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Competition Law
EU Law
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  • What the Directories Say

Jon Turner QC "is a brilliant lawyer who is immensely hard-working." As one interviewee said, "I've never seen anybody absorb as much detail as him." He frequently acts for regulators and competition authorities, and also appears for commercial clients. He acted for National Grid in its appeal before the CAT against the fine handed down by Ofgem for abuse of dominance in relation to contracts it had made for rental of its assets. - Chambers UK, 2010

"Jon Turner QC is widely admired for his direct approach and fantastic regulatory practice, and has recently acted in significant judicial reviews in the environmental sector." - Chambers UK, 2010

Chambers UK, 2010 states that "'long recognised as an adept commercial litigator, Jon Turner QC is increasingly sought out by public bodies for environment-related work. He recently impressed observers with his representation of the Environment Agency in a major judicial review test case concerning the Agency's approach to compliance with EU landfill legislation and EU groundwater protection legislation."

"Jon Turner QC is admired for his "incredible analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of a case, as well as his powerful cross-examination skills." He played a vital role in the challenge to the CAT's jurisdiction to hear appeals brought by T-Mobile and O2 against Ofcom's decision to auction the 2.6 GHz band spectrum. He joins the rankings this year to further highlight Monckton's clear strength at silk level in the telecoms field." - Chambers UK, 2010

Jon Turner QC leads on environment matters, recently championing Greenpeace's challenge in the Court of Appeal to the UK Government's inaction to protect dolphins in the Western English Channel.  In EU and Competition law, praise fell to Jon Turner QC, who is 'one of the most conscientious, and hard-working of silks'.  Turner 'combines approachability with prodigious intellect and a willingness to get stuck in'.  Turner's 'ability both to be part of, and ultimately, to lead a team into court' made him 'one of the foremost QCs at the competition Bar'. - Legal 500, 2009

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Jon Turner QC

QC MA (Cantab), LLM (Harvard)
Call date: 1988 Silk: 2006

Summary

Jon Turner QC is widely recognised as one of the Bar's foremost litigators in Competition law, EU law, and Telecoms and Utilities Regulation and has been involved in many of the leading cases in these areas in recent years. In addition he is an established and highly regarded litigator in the fields of Commercial, Public & Administrative, and Environmental law.  He is the joint first ranked leading silk in Legal 500 (2009)'s EU and Competition category: "Turner 'combines approachability with prodigious intellect and a willingness to get stuck in'.  Turner's 'ability both to be part of, and ultimately, to lead a team into court' made him 'one of the foremost QCs at the competition Bar'.  Chambers UK (2009) states: "Jon Turner QC is "a blessed barrister," according to clients. As well as being "extremely bright and brilliant at recalling evidence," he enjoys the untrammeled respect of both peers and clients".

Recent Major Cases

Competition law (including Telecoms and Utilities Regulation)

  • T-Mobile -v- Ofcom (Court of Appeal - pending - telecoms regulation, appeal from CAT on retrospectivity)
  • National Grid Plc -v- The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (Court of Appeal - pending - abuse of dominance)
  • Carphone Warehouse Plc -v- Ofcom (Competition Appeal Tribunal - pricing of broadband wholesale products - pending)
  • National Grid Plc -v- ABB Ltd & Others (2009) (Chancery Division - Follow-on damages action following EC infringement decision concerning "Gas Insulated Switchgear" cartel)
  • R -v- George & Others (2009) (Court of Appeal Criminal Division - criminal prosecution of executives in the air freight sector for cartel offences)
  • H3G UK Ltd -v- Ofcom & T-Mobile (2009) (Court of Appeal - mobile call termination rates dispute)

EU Law

  • Case C58/08 Vodafone & Others -v- UK (2009, European Court of Justice - pending - reference to the ECJ on the validity of EU rules on the price of mobile phone calls abroad)
  • Case T-111/08 Mastercard & Others -v- UK (2009, Court of First Instance - pending - intervening in relation to appeal against EC Article 81 infringement decision)

Intellectual Property/FRAND/Property Rights

  • Nokia -v- IPCOM (2009, Patents Court - patent licensing, competition law, FRAND)
  • Phililps Electronics and others v. Harvard International PLC (2009, Chancery - exhaustion of rights, competition law, FRAND)
  • Ericsson -v- Samsung (2007, Patents Court - patent licensing, competition, conflicts of law, FRAND)
  • Calor Gas -v- Homebase (2008, Chancery Division - rights to property, damages for unlawful interference of goods, inducement of breach of contract)

Public & Administrative Law (including environmental)

  • Cityhook Ltd -v- Office of Fair Trading & Alcatel & Others (2009, Administrative Court - judicial review of lawfulness of OFT decision to close investigation)
  • Morrisons -v- Office of Fair Trading (2008, judicial review of OFT decision to issue a press release to publicise a provisional finding of guilt in a competition case)
  • R (Anti-waste) -v- Environment Agency (Court of Appeal, 2007 - challenge to the UK's application to the UK's application of the EC Groundfill and Landwater directives)
  • R (Greenpeace) v. Secretary of State (Court of Appeal, Administrative Court, 2005 - challenge to UK fishing regulations in relation to impact on wild dolphins)