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Monckton hosts successful Financial Services Seminar
21 May 2013
Monckton Chambers last night delivered a very successful and topical seminar on Financial Services. The following Members gave four short talks on recent developments in financial services with a focus on the practical and commercial ...

Monckton Chambers receives three nominations for The Lawyer Awards
7 May 2013
Monckton Chambers is honoured to have received three nominations for The Lawyer Awards 2013. Monckton has been shortlisted for the 'Chambers of the Year' award, and Melanie Hall QC and Tim Ward QC have been shortlisted in the prestigious 'Barrister of the Year' category. The awards ceremony will be held at Grosvenor House, Park ...

Greenpeace and in-shore fishermen in court for fishing quota case
2 May 2013
Kassie Smith QC and Elizabeth Kelsey are appearing in court for Greenpeace and the National Under Ten Fishermen's Association (NUTFA), an association of small boat in-shore fishermen, in a case concerning the Government's allocation of fishing quota. Greenpeace and NUTFA are supporting the Government's decision to reallocate a small amount ...

Supreme Court sends air pollution case to the CJEU
1 May 2013
The Supreme Court today gave judgment in an appeal brought by ClientEarth against Defra concerning the breach of air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide in Greater London and other zones in the UK. ClientEarth appealed against the Court of Appeal's decision in ...

Melanie Hall QC secures victory for the UK in the European Court
25 April 2013
The European Court delivered a judgment today dismissing the proceedings brought by the Commission against the UK in which it challenged the UK's legislation on VAT Grouping. This judgment will be welcomed by all large taxpayers in the UK. To read Melanie Hall QC's case note on the judgment, please ...

Vivien Rose appointed High Court Judge of the Chancery Division
21 April 2013
Monckton Chambers is pleased to announce Vivien Rose will be appointed Justice of the High Court with effect from 13 May 2013. Vivien Rose is the current chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) and has a wealth of expertise in competition and public law. She was called to the bar in 1984 upon which she took up tenancy at ...

European Court rejects EU Commission's complaint re VAT Grouping
15 April 2013
As Melanie Hall QC anticipated in her case note on C-85/11 EC v Ireland, the European Court has dismissed the Commission's complaint concerning Ireland's VAT Grouping legislation, for largely the same reasons as those advanced by the Advocate General. Please ...

Judgment on the French Blocking Statute in National Grid
11 April 2013
Mr Justice Roth has today given his latest judgment in National Grid Electricity Transmission plc v ABB Limited and others. He has ruled that the French Defendants to the proceedings (companies within the Alstom and Areva groups) must provide disclosure of relevant documents. After considering extensive evidence from ...

Appointment to the Equality and Human Rights Commission Counsel Panel
10 April 2013
Eric Metcalfe has been appointed to the Equality & Human Rights Commission Preferred Panel of Counsel, joining three other members of Monckton Chambers who are already on the panel. The EHRC's responsibility is to "promote and monitor human rights and to protect, enforce and promote equality across the seven "protected" grounds ...

Monckton to host GDL Student Information Evening
5 April 2013
Monckton Chambers is delighted to invite GDL students to join our Barristers for informal drinks to discuss life as a tenant at Monckton and your future career at the Bar. The evening will be held at Chambers on Wednesday 17 April, 6pm. We hope that you are able to join us and we very much look forward to welcoming ...