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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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| Albion Water v Director General of Water Services | |
| Rhodri Thompson QC and John O'Flaherty appeared for Albion Water in the first successful appeal brought against OFWAT before the Competition Appeal Tribunal |
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| New Cheshire Salt Works (2005) | |
| Rhodri acted for the former shareholders of the New Cheshire Salt Works, a family run business representing the third player on the UK salt market. |
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| Racecourse Association and British Horseracing Board v Office of Fair Trading (2005) | |
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| R (Greenpeace Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment Fisheries and Rural Affairs (2005) | |
| Rhodri Thompson QC appeared for the Secretary of State in R (Greenpeace Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment Fisheries and Rural Affairs |
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| R (National Association of Health Stores and the Health Food Manufacturers Ltd v Secretary of State for Health (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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| Three Rivers DC v the Bank of England (no. 3) (2000) | |
| The House of Lords considered the correct legal test for misfeasance in public office. Rhodri Thompson QC appeared for the defendant. |
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| R (National Association of Health Stores and Jennifer Seagrove) v Secretary of State for the Health (2005) | |
| Rhodri Thompson QC and Sam Grodzinski acted for the actress Jenny Seagrove and the NAHS in their challenge to the Government’s ban on the ancient Pacific herbal remedy, Kava Kava. The case raised important Constitutional issues in relation to ministerial responsibility. |
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| Case 1016/1/1/03 Genzyme v Office of Fair Trading (2004) | |
| Rhodri Thompson QC acted for the OFT in resisting the wide ranging appeal against a fine imposed for abusive pricing in the pharmaceutical sector under Chapter II of the Competition Act 1998. The appeal has been largely dismissed by the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT). |
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| Chagos Islanders v Attorney General (2004) | |
| The litigation concerned misfeasance in public office. Rhodri Tompson QC and Kieron Beal appeared in the case. |
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| Hoverspeed v Commissioners of Customs and Excise (2002) | |
| The case concerned the powers of HM Customs officers to confiscate goods and vehicles and whether this policy was incompatible with the Community law rights of individuals to import goods bought in other Member states at their duty rates. Rhodri Thompson QC and Rabinder Singh QC appeared for the Claimants. |
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