLeod acts in cases involving both commercial aspects and human rights and EU law aspects.

She delivers excellent written and oral submissions. She's a good egg and a good advocate.

She is a brilliant person to work with, has excellent customer service and can corral a team. She's someone you'd want on every matter. She's excellent in court and a clear writer.

She works incredibly hard and is very committed to her cases and her client.

Ranked Barristers at
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Silks (KC)

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Group Litigation

Helen Davies KC
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Helen Davies KC
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Band 1
Victoria Wakefield KC
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Victoria Wakefield KC
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Band 1
Daniel Jowell KC
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Daniel Jowell KC
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Band 2
Marie Demetriou KC
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Marie Demetriou KC
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Band 2
Mark Hoskins KC
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Mark Hoskins KC
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Band 2
Tony Singla KC
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Tony Singla KC
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Band 2
Sarah Abram KC
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Sarah Abram KC
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Band 3
Charles Hollander KC
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Charles Hollander KC
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Juniors

All Circuits

Group Litigation

Gerard Rothschild
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Gerard Rothschild
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Band 3
Joanne Box
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Joanne Box
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Band 3
Matthew Kennedy
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Matthew Kennedy
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Band 3
Emma Mockford
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Emma Mockford
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Band 4
Fred Wilmot-Smith
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Fred Wilmot-Smith
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Band 4
Jennifer MacLeod
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Jennifer MacLeod
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Band 4