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High Court asks the EC to provide information under Articles 101 and 102 TFEU against Servier
24 January 2012
Christopher Vajda QC and Philip Woolfe, instructed by Peters & Peters, are acting for the English NHS in proceedings against Servier for the alleged illegal extension of a patent protection relating to Servier's product, Perindopril, a drug designed to combat high blood pressure and coronary artery diseases. The claim alleges ...

Eurostar is not a utility, rules High Court
20 January 2012
Mr Justice Roth today handed down judgment in the latest instalment of the litigation relating to the procurement of new trains by Eurostar International Limited ("Eurostar"). The Claimant and unsuccessful tenderer, ALSTOM Transport, had previously attempted to seek an interim injunction to restrain Eurostar's decision to award the ...

Lecture to mark the contribution of Sir Jeremy Lever KCMG QC to European Law
19 January 2012
The Oxford University Law Faculty is holding a special lecture to celebrate the career of Sir Jeremy Lever KCMG, QC, a pioneer of both the practice and academic study of competition law in Europe. Sir Jeremy's academic contribution has been both profound and prolific. A Distinguished Fellow and Senior Dean of All Souls College, Oxford ...

Burma releases journalist after petition to UN Working Group
18 January 2012
The Government of Myanmar (Burma) is understood to have confirmed the release of 28-year-old TV journalist Hla Hla Win, who had been detained since September 2009. She had been sentenced to a total of 27 years' imprisonment, having been arrested whilst on a journalistic assignment for a Norway-based media organisation. The offences ...

European Court of Human Rights rules deportation to Jordan would amount to 'flagrant denial of justice' under Article 6
17 January 2012
Eric Metcalfe acted on behalf of the NGO intervener JUSTICE in the case of Othman v United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights. JUSTICE, jointly with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, had been granted leave by the Court to intervene in the proceedings, which concerned the UK government's attempt to deport ...

The Court of Appeal gives an important ruling on the scope of service concessions and implied contracts in procurement cases.
17 January 2012
In JBW Ltd v Ministry of Justice [2012] EWCA Civ 8 (16 January 2011) the Court of Appeal held that the procurement of bailiff services by the Ministry of Justice was a service concession and therefore fell outside the scope of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 ("the Regulations"). The vast majority of bailiffs' work ...

Tim Ward QC to Represent Iceland in Banking Case
13 January 2012
Tim Ward QC, instructed directly by the Icelandic Foreign Minister is set to represent Iceland in a dispute with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Surveillance Authority (ESA) over its breach of the Deposit Guarantee Directive. The claim concerns the application of the Directive to UK and Netherlands-based depositors in ...

Monckton Members to Address the Irish Tax Institute
12 January 2012
Paul Lasok QC, Melanie Hall QC and Frank Mitchell will be speaking to the Irish Tax Institute on Thursday 20 January in Dublin. The talks will focus on the impact of the European Courts of Justice in relation to ...

Christopher Vajda QC Listed in The Lawyer's Hot 100 for 2012
9 January 2012
Chambers is pleased to announce that Christopher Vajda QC has been listed in The Lawyer's Hot 100 2012 which states that "Vajda's EU and competition expertise is top notch." The Lawyer states: "Appearing in not one but two of The Lawyer's top 20 cases for 2012, and with two Supreme Court cases expected to be heard ...

Government victory in tobacco industry challenge to the "Tobacco Display Ban"
5 January 2012
R(Imperial Tobacco, BAT, Philip Morris and Gallaher) v Secretary of State for Health Twice adjourned and listed as one of the top 10 cases of 2011 by The Lawyer, the tobacco industry's long running proceedings for judicial review of the primary and secondary legislation prohibiting the display of tobacco products in ...