Lord (Christopher) Bellamy was a member of Monckton Chambers from 1970 to 1992, specialising in European, competition and regulatory law, and became a KC in 1986. In 1992 he was appointed as a judge to (what is now) the General Court of the European Union where he served for seven years. At the end of 1999 he returned to the UK to set up (what is now) the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), of which he was President until 2007. The CAT determines appeals in competition and certain regulatory matters, and hears actions for damages for competition law infringements. In 2007 Lord Bellamy KC retired from the CAT and became a senior consultant with Linklaters LLP, and Chairman of the Linklaters Global Competition Practice in 2011. He stepped down from Linklaters at the end of October 2020, and rejoined Monckton Chambers. Lord Bellamy KC focussed on appointments as a mediator or arbitrator in disputes including but not limited to competition and regulatory matters, arising anywhere in the world. On 7 June 2022 he was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Justice in the House of Lords. While a Minister, Lord Bellamy KC will not be accepting any work through Monckton Chambers.
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This article has been nominated for the 2013 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. Introduction A year ago a foreword to e-Competitions by Ian Forrester QC addressed the issue of judicial review in competition cases at EU and national (...)
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On 27 June 2011, the OFT published guidance on how it will assess the extent of an individual director’s responsibility for infringements of competition law. Where a company has breached competition law, the OFT can apply to court seeking a competition disqualification order (“CDO”) against an (...)
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On 27 June 2011, the OFT published guidance on how it will assess the extent of an individual director’s responsibility for infringements of competition law. Where a company has breached competition law, the OFT can apply to court seeking a competition disqualification order (“CDO”) against an (...)
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Background In February 2003, the Commission, with the assistance of the UK’s Office of Fair Trading, conducted a dawn raid at the UK premises of Akzo Nobel and Akcros Chemicals on suspicion of possible anti-competitive practices. During the raid, a dispute arose between the investigation (...)
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On 6 October, the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’) issued another “score draw” judgment in the long-running battle of R&D-based pharmaceutical companies to limit parallel trade in medicines across the EU. While the ECJ required the European Commission to conduct an in-depth examination of (...)
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The European Commission presented its Preliminary Report into the pharmaceutical sector (which runs to 426 pages) at a public hearing on 28 November. The deadline for comments on the Report is 31 January 2009. Click here for a copy of the Report, the Commission’s press release and the (...)
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In a judgment handed down on 29 September, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), dismissed an appeal brought by British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (Sky) against a decision of the Competition Commission (CC). The CAT upheld part of an appeal against the same decision brought by Virgin Media (...)
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On 30 June 2008, the European Commission introduced a new settlement procedure for cartel cases. Under the new procedure, the parties in a cartel investigation may acknowledge their breach of European antitrust law and waive certain procedural rights in exchange for a 10% reduction of the (...)
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On 26 October 2007, the European Commission initiated a public consultation on a new settlement procedure in cartel cases. The procedure outlined in the Commission’s proposal is aimed at making the Commission’s investigations more efficient. Public comments are due by 21 December 2007 and the (...)
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The OFT have published (on 18 April 2007) a Discussion Paper entitled "Private actions in competition law: effective redress for consumers and business", launching an informal consultation process on how to encourage private actions by consumers and businesses for breaches of competition law. (...)
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Interview conducted by Sir Christopher Bellamy, Linklaters, London. Institutional For the benefit of the readers of Concurrences could you outline the main features of the UK competition regime, and the effect of the recent reforms? The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act (ERRA) passed (...)
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Un programme de recherche international regroupant des avocats et des académiques a été constitué sous l’égide de Concurrences afin de comparer les modes de calcul des amendes sanctionnant des pratiques anticoncurrentielles. Une double méthodologie émerge de cette comparaison internationale (...)
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Two-sided markets: A new challenge for competition policy and regulation? Michael L. KATZ, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley 1. In preparing my presentation, I almost simply adopted the title of the session - Two-Sided Markets: A Challenge for Competition Policy (...)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS OPENING REMARKS Mr Jean-Marc SAUVÉ, Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat Mr Mario MONTI, Former European Commissioner for Competition, President of the Bocconi University of Milan IS STATE AID CONTROL POLICY A COMPETITION POLICY? Introduction: Mrs Marie-Dominique (...)
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On 5 June 2007, the Global Competition Law Centre organized in cooperation with the European Commission an event aiming to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the adoption of EC competition rules with the signature of the EC Treaty in Rome. This event, which symbolically took place in the (...)
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Interview of Sir Christopher BELLAMY, President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, London, United Kingdom Questions 1. You have been the President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal since 2003. This is a recent jurisdiction in the British jurisdictional order: what was the need for (...)
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Douglas H. Ginsburg Liber Amicorum : An Antitrust Professor on the Bench Vol. II
