Brick Court Chambers
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Heads of Chambers: Mark Howard KC, Helen Davies KC
Senior Clerks: Tony Burgess, Paul Dennison
Tenants: 110
WORK UNDERTAKEN
Banking, finance, insurance, reinsurance, shipping, private international law, professional negligence, media and entertainment law, takeovers and mergers, sports law and public international law. An outstanding team of EU and competition litigation specialists appear in all English courts and tribunals, before the CMA and CAT, the Court of Justice and General Court. With expertise in human rights and in commercial and regulatory judicial review the set combines strengths in commercial, competition, international/EU and public law.
- Mark Howard KC (1980) (KC-1996)
- Helen Davies KC (1991) (KC-2008)
- Hilary Heilbron KC (1971) (KC-1987)
- Stephen Ruttle KC (1976) (KC-1997)
- William Wood KC (1980) (KC-1998)
- Charles Hollander KC (1978) (KC-1999) (2015 HK)
- Lord Anderson KBE KC (1985) (KC-1999)
- Sue Prevezer KC (1983) (KC-2000)
- Catharine Otton-Goulder KC (1983) (KC-2000)
- Richard Lord KC (1981) (KC-2002)
- Michael Swainston KC (1985) (KC-2002)
- James Flynn KC (1978) (KC-2003)
- Tom Adam KC (1991) (KC-2008)
- Tim Lord KC (1992) (KC-2008)
- Vernon Flynn KC (1991) (KC-2008)
- Fergus Randolph KC (1985) (KC-2009)
- Mark Hoskins KC (1991) (KC-2009)
- Aidan Robertson KC (1995) (KC-2009)
- Richard Slade KC (1987) (KC-2010)
- Harry Matovu KC (1988) (KC-2010)
- Jemima Stratford KC (1993) (KC-2010)
- Daniel Jowell KC (1995) (KC-2011)
- Simon Salzedo KC (1995) (KC-2011)
- Michael Bools KC (1991) (KC-2012)
- Paul Bowen KC (1993) (KC-2012)
- Marie Demetriou KC (1995) (KC-2012)
- Roger Masefield KC (1985) (KC-2013)
- Jasbir Dhillon KC (1996) (KC-2013)
- Simon Birt KC (1998) (KC-2015)
- Sarah Lee KC (1990) (KC-2016)
- Salim Moollan KC (1998) (KC-2016)
- Maya Lester KC (2000) (KC-2016)
- Thomas Plewman KC (2009) (KC-2016)
- Jeremy Gauntlett KC (1993) (SC-1989 SA) (KC- 2017)
- Robert O’Donoghue KC (1996) (KC-2017)
- Stephen Midwinter KC (2002) (KC-2017)
- Sarah Ford KC (2002) (KC-2017)
- Nicholas Saunders KC (2001) (KC-2018)
- Alec Haydon KC (1993) (KC-2019)
- Margaret Gray KC (1998) (KC-2019)
- Fionn Pilbrow KC (2001) (KC-2019)
- Victoria Wakefield KC (2003) (KC-2019)
- Colin West KC (1999) (KC-2020)
- David Scannell KC (2003) (KC-2020)
- James McClelland KC (2004) (KC-2021)
- Tony Singla KC (2007) (KC-2021)
- Sarah Abram (2006) (KC-2022)
- Richard Eschwege (2008) (KC-2023)
- Craig Morrison (2008) (KC-2023)
- Daniel Piccinin (2010) (KC-2023)
- Paul Wright (1990)
- Alan Roxburgh (1992)
- Andrew Thomas (1996)
- Klaus Reichert SC (1996 E&W) (1992 IRL) (SC-2010 IRL)
- Tony Willis (2004)
