Paul Lasok QC
QC MA (Cambridge) LLM (Exeter University) PhD (Exeter)
Call date: 1977 Silk: 1994
Summary
Paul Lasok QC, our Head of Chambers, is considered by many of his peers as a heavy weight in European Community law where his main areas of work include agriculture, competition, public law, telecommunications, trade law (anti-dumping), VAT.
He advises and represents private clients, including public companies as well as government departments in litigation before the European Courts and English courts and in proceedings before regulatory authorities (including the Commission of the European Communities and the Competition Commission, previously known as the Monopolies and Mergers Commission).
Major Cases
- ISG Pearce v OFT (CAT appeal on liability and penalty in relation to construction industry cartel)
- Barclays Bank Plc v The Competition Commission & Shop Direct (CAT challenge to Competition Commission's decision on the Payment Protection Insurance market)
- Enron Coal Services Ltd -v- EWS Railway (Court of Appeal and CAT - follow on damages, abuse of dominant position)
- Which? v JJB Sports (CAT follow on damages and costs regarding price fixing cartel)
- R (Cityhook Ltd) v OFT [2008] Admin Court (legality of OFT case prioritisation policy)
- Stericycle v CC [2006] CAT 21: appeal against CC decisions in merger reference imposing interim measures and [2007] CAT 9: against a finding of significant lessening of competition
- JJB Sports PLC v Office of Fair Trading [2005] Comp AR 29: trial relating to price-fixing by retailers and suppliers of Umbro replica football kit
- Intel v VIA Technologies (Patents Court, Chancery Division - damages, abuse of dominance)
- Commissioners of Customs and Excise v Zielinski Baker [2004] STC 456 (VAT and Property)
- Honeywell International v Commission, Case T-209/01 (merger control)
- MCI WorldCom v Commission, Case T-310/00 28 September 2004 (merger control)
- GrafTech International Ltd. v Commission, Case T-246/01 29 April 2004 (graphite electrode cartel)
- R v Monopolies and Mergers Commission, Case C-137/00 , ex parte Milk Marque
- GIL Insurance v Commissioners of Customs and Excise [2004] STC 961 (IPT and State Aids)
- Marks & Spencer Plc v. Customs & Excise [2002] STC 1036; [2004] STC 1 (3-year cap and unjust enrichment)
- Halifax v Commissioners of Customs and Excise (tax avoidance)
- Bond House v Commissioners of Customs and Excise
- Cases T-125/97 and T-127/97 Coca Cola v Commission [2000] ECR II-1733
- Three Rivers D.C. v. Bank of England [2000] 2 WLR 1200
- Marks & Spencer Plc v. Customs & Excise [2000] 1 CMLR 256
- Halifax v Commissioners of Customs and Excise (tax avoidance)
- R v Commissioners of Customs and Excise ex p Lunn Poly (State Aids)
- Coca-Cola v EU Commission
- BLP v Commissioners of Customs and Excise [1995] ECR I-983 (VAT and input tax deduction)

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27/1/2010 Competition Appeal Tribunal sets procedure for construction appeals
21/1/2010 BSkyB Appeal Dismissed by Court of Appeal
27/11/2009 IMCO to report on New Developments in Public Procurement
12/11/2010 Giving the Edge to your Public Procurement Practice
BSkyB v Competition Commission
The Rank Group v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

