Joseph Bell is one of Oxera’s expert advisers in the field of competition litigation. He heads Oxera’s Follow-on Damages practice in the UK, with a focus on collective actions and cartel damages. He has a particular specialism in matters that require the application of empirical analysis, such as econometrics, to assess underlying competition issues or harms. Able to work across jurisdictions, Joseph has led projects providing evidence to competition authorities (including the CMA and the European Commission) and national courts in the UK and the Netherlands. One of Joseph’s noted skills is making complex economics concepts practical, relevant and clear, and he has experience of providing expert testimony in the UK and to the European Commission. He regularly contributes to Oxera’s EU-sponsored courses on the quantification of competition damages for member state judges. Providing advice across a wide range of industry sectors, Joseph has particular experience working in the fields of payments services and telecoms. Prior to joining Oxera, Joseph worked for four years in BT Group’s finance division, where he received his accountancy training and conducted an econometric research project at the Bank of England.
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The long-awaited UK Supreme Court judgment in Mastercard v Merricks (‘the Judgment’) was handed down last Friday morning. The Judgment allows a £14bn opt-out collective proceeding to proceed. The application for a collective proceeding, launched by Walter Hugh Merricks CBE in 2016, is the (...)
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To date, there have been only a few successful damages claims following the granting of incompatible State aid, despite similar damages claims being common in other areas of competition law. A study published in 2019 by the European Commission highlights that the burden of proof for claimants (...)
