Broadcasting, Entertainment and Media
Members of Monckton Chambers have significant experience of the media and entertainment sector. We act for broadcasters, content providers, sellers of sports rights, Ofcom and many others. Examples of work cover a huge range: litigation and advice in connection with the sale of sports rights; the provision of electronic programme guides on digital television platforms; state aid issues relating to public service broadcasting; and advising digital broadcasters on convergence issues under the Communications Act and European regulatory framework.
Notable cases include (please click on the links for details):
- R (TVDanmark 1 Ltd) v Independent Television Commission (House of Lords)
- Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd & Others v Amalgamated Racing Ltd & Others (Court of Appeal)
- Football Association Premier League Limited and Others v QC Leisure (A Trading Name) and Others (Chancery Division)
- Bacardi v TV Française (TF1) (European Court of Justice)
- Television GmbH v Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt Rundfunk (European Court of Justice)
5/3/2010 Yukos v Russia case heard in ECHR
3/3/2010 Further Elevations to the Panels of Junior Counsel to the Crown
24/2/2010 Court of Appeal gives judgment in the National Grid Appeal
3/2/2010 South African Tribunal Imposes Maximum Fines in Bread Cartel Case
19/4/2010 Public Procurement ~ Global Revolution IV
24/3/2010 VAT & Financial Services Conference 2010
11/3/2010 Monckton Chambers VAT/EU Seminar Series
UK CAT JR in Mergers and Market Investigations:
Emerald Supplies Ltd v British Airways Plc - pub. E.C.L.R. Issue 3, 2010
The Rank Group v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs




