The Sixth Annual UK Competition Litigation Conference

Please join Monckton Chambers, NERA and Exton Advisors at the iconic ME Hotel for this flagship conference discussing developments in UK competition litigation.

Now in its sixth year, this annual event brings together the “who’s who” of the competition community including leading lawyers, King’s Counsel, academics, legal financiers, and testifying experts. The agenda will cover recent cases and decisions, innovations in the strategy and process of bringing litigation, the question of dominance in a variety of sectors, the role of experts, and a look at the regulatory landscape in the context of the DMCC and the Digital Markets Unit. We will round off with a look at hot topics for 2025 including mergers, subsidies, and a look at things from a slightly more global perspective.

This year we are delighted to have two keynote sessions.

CAT Chairman Hodge Malek KC will join us to discuss the challenges in competition cases and how the CAT intends to deal with them.

Former UK Judge at the General Court and a current member of the CAT Ian Forrester KC will discuss a comparison between hearing cases in the CAT and the General Court.

We are also delighted to welcome speakers throughout the day from the leading City law firms conducting competition litigation, regulators, class representatives, experts, brokers and funders. We have eight key sessions, in which we welcome speakers from the CAT, the CMA, class representatives, and leading lawyers from across the claimant and defendant bars (Ashurst, BCLP, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Freshfields, Hausfeld, Hogan Lovells, LCM, Linklaters, Mishcon De Reya, and Norton Rose Fulbright).

As is now customary, we warmly welcome delegates to celebrate the season of cheer with an evening champagne reception enjoying panoramic views of London from the ME Hotel’s Radio Rooftop Bar.

Challenges in competition cases and how the CAT intends to handle them.

Highlights of class actions in 2024: certification; novel theories of harm; trial (Le Patourel v BT); and, settlements.

Chair: Adrien Cervera-Jackson, NERA
Speakers: Sarah Houghton, Mishcon De Reya; Sarina Williams, Linklaters; Mark Sansom, Freshfields; Robert Palmer KC, Monckton Chambers

Developments in the role of class representatives, funding, administration and packaging of collective actions.

Chair: John Astill, Exton Advisors
Speakers: Luke Streatfeild, Hausfeld; Tom Clark, Which?; Adam Erusalimsky, Litigation Capital Management; Julian Gregory, Monckton Chambers

A look at the law around the main excessive pricing and exclusion cases in the UK and Europe, including recent appeal decisions.

Chair: Daniel Beard KC, Monckton Chambers
Speakers: Eleanore Di Claudio, Simmons & Simmons; Chris Hutton, Hogan Lovells; Tanja Salem, BT

The role of expert led processes, hot tubs, and new empirical methods (such as behavioral economics and surveys).

Chair: Ronit Kreisberger KC, Monckton Chambers
Speakers: Andrew Leitch, BCLP; Stephen Wisking, Herbert Smith Freehills; Grant Saggers, NERA; Paul Stuart, Cleary Gottlieb; Helen Fairhead, Norton Rose Fullbright

The new DMCC / DMU, regulatory appeals, and consumer protection.

A comparison: Hearing competition cases in the CAT and the General Court.

Gabby Monahova, NERA, to introduce Keynote.

Mergers, Subsidies, International Experience.

Chair: Tim Ward KC, Monckton Chambers
Speakers: David Schwartz, BCLP; George Peretz KC, Monckton Chambers; Alison Berridge, Monckton Chambers; Tom Steindler, Exton Advisors

Please also specify any special dietary requirements for lunch and refreshments during the day.

Attendance is limited.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

ME London Hotel, 336-337 Strand, London, United Kingdom