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Monckton Chambers is one of two Chambers recognised and listed second in the table of 12 “Leading firms and sets in WWL: Government Contracts 2022 by number of listings”.
Congratulations to the following Members who have been listed:
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Chambers UK Bar today launched their 2023 guide and Monckton Chambers has once again been recognised as a Top Ranked set for five areas:
The Set has also been ranked in a further seven areas:
Individual members were also recognised as “Leading Individuals” in an additional 12 practice areas:
With a total of 142 rankings, 62 individual barristers from Monckton have been listed this year across 23 practice areas. We are thrilled to see 17 new entries into the tables with 21 improved rankings. Congratulations to all members listed.
Congratulations also to our clerking and staffing teams who are praised for ‘providing a very user-friendly service’ being ‘supportive, co-operative and helpful’ being ‘flexible and adaptable’ and most importantly, ‘client-orientated.’
See full Monckton Chambers’ rankings here.
The Times newspaper has selected Philip Moser KC, who acted for Department of Health and Social Care, (see recent website news), to be its featured lawyer this week.
To read today’s column written by Linda Tsang, please click here.
After being shortlisted for multiple awards, Members of Monckton Chambers are delighted to have won three awards at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022.
The awards recognise those who are at the top of the profession, identified by extensive objective research. We are delighted to have been recognised for:
Congratulations to all of our colleagues who won in their categories and to all those who were shortlisted this year.
Monckton Chambers recently co-hosted an event with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on how the Procurement Bill proposes to reform public procurement law in the UK.
Following the event we are publishing a series of briefings on the Bill – the first of which by Alexia Millet and Azeem Suterwalla, considers the provisions of Bill relating to contract performance.
The second briefing, by Elizabeth Forster and Michael Bowsher QC, looks at how the Procurement Bill would change the rules relating to exclusion and debarment.
In the third briefing, Alexia Millett and Azeem Suterwalla consider the changes to the rules on modifying existing contracts.
In the fourth briefing, Tom Hutchison and Ewan West address the provisions in the Bill relevant to direct awards and their likely effect.
You can view the briefings here:
In the recently launched Legal 500 UK Bar 2023, Monckton Chambers secured a record number of rankings totaling 141. This includes 60 individual barristers from Monckton listed across 20 practice areas, and 27 new entries into the tables this year. Congratulations to all members listed.
Monckton Chambers has been recommended, as a TOP-TIER set in the following five practice areas:
The Set has also been ranked in a further three areas:
Individual members were also recognised as “Leading Individuals” in:
Congratulations also to our clerking team who are praised for being ‘Always helpful and available ‘prompt and responsive’ and provide a ‘good and personal approach.’
See full Monckton Chambers’ rankings here.
Professor Panos Koutrakos is mentioned in the Opinion by Advocate General Medina in Case C-407/21 Union fédérale des consommateurs – Que choisir (UFC – Que choisir) Consommation, logement et cadre de vie (CLCV) v Premier ministre, Ministre de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Relance.
This case is a reference to the Court of Justice by the French Council of State (Conseil d’État). It is about the COVID 19 pandemic and the right of national authorities to introduce temporary derogations from consumer legislation governing package travel contracts. The dispute was about French legislation dealing with the pandemic and which allowed travel package organisers to issue travellers with vouchers instead of a refund as a means of managing their immediate liquidity problems. The issue was the compatibility of such measures with EU law, in particular Directive 2015/2302 on package travel.
In her Opinion, delivered on 15 September 2022, Advocate General Medina referred to the book edited by Panos Koutrakos (along with N Nic Shuibhne and P Syrpis), Exceptions from EU Free Movement Law- Derogation, Justification and Proportionality (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2016).
Professor Koutrakos has written and advised on EU law, including free movement of goods, services, and persons, as well as various aspects of the relationship between EU and international law.
Monckton Chambers is delighted to have been recognised and shortlisted for this years upcoming Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022.
The set has been nominated for ‘Competition/ EU Set of the Year’ and five members shortlisted for individual awards:
The shortlists are a result of extensive objective research by over 200 analysts. The lists 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 17th November 2022.
The full shortlist can be seen here.
We are pleased to announce that Conor McCarthy has been promoted to the Attorney General’s “B” panel and Will Perry has been newly appointed to the “C” panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown.
Conor’s practice encompasses public law, civil claims, and international law. He is regularly instructed in complex disputes, both public and commercial, across chambers’ core areas of work. He has particular expertise in the areas of competition law, data protection and in claims involving issues of public or private international law or civil liberties.
Will has a busy practice in competition, consumer, data protection and privacy, environmental, EU relations, human rights, information, procurement, public and regulatory law. He acts for both claimants and defendants, including major businesses, NGOs, regulators, central government departments and legally aided individuals.
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.
Both appointments will commence from 1 September 2022 for five years.
The full list of Monckton Chambers panel members is:
Professor Panos Koutrakos is mentioned in the Opinion by Advocate General Emiliou in Case C-372/21 Freikirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten in Deutschland KdöR joined parties: Bildungsdirektion für Vorarlberg.
This case is a reference to the Court of Justice by the Austrian Supreme Administrative Court. It is about the application of the principles of free movement of services in a context where a religious society, established in an EU Member State, recognises as a denominational school a private institute in another Member State where it requests public funding. The dispute is about Austrian legislation which makes the subsidisation of denominational private schools subject to the recognition of the latter as a church or religious society under domestic law.
In his Opinion, delivered on 7 July 2022, Advocate General Emiliou referred to the analysis by Panos Koutrakos entitled ‘Healthcare as an economic service under EC law’ which was published as a chapter in Dougan, M. and Spaventa, E. (eds), Social Welfare and EU Law (Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2005) pp. 105-130.
Professor Koutrakos has written and advised on EU law, including free movement of goods, services, and persons, as well as various aspects of the relationship between EU and international law.
