David Vaughan CBE QC's EU/Competition Law CV

Qualifications

School - Eton College
College - Trinity College, Cambridge

Practice Profile

David Vaughan has appeared in over 100 cases before the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities. He has appeared in both direct actions and in references from national courts. Many of these are cases of the greatest significance in competition and in general EU law. He has appeared mainly for private enterprises seeking to challenge EU and national legislation or decisions. He has also appeared in many of the most important EU cases before the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal and the High Court.

His notable EU cases include: Garden Cottage, Cambridge Health; University of Cambridge; Banks, Naloo and other coal cases; Factortame I, II, III, IV; Anastasiou I, II, and III; Courage v Crehan; ICI (taxation of ethane [state aid] and petrochemical cases including: PP; PVC; LDPE; Soda Ash); REACH Regulation (SPCA v. DEFRA) and interim measures appeal cases (Cheminova, FMC Chemical I and II and Dow Agro Sciences); OMPI, PMOI I and PMOI II; and UK competition cases including BHB, ATR Genzyme and competition damages cases including Crehan, Warfarin and North Sea Cranes.

He has sat as Recorder, Deputy High Court Judge, and Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and of Guernsey. He is also an accredited CEDR Mediator.

Important Cases

European Court of Justice:

C-598/11 P(I) Schenker v Cathay Pacific Airways
C-407/11 P Government of Gibraltar -v- Commission
C-278/11 P Dover -v- Parliament
C-308/01 GIL Insurance (VAT, State Aid)
C-453/99 Courage -v- Crehan (Art.85 and damages)
C-294/99P ICI -v- Commission (Art. 85 PVC II, appeal)
C-151 and 157/97(P(I)) National Power and Powergen -v- Commission (BCC intervening) (Competition)
C-286/95P Commission -v- ICI (Competition Soda Ash Article 86 Appeal)
C-18/94 Hopkins -v- National Power (Competition/Coal)
C-200/92P PP Appeal - ICI (Competition)
C-137/92P PVCI Appeal - ICI (Competition)
C-128/92 Banks -v- British Coal (Competition - Coal)
C-241/91 & C-242/91 Magill (Intellectual Property & Competition)
C-139/89 ICI - LDPE (Competition)
C-138/89 ICI - PVC (Competition)
C-212/86 ICI (Article 85 - Polypropylene)
C-115/86 N.I. Coal Importers (Coal & Competition)
C-114/85 Wood-Pulp (Article 85)
C-136/79 National Panasonic (Competition)
C-155/79 AM&S (Competition)
C-109/75 & C-114/75) National Carbonising (Coal/Competition)

Other notable cases before European Court of Justice

C-584/10 P Commission -v- Kadi
C-593/10 P Council -v- Kadi
C-595/10 P UK -v- Kadi
C-27/09 France -v- PMOI
C-576/08 P PMOI -v- Council (Blacklisting)
C-391/08 P (R)Dow Agrisciences II
C- 99/08 P (R) Dow Agrisciences I
C-85/08 P (R) & C-6/08 P (R) FMC Chemical
C-60/08 P(R) Cheminova
C-558/07 R -v- DEFRA ex p. SPCM SA (REACH Regulation)
C-39/03P Cambridge Health (Appeal by Commission)
C-142/02 Anastasiou III (External Relations: Cyprus)
C-175-180/01 British Coal -v- Commission (Appeals from CFI Judgment in T-89/98
C-471/00P (R) Cambridge Health (Pharmaceuticals, International Measures)
C-27/00 Omega Air (Aircraft noise regulation)
C-390/98 Banks -v- Coal Authority (Coal-State Aids)
C-380/98 University of Cambridge (Public Procurement)
C-219/98 Anastasiou II (External Relations: Cyprus)
C-293/97 Standley and Metson (Environment)
C-4/96 NIFPO -v- Department of Agriculture (NI) (Fishing)
C-354/95 R -v- MAFF ex p. NFU (BSE)
C-296/95 R -v- C & E ex parte Emu TABAC (Excise Duty)
C-245/95P NTN and Koyo Seiko -v- Council (Dumping)
C-44/94 NFFO (Fishing)
C-48/93 Factortame (Damages - Fishing)
C-432/92 Anastasiou I (External Relations - Cyprus)
C-124/92 An Bord Bainne (Force Majeure)
C-324/91 Electricity Companies (Pensions)
C-200/91 Coloroll (Pensions)
C-169/91 Stoke on Trent (B&Q) (Sunday Trading: Article 30)
C-116/91 British Gas (Tachographs)
C-104/90 Matsushita (Anti-dumping)
C-50/90 Sunzest (External Relations/Cyprus)
C-221/89 Factortame (Div. Ct.) (Fishing)
C-213/89 Factortame (H.L) (Interim Measures)
C-181/89 Cunningham v. MMB (Milk)
C-372/88 Cricket St. Thomas v. M.M.B (Milk)
C-306/88 Rochdale Borough Council (Sunday Trading)
C-262/88 Barber (Pensions)
C-166/88) Wakefield (B&Q) (Sunday Trading)
C-145/88) Torfaen (B&Q) (Sunday Trading)
C-266/87 & C-267/87 A.P.I. (Pharmaceuticals - Article 30)
C-238/87 Volvo -v- Veng (Intellectual Property & Competition)
C-230/87 Naturally Yours (V.A.T.)
C-216/87 Jaderow (Fishing)
C-175/87 Matsushita (Dumping)
C-81/87 Daily Mail (Company Law and Taxation)
C-3/87 Agegate (Fishing)
C-138/86 & C-139/86 Direct Cosmetics (V.A.T.)
C-77/86 Dried Fruit Association (Minimum Import Prices & Agriculture)
C-416/85 Zero Rating (V.A.T. for UK Govt.)
C-353/85 Medical Exemptions (V.A.T. for UK Govt.)
C-174/84 Bulk Oil (External Relations/Israel)
C151/84 Roberts -v- Tate & Lyle (Equal Pay)
C-145/83 Stanley Adams (Damages)
C-63/83 Kent Kirk (Fishing)
C-133/83 Thos. Scott (Tachographs)
C-222/82 Apple & Pear (Agriculture)
C-45/81 Moksel (Agriculture)
C-84/81 Staple Dairy (Agriculture)
C-269/80 Tymen (Fishing)
C-130/79 Express Dairy (Agriculture)
C-135/78 Eurosteel (Dumping)
C-119/77 NSK (Dumping)

