European and Competition Law specialist, Nicholas Khan KC has joined Monckton Chambers

The members of Monckton Chambers welcome Nicholas Khan KC, who had a long career as a member of the Legal Service of the European Commission, marked by being the only lawyer to have taken Silk while working in a European Union institution.

As a member of the Commission’s Legal Service, Nicholas advised on many areas of EU law and represented the Commission in hundreds of cases before the EU Court of Justice and also in a number of interventions before the English Courts in State aid and Competition cases.

Nicholas has appeared in many cases beyond the field of competition law, such as sex discrimination, free movement of persons, the Brussels Convention/Regulation on civil jurisdiction and judgments, and anti-dumping.

Philip Moser KC and Tim Ward KC, joint heads of Monckton Chambers, welcome Nicholas to Chambers: ”We are pleased that Nicholas Khan KC will be returning to private practice from Monckton Chambers. He brings his experience of appearing regularly in Luxembourg and his unmatched expertise of how the European Commission investigates infringements of EU competition law.”

The Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025

The Legal 500 UK Bar guide 2025 was launched and, Monckton Chambers secured a record number of rankings totalling 152. This includes 64 individual barristers from Monckton listed across 28 practice areas, 18 new entries into the tables this year, 21 improved rankings and 3 members mentioned in the ‘rising star’ categories. Congratulations to all members listed.

Monckton Chambers has been recommended, as a Top-Tier set in the following five practice areas:

  • Competition: ‘Monckton has consistently been a top flight set in competition law matters.’ “They remain the go-to chambers for leading competition barristers across the call, highly in demand in this space.’
  • EU relations – EU law: ‘Monckton have many star names and a growing mix of capable juniors and senior counsel.’ ‘A wide array of barristers with excellent knowledge of EU law’.
  • Telecoms regulation: ‘Monckton continues to be a go-to set for the competition side of telecommunications disputes and has a number of strong juniors in the pipeline.’
  • Public procurement: ‘Monckton are a very strong set for public procurement cases, with particular strength in the number of KCs and senior juniors.’  ‘The best set by far for public procurement’.
  • Tax: VAT and excise: ‘The group has experience in a range of sector-specific matters, including cryptocurrency, pension plans, and the transfer of assets abroad.’

The Set has also been ranked in a further three areas:

  • Administrative law and human rights: ‘‘team is well versed in representing claimants and defendants in complex cases across the public law arena, with particular focus on commercial and regulatory judicial reviews.’
  • Data protection: ‘has a well-established reputation.’
  • Sport: ‘specialising in the overlap between sports law and all aspects of commercial EU and competition law, Monckton Chambers has experience in sporting disputes before a range of fora.’

Members were also recognised as ‘Leading Individuals’ in:

  • Aviation & travel
  • Court of Protection: Health and welfare
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial (Middle East: The English Bar)
  • Commodities
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Energy
  • Fraud: civil
  • Group Litigation
  • Immigration (including business immigration)
  • International arbitration: arbitrators
  • International arbitration: counsel
  • International Human Rights and criminal law
  • Insolvency
  • Insurance and reinsurance
  • Professional Negligence
  • Shipping
  • Social housing
  • The English Bar Offshore

We would like to thank our clients and colleagues as ever for their kind feedback as part of this process. You can view the full list of  Monckton Chambers’ rankings here.

Monckton Clerking Promotions for John Keegan and Steven Duffett

Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that John Keegan has been promoted to the position of Joint Senior Clerk. John will work alongside our current Senior Clerk, David Hockney, in leading the practice management team and strategic direction of Chambers.

We are also delighted to announce that Steven Duffett has been promoted to the position of Deputy Senior Clerk. Steven will work closely with David and John in meeting Chambers’ operational and strategic objectives.

Tim Ward KC and Philip Moser KC, joint Heads of Chambers, comment: “We congratulate John and Steven on their well-deserved promotions.  They reflect both the outstanding talent in the Monckton clerks’ room and the growing workload as Chambers goes from strength to strength.  Together with David Hockney, they are an outstanding senior team.”

