About this Event
Competition Law in Practice: From the Courts to Settlements
Bethanie Chambers, Barrister, XXIV Old Buildings Chambers
About the speaker
Bethanie is a “Rising Star” junior barrister with a broad practice spanning commercial and group litigation, both domestically and in international jurisdictions. She has appeared both led and unled in the High Court, and has acted in matters across a number of major offshore jurisdictions. Her work includes civil fraud, contractual and company law disputes, and aviation and she is regularly instructed on applications raising complex jurisdictional, procedural and interlocutory issues.
Before coming to the Bar, Bethanie was a judicial assistant to Lord Justice McCombe and the Lady Chief Justice in the Court of Appeal. Most notably, she assisted in the case of Dargamo Holdings Limited v Avonwick Holdings Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1149 in which the Court addressed the interaction between the law of contract and the law of unjust enrichment as well as the operation of the ‘failure of basis’ ground of restitution.
Bethanie graduated with a first-class honours in Law from Murray Edwards College, Cambridge and subsequently completed the BCL at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. During her studies, Bethanie was awarded the Blues Sporting Award for commitment to university tennis.
Competition Practice
The Trucks Litigation
- Acting as sole Counsel in the Competition Appeal Tribunal in respect of applications arising from the Second Wave Proceedings in the Trucks litigation. The applications concerned questions of pass-on (as well as the related question of value of commerce) and overcharge.
Rodger v Alphabet Inc
- Acting for Professor Barry Rodger, the class representative, in collective proceedings brought against Google before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Professor Rodger’s case is that Google has adopted a range of exclusionary practices to eliminate competition in app distribution and has then exploited its dominant position by charging excessive and unfair prices.
Schedule
17:45 Registration
18:00 Theatre opens and Event begins
19:00 Q&A
19:15 Event ends
Event venue & nearby stays
UCL Laws, Bentham House, London, United Kingdom
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