- Gerard Rothschild (2005)
- Jonathan Dawid (2005)
- Fred Hobson (2005)
- Sarah Love (2006)
- Richard Blakeley (2007)
- Edward Harrison (2008)
- Charlotte Tan (2008)
- Laura Newton (2009)
- Edward Ho (2009)
- Max Schaefer (2010)
- Michael Bolding (2010)
- Tim Johnston (2011)
- Malcolm Birdling (2011)
- David Bailey (2012)
- Geoffrey Kuehne (2012)
- Andrew McInytre (2011)
- Georgina Petrova (2011)
- Emily MacKenzie (2012)
- Joanne Box (2012)
- Kyle Lawson (2012)
- Zahra Al-Rikabi (2012)
- Hugo Leith (2013 E&W; NY) (2008 W Australia)
- Jennifer MacLeod (2013 E&W; NY)
- Charlotte Thomas (2013)
- Tom Pascoe (2013)
- Sarah Bousfield (2013)
- Matthew Kennedy (2013)
- Ben Woolgar (2014)
- William Hooper (2014)
- Sophie Shaw (2015)
- David Heaton (2015) (2010 Victoria, Australia)
- Emma Mockford (2016)
- Tom Wood (2017)
- Jonathan Scott (2017)
- Jon Lawrence (2018)
- Frederick Wilmot-Smith (2018)
- Richard Howell (2018)
- Jacob Rabinowitz (2018)
- Allan Cerim (2018)
- Jessie Ingle (2019)
- Andris Rudzitis (2019)
- Aarushi Sahore (2020)
- Crawford Jamieson (2020)
- Danielle Carrington (2020)
- Chintan Chandrachud (2021)
- Sophie Bird (2021)
- Joshua Pemberton (2021)
- Jaamae Hafeez-Baig (2021)
- Jagoda Klimowicz (2021)
- Alastair Richardson (2021)
- Sarah O’Keeffe (2021)
- Michael Quayle (2022)
- Charles Wall (2022)
- Vanshaj Jain (2022)
- Lord Phillips (1962) (KC-1978)*
- Lord Hoffmann (1964) (KC-1977)*
- Lord Hope (1965 Scotland) (KC-1989 Scotland)*
- Sir Christopher Clarke (1969) (KC-1984)*
- Sir Richard Aikens (1973) (KC-1986)*
- Sir Peregrine Simon (1974) (KC-1991)*
- Sir Oliver Popplewell (1951) (KC-1969)*
- Sir Gerald Barling (1972) (KC-1991)*
- Sir Paul Walker (1979) (KC_1999)*
- HH Nicholas Chambers KC (1966) (KC-1985)*
- Sir Nicholas Forwood KC (1970) (KC-1987)*
- The Hon Geoffrey Ma (1978) (KC-1992)*
- Sir Sydney Kentridge KC (1977) (KC-1984)*
- Robert Webb KC (1971) (KC-1988)*
- Simon Thorley KC (1972) (KC-1989)*
- Richard Gordon KC (1972) (KC-1994)*
- Mark Cran KC (1973) (KC-1988)*
- Alastair Sutton (1972)*
- Prof Peter Muchlinski (1981)*
- Mads Andenas KC (Hon) (1986 Norway) (1997 E&W)*
- Geoff Sharp (1992 NZ)*
- Oliver Jones (2009)*
- Prof Robert McCorquodale (2011)*
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Comfort for notified body in breast implant case
The CJEU ruled on 16 February in a judgment that offers some comfort for notified bodies charged with the inspection of processes under Directive 93/42 concerning medical devices.<br/>In 2008, Mrs Elisabeth Schmitt had breast implants manufactured in France fitted in Germany. After the French authorities…
Supreme Court holds that transfer of trust assets by trustee involves no disposition....
