24 members of Monckton Chambers in three of The Lawyer Top 20 cases for 2020

The Lawyer magazine has published its “Top 20 cases of 2020” highlighting the move from 2019’s “public interest” showcase and Brexit to this year, disputes from further afield.

In all, eight QCs and 16 Juniors at Monckton Chambers were instructed, many of them in multiple cases, across three of the cases highlighted by The Lawyer magazine as the “top cases” for 2020:

1. West Coast Trains Partnership Limited & Ors v Department for Transport & Ors, High Court, Technology and Construction Court, Jan 2020, three weeks

The 2019 Rail Franchising Litigation is four separate claims against the Department for Transport, which has been rolled up into one massive claim. The claims arise out of three separate rail franchise procurement competitions run by the DfT between 2017 and 2019: the East Midlands franchise, the South East franchise and the West Coast franchise. The claimants challenge their respective disqualification from the competitions for their failure to submit compliant tender bids.

For the claimant, Stagecoach East Midlands Trains Limited, Stagecoach South Eastern Trains Limited & Ors

• Monckton Chambers’ Tim Ward QC, Ewan West, Daisy Mackersie, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills partner Nusrat Zar.

For the claimant, Arriva Rail East Midlands Limited

• Monckton Chambers’ Philip Moser QC, Ciar McAndrew and Jack Williams, instructed by Stephenson Harwood partner Paul Thwaite.

For the defendants, the Department for Transport
For claims arising from West Coast competition

• Monckton Chambers’ Anneli Howard, Brendan McGurk, Will Perry and Alfred Artley, instructed by Addleshaw Goddard partner Bill Gilliam

For claims arising from East Midlands competition

• Anneli Howard, Azeem Suterwalla, Will Perry and Alfred Artley, instructed by Eversheds Sutherland partner Richard Pitt

For claims arising from South Eastern Competition

• Anneli Howard, Fiona Banks, Will Perry and Alfred Artley, instructed by DLA Piper partner Paul Stonóe

For the interested party, First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited

• Valentina Sloane QC, instructed by Burges Salmon partner Chris Jackson

For the interested party, London and South East Passenger Rail Services Limited

• Rob Williams, instructed by Womble Bond Dickinson partner Richard Collins

2. Michael O’Higgins FX Class Representative Ltd; Phillip Evans FX Claim UK; Allianz Global Investors GmbH & Ors v Barclays Bank plc, Citibank N.A, JPMorgan Chase & Co & Ors, Competition Appeal Tribunal, February 13, TBC

Three separate claims against a raft of banks will reach the courts this year, as Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Scott+Scott and Hausfeld bring proceedings
accusing the banks of rigging forex rates in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

The High Court proceedings will run separately, covering the same issues.

I. Michael O’Higgins FX Class Representative Ltd v Barclays Bank plc, Citibank N.A, JPMorgan Chase & Co & Ors, Competition Appeal Tribunal, February 13, TBC

For the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth defendant, JP Morgan Chase & Co, JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association, JP Morgan Ltd and JP Morgan Europe Ltd and JP Morgan Ltd :

• Daniel Beard QC, Rob Williams and Stefan Kuppen, instructed by Slaughter and May partner Ewan Brown.

For the eleventh and twelfth defendant, NatWest Markets plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

• Josh Holmes QC, instructed by Macfarlanes partner Tom Usher.

For the fourteenth and fifteenth defendant, MUFG

• Jon Turner QC and Ronit Kreisberger QC, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills partner Stephen Wisking

II. Phillip Evans FX Claim UK v Barclays Bank plc, Citibank N.A, JPMorgan Chase & Co & Ors, Competition Appeal Tribunal, February 13, TBC

For the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth defendant, JP Morgan Chase & Co, JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association, JP Morgan Ltd and JP Morgan Europe Ltd and JP Morgan Ltd

• Daniel Beard QC, Rob Williams and Stefan Kuppen, instructed by Slaughter and May partner Ewan Brown.

For the eleventh and twelfth defendant, NatWest Markets plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

• Josh Holmes QC, instructed by Macfarlanes partner Tom Usher.

For the fourteenth and fifteenth defendant, MUFG

• Jon Turner QC and Ronit Kreisberger QC, instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills partner Stephen Wisking

III. Allianz Global Investors GmbH & Ors v Barclays Bank plc, Citibank NA, Citigroup Inc & Ors, High Court, Commercial Court, 25 February, TBC

For the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh defendant, JP Morgan Chase & Co, JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association, JP Morgan Ltd and JP Morgan Europe Ltd and JP Morgan Ltd

• Daniel Beard QC, Rob Williams and Stefan Kuppen, instructed by Slaughter and May partner Ewan Brown.

For the twelfth defendant, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

• Josh Holmes QC, instructed by Macfarlanes partner Tom Usher.

3. National Grid and Scottish Power v ABB, Prysmian, NKT, Safran & Ors, High Court, Queen’s Bench Division, November 2020, 12 weeks

National Grid and Scottish Power claim they were overcharged on cable supplies they purchased between 1999 and 2009, alleging that the defendants were part of a cartel involving the main producers of high-voltage power cables in Europe, Japan and Korea.

For the claimant, National Grid

• Jon Turner QC, Laura Elizabeth John and Julianne Kerr Morrison instructed by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner Joby Davies.

For the claimant, Scottish Power

• Daniel Beard QC and Ligia Osepciu, instructed by Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner Ed Coulson.

For the defendant, NKT

• Michael Armitage, instructed by Addleshaw Goddard partner Mark Molyneux.

For the defendant, Prysmian

• Fiona Banks, instructed by Macfarlanes partners Cameron Firth and Simon Day.

For the defendant, Safran

• Kassie Smith QC, instructed by Hogan Lovells partner Nicholas Heaton.

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