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Marjorie Holmes

Reed Smith (London)

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Marjorie Holmes is a partner in Reed Smith, London office, and specialises in competition law in several sectors including aviation, marine, insurance, construction, energy and telecoms. Marjorie has represented companies in a number of important investigations by the European Commission and the UK Competition Authorities. She also acts as legal adviser to several trade associations, and covers Mergers & Acquisitions.She acted on behalf of the defendants in the Arkin case and on behalf of the claimants (the EGP Group) in the SUNAG case. Marjorie Holmes studied at the London School of Economics and Cambridge University. Marjorie is recommended in Chambers and Legal 500. (See : A Practical Guide to National Competition Rules across Europe, 2nd Edition, published by Kluwer, 2007 and Competition Law and Practice: A Review of Major Jurisdictions", published by Cameron May, 2009.

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Marjorie Holmes The UK High Court gives important guidelines as to the standard of proof for claiming damages in competition cases (Arkin)

10 April 2003 772

Arkin v. Borchard Lines Ltd., [2003] All E.R. (D) 173, [2003] EWHC 687 (Comm) (10 April 2003), is important as one of the first damages claims brought in a United Kingdom court for breach of Articles 81 and 82 of the Rome Treaty involving private enforcement of competition law. It was decided (...)

Marjorie Holmes The UK High Court makes a group litigation order in a competition case in the automobile sector (Prentice / DaimlerChrysler UK)

30 April 2001 722

Gerald Barling is a justice of the High Court and president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). He wrote an article “Collective Redress for Breach of Competition Law – A Case for Reform” published in Competition Law Journal Volume 10 Issue 1, 2011. In it he deals with Group Litigation Orders (...)

Marjorie Holmes The EU Court of Justice issues preliminary ruling in case from the UK High Court on the use of allegations of breach of competition law in order to avoid honouring obligations under a commercial contract (Sunag)

18 January 1995 1007

This was a commercial private arbitration case which ended up before the English High Court, Queen Bench Division (Case C-339/95), and was referred to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling. A unanimous arbitration award to enforce the agreement was appealed in the commercial (...)

70 Review

Marjorie Holmes, Lesley Davey A Practical Guide To National Competition Rules Across Europe (ed.2)

February 2008 70

This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)