Hugo Leith
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 2 : Competition Law
Band 2
About
Provided by Hugo Leith
Practice Areas
Hugo’s practice spans all areas of chambers’ work, with a particular focus on competition and commercial litigation. Hugo is regularly instructed in leading and high-profile cases, including cases in The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases from 2016-2022, grappling with new legal issues and often leading to appeals. His practice encompasses a variety of areas: from complex transnational commercial disputes, to novel competition issues, and the law relating to climate change. He frequently appears in the High Court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, as well as the General Court of the EU and the Court of Justice of the EU, acting for private parties, government bodies and NGOs.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Hugo Leith plays a supporting role in many of the UK's most important cartel damages cases, often acting for defendants on high-profile collective damages actions. Leith has additionally acted for the CMA on key challenges to its decisions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a very good advocate and he knows the material very well."
"He is a very good advocate and he knows the material very well."
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