With ‘excellence at all levels’, Brick Court Chambers remains at the forefront of the most complex and prominent EU matters. Jemima Stratford KC appeared before the CJEU in Orion v Commission, a case involving issues about medical regulatory compliance at EU level, and the ‘responsive and pragmatic’ Maya Lester KC led for the defendants in Melli Bank Plc v ICBC Ltd, a case which raised high-profile issues concerning the relationship between US sanctions on Iran and the UK/EU Blocking Regulation. Marie Demetriou KC has an established practice acting on behalf of vulnerable persons and groups in cases concerning EU asylum legislation and the application of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, and David Scannell KC achieved success in R(Guilin GFS Monk Fruit Corp) v Food Standards Agency, a  case concerning a challenge to British food regulators over the approval of monk fruit (a plant used traditionally in China as an alternative to sugar), with major ramifications on retained EU regulation in this area, also achieving a rare awarding of costs to the applicant on an indemnity basis. At the junior level, the ‘fluent and confident’ Tim Johnston acted alone at a hearing on ClientEarth AISL v European Commission, a judgement with key definitions of the scope of the Commission to define environmental sustainability.

‘Rightly regarded as one of the leading sets in EU relations’, members of Monckton Chambers are regularly instructed on leading cases across an array of UK and European courts on behalf of major clients in the public and private sectors. A ‘superb advocate, with a clear focus’, Daniel Beard KC won leading for the appellants in Illumina v Commission in the Grand Chamber of the CJEU, a judgement of profound significance to the scope of the EU Commission’s powers regarding merger control, and Ian Rogers KC led for the UK Government vs the European Commission in a case concerning an allegation of the fraudulent evaluation of Chinese textiles worth billions of Euros. Anneli Howard KC led in the High Court for Nissan on the highly complex Dieselgate proceedings, with a major judgement related to how retained EU law did not require national courts faced with civil claims based to defer to findings by regulatory bodies in other EU states, and the ‘very dependable’ Philip Moser KC is a specialist on post-EU legislation, recently leading for the claimants in Umbrella Interchange vs Visa and Mastercard, which concerned if UK courts can bound by post-Brexit CJEU judgements in competition claims dating pre-exit. Jack Williams represents major clients in technology in European courts, with a recent case on behalf of Google at the General Court resulting in the annulment of a €1.5bn fine.

 

Blackstone Chambers has experience in a wide array of European courts, and the set’s members lead on behalf of major public, regulatory, and private bodies with a number of prominent individuals who specialise in EU law matters. ‘Wonderfully effective in court.’ Hanif Mussa KC acted for the defendants in Granville Technology Limited and others v LD Display Co Ltd and others, a follow-on damages claim that raised complex EU law questions, resulting in a greatly reduced quantum. The set has strength in depth at the junior level, with Paul Luckhurst recently representing JPMorgan Chase in an appeal to the Court of Justice concerning alleged breaches of EU competition regulation.

‘Phenomenal at all levels’, Matrix Chambers‘ expertise covers the relationship between the application of EU law to areas as broad as competition, immigration and asylum, financial services regulation, and environmental law. With ‘an unbelievable capacity to work on a huge range of cases’ David Wolfe KC was instructed in R (Boswell) v The Secretary of State for Transport, a complex environmental challenge that raised pertinent questions on the application of the EU Environmental Impact Assessment Directive at a domestic level. Clear, forceful and convincing’, Suzanne Rab joined  in 2025, with recent EU law matters including acting for Unichem in Unichem v Servier, one of the first follow-on damages claims in the area of competition litigation arising from a judgement in the EU Court of Justice.