<b>...of beneficiary’s property under section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986</b><br><br/>Under section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986, dispositions of the property of a company made after the commencement of its winding-up are void unless validated by the court. The Supreme Court has held that section 127 does not apply…
Court of Appeal overturns finding of fraud in $129 million letter of credit dispute
The Court of Appeal has given judgment in Petrosaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd v (1) Novo Banco SA; (2) PDVSA Servicios SA; (3) PDVSA Services BV. Christopher Clarke LJ and Lewison LJ allowed the appeal, holding that the Claimant’s construction of the standby letter of credit was correct and that…
Commercial Court rules on retailer claims over MasterCard interchange fees
Mr Justice Popplewell has today given judgment in the Phase I trial of claims brought by twelve high street retailers, including Asda, the Arcadia group and Morrisons, against MasterCard. <br/>The claim concerns interchange fees payable on transactions using MasterCard credit or debit cards. Interchange…
NICE Appeal Panel upholds Roche’s appeal
Today (25th January 2017) a NICE Appeal Panel published its decision to uphold the appeal of Roche Products Ltd against NICE’s advice on the use of pirfenidone in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The challenged advice limited pirfenidone to a subgroup of the population, leaving sufferers…
Supreme Court decides in landmark constitutional case that Act of Parliament is required to leave EU
Today, 24 January 2017, the Supreme Court handed down its Judgment in R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the two Northern Irish references: McCord and Agnew. <br/>By a majority of 8 to 3 (Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord…
Micula brothers’ ICSID award stayed by Commercial Court pending EU Court proceedings
Mr Justice Blair has today delivered an important judgment in Micula and others v Romania, a case concerning the intersection of international law rules for investment arbitration with EU law rules on State aid. The Judge found that the enforcement of an ICSID award must be stayed in circumstances where…
Supreme Court rules on wheelchair policy for buses
The Supreme Court handed down judgment today in Paulley v FirstGroup plc [2017] UKSC 4 in relation to the requirements for a bus company’s wheelchair policy under the Equality Act 2010 (the “2010 Act”). The 2010 Act requires that, to the extent that any operator of public service vehicles has a policy,…
Supreme Court unanimous that torture and rendition claims not barred by State immunity...
<b>... or 'act of State' doctrine</b><br/>This morning, the Supreme Court handed down its long awaited judgment in the combined appeals of Belhaj v Straw; Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 3.<br/>The first case, brought by the former Libyan opposition leader Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar,…
Comfort for notified body in breast implant case
The CJEU ruled on 16 February in a judgment that offers some comfort for notified bodies charged with the inspection of processes under Directive 93/42 concerning medical devices.<br/>In 2008, Mrs Elisabeth Schmitt had breast implants manufactured in France fitted in Germany. After the French authorities…
Supreme Court holds that transfer of trust assets by trustee involves no disposition....
<b>...of beneficiary’s property under section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986</b><br><br/>Under section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986, dispositions of the property of a company made after the commencement of its winding-up are void unless validated by the court. The Supreme Court has held that section 127 does not apply…
Court of Appeal overturns finding of fraud in $129 million letter of credit dispute
The Court of Appeal has given judgment in Petrosaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd v (1) Novo Banco SA; (2) PDVSA Servicios SA; (3) PDVSA Services BV. Christopher Clarke LJ and Lewison LJ allowed the appeal, holding that the Claimant’s construction of the standby letter of credit was correct and that…
Commercial Court rules on retailer claims over MasterCard interchange fees
Mr Justice Popplewell has today given judgment in the Phase I trial of claims brought by twelve high street retailers, including Asda, the Arcadia group and Morrisons, against MasterCard. <br/>The claim concerns interchange fees payable on transactions using MasterCard credit or debit cards. Interchange…
NICE Appeal Panel upholds Roche’s appeal
Today (25th January 2017) a NICE Appeal Panel published its decision to uphold the appeal of Roche Products Ltd against NICE’s advice on the use of pirfenidone in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The challenged advice limited pirfenidone to a subgroup of the population, leaving sufferers…
Supreme Court decides in landmark constitutional case that Act of Parliament is required to leave EU
Today, 24 January 2017, the Supreme Court handed down its Judgment in R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and the two Northern Irish references: McCord and Agnew. <br/>By a majority of 8 to 3 (Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr, Lord…
Micula brothers’ ICSID award stayed by Commercial Court pending EU Court proceedings
Mr Justice Blair has today delivered an important judgment in Micula and others v Romania, a case concerning the intersection of international law rules for investment arbitration with EU law rules on State aid. The Judge found that the enforcement of an ICSID award must be stayed in circumstances where…
Supreme Court rules on wheelchair policy for buses
The Supreme Court handed down judgment today in Paulley v FirstGroup plc [2017] UKSC 4 in relation to the requirements for a bus company’s wheelchair policy under the Equality Act 2010 (the “2010 Act”). The 2010 Act requires that, to the extent that any operator of public service vehicles has a policy,…
Supreme Court unanimous that torture and rendition claims not barred by State immunity...
<b>... or 'act of State' doctrine</b><br/>This morning, the Supreme Court handed down its long awaited judgment in the combined appeals of Belhaj v Straw; Rahmatullah v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 3.<br/>The first case, brought by the former Libyan opposition leader Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar,…