The newly created roles are effective from 1st October 2024.

We welcome two new tenants – Reuben Andrews and Alastair Holder Ross

Following the successful completion of their pupillages, during which they experienced a wide range of Chambers practice areas, Reuben Andrews and Alastair Holder Ross will become tenants with effect from 2 October 2024.

Reuben has a first-class law degree from the University of Cambridge, and a distinction in the BCL from the University of Oxford. Before joining Chambers, he was the assistant company secretary at Oxford Mutual Aid and volunteered for the Free Representation Unit.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Alastair worked for several years as the Political Adviser to the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons. He focused particularly on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union and various legislative, policy and legal issues arising within the Home Office.

Congratulations to Reuben and Alastair.

Daisy Mackersie named “Competition Junior of the year” at the Legal 500 UK 2024 awards

Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that Daisy Mackersie was named ‘Competition Junior of the Year’ at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024

The awards recognise those who are at the top of the profession, identified by extensive objective research.

Congratulations to all our colleagues across the Bar who were shortlisted for awards and won in their categories.

Monckton Chambers shortlisted at British Legal Awards 2024

Monckton Chambers is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ at the British Legal Awards 2024, now in their 15th year and hosted by Law.com International, the “premier legal awards in the region, representing the best of the best within the UK’s legal community.”

The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 27 November 2024 at City Central at the HAC and will celebrate those at the pinnacle of the profession.

Congratulations to all those that have been shortlisted. The full shortlist for all categories can be seen here.

Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024 – Monckton Chambers and two members in the shortlists

Monckton Chambers is delighted to have been recognised and shortlisted for this year’s upcoming Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024.

The set has been nominated for ‘Competition Set of the Year’ and two members shortlisted for individual awards:

The shortlists are a result of extensive objective research and reflect achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service. They honour the work of Chambers across the country based on the research for the most recent edition of Chambers UK Bar.

Thank you to our professional clients for their ongoing support and for taking part in this year’s research cycle and congratulations to all those shortlisted.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on 14th November.

The full shortlist can be seen here.

Azeem Suterwalla and Will Perry co-author public law and procurement law chapter of the Second Edition of the ‘Law of Artificial Intelligence’

Azeem Suterwalla and Will Perry have co-authored the public law and procurement law chapter of the Second Edition of the ‘Law of Artificial Intelligence’, which is published by Sweet & Maxwell. The chapter considers the increasing use by public authorities of AI, including commercial reasons to innovate with emerging technologies. The chapter covers the current relevant legal and regulatory framework and guidance for public authorities in England and Wales. It also identifies recent proposals for changes to that framework. It is hoped that this chapter will be relevant and informative to public authorities and those delivering public functions using AI, and also to private organisations seeking to supply to the public sector. The chapter will also be useful to parties who wish to carefully scrutinise the decisions of public authorities, including in the context of judicial review and public procurement proceedings.

Monckton members appointed to Attorney General’s Panels

We are pleased to announce that Kristina Lukacova has been successful with her application to the Attorney General’s “B” Panel, James Bourke and Jen Coyne have been promoted to the Attorney General’s “B” panel and both Andrew Macnab and Peter Mantle have received the renewal to “A” Panel status for a further 5 years.

The Attorney General maintains four advisory panels of junior counsel to undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. There are three London panels (an A panel for senior juniors, a B panel for middle juniors, a C panel for junior juniors) and a regional panel. In addition, there are three Public International Law Panels.

All appointments will commence from 1 September 2024 for five years.

The current list of Monckton Chambers panel members is:

Monckton Chambers shortlisted 17 times across 12 categories at the 2024 Legal 500 Bar Awards

The Legal 500 Bar Awards UK seeks to recognise chambers as a whole and individuals (barristers of all levels of seniority), clerks, other chambers professionals and arbitrators from London and across England, Scotland and Wales.

The shortlist for the 2024 awards has been announced and we are delighted to have been nominated for 17 awards, across 12 categories

Congratulations to everyone that has been shortlisted! The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on the 25th September 2024.

The full shortlist can be found on the Legal 500 website here.