Gerry Facenna

MA (Cantab.), LL.B (Edin.)
Call date: 2001

Summary

Practising member of the Scottish Bar

Appointed to the Attorney General's 'B' Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown

Registered under the Bar Council Public Access Scheme

Recent work

  • R (Law Society) v. Legal Services Commission (2007): pending challenge to the LSC's implementation of the Carter reforms to criminal legal aid
  • R (Eisai Ltd.) v. NICE: challenge by pharmaceutical companies and the Alzheimer's Society to NICE guidance on availability of Alzheimer's drugs
  • R (Anti-Waste Ltd.) v. Environment Agency [2007] EWHC 717, pending in CA: challenge to UK's application of the EC Landfill and Groundwater Directives
  • Pirelli Cable Holding NV v. HMRC [2007] EWHC 583 (Ch. D.): Advance Corporation Tax group litigation; UK/Italy & UK/Netherlands Tax Conventions
  • Ofcom & T-Mobile v. Information Commissioner (Information Tribunal): access to environmental information; commercial confidentiality and IP rights
  • Dey v. Information Commissioner (Information Tribunal): access to consumer information; interaction between s. 44 FOIA and the Enterprise Act 2002
  • Sempra Metals (formerly Metallgesellschaft) v. HMRC (HL): principle of effectiveness, right to establishment, award of interest for breach of EC rights
  • British Aggregates v. Commission, Case C-487/06 P and T-210/02 (CFI and ECJ): State aid challenge to the UK's Aggregate Levy
  • Ofcom and OFT v. Floe Telecom [2006] EWCA Civ 768: powers of the Competition Appeal Tribunal; Article 6 ECHR