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|  GE/Honeywell Merger (2006) | |
| Cheri Booth QC and Jessica Simor appeared for General Electric in the challenge to the prohibition of a proposed merger between the aircraft companies GE and Honeywell |
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| R (Horvath) v SSEFRA (2006) | |
| Maurice Sheridan appeared for the claimant in this judicial review of judicial review of paragraphs 26 to 28 of the Schedule to the Common Agricultural Policy Single Payment and Support Schemes (Cross Compliance) (England) Regulations 2004 ("the England Regulations"). |
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| GNER v Office of Rail Regulation (2006) | |
| Matrix barristers Rabinder Singh QC, Rhodri Thompson QC, Jessica Simor and Helen Mountfield acted in an EC challenge to railway charging regime |
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| Sony Computer Entertainment v HMRC (2006) | |
| Customs duties paid on importation of games console. Claim for repayment of duties paid in light of CFI judgment. |
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| Loutchansky v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2005) | |
| Community law rights of non-EU national to carry on business for EU company. |
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| Chagos Islanders v Attorney General (2004) | |
| Refusal by Court of Appeal of permission to the Claimants to appeal against decision of Ouseley J. striking out claim for damages. Misfeasance in public office, deceit, exile and limitation |
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| Bacardi-Martini v Television Français 1 (2004) | |
| Written observations prepared on behalf of the UK Government. French law on advertising of alcoholic beverages, application of Article 49 EC |
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| Days Medical Aids Limited v Pihsiang Manufacturing (2004) | |
| Article 81 EC, restraint of trade, Modernisation Regulation EC 1/2003 |
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| R (Milk Marque Ltd) v Monopolies and Mergers Commission (2003) | |
| Competition law: Application of domestic competition law to common organisation of a Community market |
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| ECJ food supplements challenge (2005) | |
| The challenge brought by the healthfood industry to the common EC rules for marketing of food supplements has finally been rejected by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. |
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| Joined cases Dansk Rørindustri A/S, Henss/Isoplus group (Isoplus Fernwärmetechnik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Isoplus Fernwärmetechnik Gesellschaft mbH, Isoplus Fernwärmetechnik GmbH), KE KELIT Kunststoffwerk GmbH, LR AF 1998 A/S, Brugg Rohrsysteme GmbH, LR Af 1998 (Deutschland) GmbH, ABB Asea B | |
| Rhodri Thompson QC acted for the EC Commission in this successful defence of cartel fining decision |
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| Bavarian Lager v Commission (1999) | |
| This case before the Court of First Instance concerned the legitimacy of refusals by the Commission and Council to grant access to documents under the Code of Conduct on access to information. Jessica Simor appeared. |
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| Gascoyne v Commissioners of Customs & Excise (2003) | |
| The appeal concerned the vehicle seizure policy of Customs & Excise and its compatibility with EC and ECHR law. Jessica Simor appeared for Mr Gascoyne. |
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| Commissioners of Customs & Excise v R (Hoverspeed Ltd & Ors) (2002) | |
| The case consisted of a challenge to the legality of statutory instruments as wrongly implementing the relevant EC Directive. Jessica Simor and Rabinder Singh QC appeared for the claimants. |
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| Olivieri v Commission (2003) | |
| Philippe Sands QC and Jonathan Marks represented Dr Olivieri at the interim measures hearing at the ECJ. Jonathan Marks represented Dr Olivieri at the later proceedings before the ECJ. |
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| R (Robertson) v City of Wakefield Metropolitan Council (2001) | |
| Nicholas Blake QC, Jonathan Marks and Conor Gearty represented an individual successfully challenging the use of the electoral roll for commercial purposes, relying on EC and ECHR law. Rhodri Thompson QC acted for the Secretary of State. |
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| DEFRA v Maltco 3 & Ors (2004) | |
| Rhodri Thompson QC appeared for DEFRA and Jessica Simor for the principal Defendant on a preliminary issues hearing concerning the proper construction of the limitation regime governing the recovery of sums unduly paid under the CAP. |
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| Case C-413/99 R (Baumbast) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2002) | |
| Nicholas Blake QC appeared for the successful applicant in this landmark case concerning the applicability of Article 18 of the EC Treaty conferring rights on EU citizens independently of any other directly enforceable right provided for in the EC Treaty. |
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| Gough & Smith v Chief Constable of Derbyshire (2002) | |
| Rhodri Thompson QC and Jessica Simor acted for two individuals in a test case concerning the compatibility of "football banning orders" with EC rules on free movement and with the ECHR. |
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