Court of First Instance Cases:

T-66/01 ICI -v- Commission (Soda Ash II (Articles 82)
T-148/98 Evans -v- Commission (for BCC - Coal Competition)
T-89/98 NALOO -v- Commission (Coal - Competition for BCC)
T-367/94 British Coal -v- Commission (Coal/Competition)
T-328/94 PVC II/ICI (Competition)
T-57/91 NALOO/British Coal (Coal/Competition)
T-37/91) Soda Ash/ICI (Competition: Article 86)
T-36/91) Soda Ash/ICI (Competition: Article 85)
T-99/89 LDPE/ICI (Competition)
T-98/89 PVC/ICI (Competition)
T-13/89 Polypropylene/ICI (Competition)

Other notable case before the CFI include

T-38/11 Cathay Pacific -v- Commission (Competition)
T-176/09 Government of Gibraltar v Commission (Habitats Directive, International law)
T-149/09 Dover -v- Parliament
T-145/09 Bredenkamp and others -v- Commission
T-284/08 INTP PMOI -v- Council (Interpretation of Judgment)
T-284/08 PMOI -v- Council (Blacklisting)
T-256/07 PMOI -v- Council (Blacklisting)
T-157/07 PMOI -v- Council (Blacklisting)
T-41/06 Poland -v- Commission (Merger)
T-228/02 OMPI -v- Commission (Foreign Policy)
T-137/00 Cambridge Health (Pharmaceuticals)
T-165/99 Omega Air -v- Council (Aircraft noise)
T-162/98 SWSMA -v- Commission (coal, competition for BCC)
T-22/97 Kesko -v- Commission (Mergers for Finland)
T-455/93 Hedley Lomas (Agriculture)
T-445/93 Electricity Companies (Pensions/Damages)

EU Cases in National Courts:

Granada and Thorn -v- C&E (state aid)
Courage -v- Crehan (Art. 85, tied houses, damages) (Ch. D. C.A. H of L)
R. -v- C&E ex p Lunn Poly (State Aid) (C.A.)
Marchant & Elliot -v- Higgins (Art. 85) (C.A.)
Philip Bros -v- Republic of Sierra Leone (Art. 85) (C.A.)
Sherson Lehman -v- Maclaine Watson (Competition. Art 85. Art. 86) (Comm. Ct)
R -v- A.G. ex p ICI (State Aid. Tax) (C.A.)
R -v- MAFF, ex p Bell Lines (Judicial review. Art 30) (Div. Ct)
An Bord Bainne -v- MMB (Damages Art. 86) (C.A.)
Garden Cottage Foods -v- MMB (Damages Art. 86) (H.L.)

Other notable EU cases before the National Courts include

Green Lane Products -v- PMS (Design Rights) (C.A.)
Texaco -v- Herrema & McDermott (Comm. Ct)
Viking Line -v- ITF (Comm. Ct)
V Tech -v- Customs and Excise (customs classification:- appeal from VAT Tribunal
Quark Fishing (Supreme Court of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, High Court, Court of Appeal and House of Lords (Human Rights)
R -v- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ex p. BT3G and One2one (state aid) (and C.A.)
R -v- Governor of Gibraltar ex parte Marrache (Art. 52 and At. 30, Gibraltar) (C.A. Gib.)
R -v- Hertfordshire County Council ex parte Green Environmental (self -incrimination and human rights) (H.L.)
Citibank -v- Kessler (Art. 48 and mortgages) (C.A.)
Matra -v- Home Office (Public Procurement) (C.A.)
Marks & Spencer -v- C&E (VAT) (High Ct)
U -v- W (A-G intervening) (Art 59 - free movement) (High Ct)
Chequepoint -v- McClelland (Discrimination) (C.A.)
Three Rivers District Council -v- Bank of England (Liability of Regulator) (High Court, C.A. and H.L.)
R -v- Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Launder (Extradition) (H.L.)
R -v- Coventry City Council and Dover Harbour Board (export of live animals) (Div Ct)
R -v- C&E ex p Eurotunnel (Excise Duty) (Div Ct)
Inntrepreneur -v- Bayliss (Art. 85) (High Ct)
R -v- Manchester Passenger Executive (Equal Treatment) (Div Ct.)
R -v- Secretary of Home Department ex parte Generics (Pharmaceuticals) (Div Ct)
R -v- Secretary of State for Transport ex p Factortame (Fisheries - Divisional Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords (2), Divisional Court, C.A. H.L.)
R -v- Secretary of State for Society Security ex p. Schering Chemicals (Art 30. Pharmaceuticals) (C.A.)
Cutsforth -v- Mansfield Inns (Art 85. Injunctions) (High Ct)
R -v- Secretary of State for Social Security ex p Bomof (Art 30- Pharmaceuticals) (C.A.)

Expert witness on EU law in various international arbitrations

Competition Act:

AttheRaces/British Horseracing Board (CAT)
British Horseracing Board (OFT)
Genzyme Ltd -v- OFT (CAT)
Bacardi-Martini Ltd: (OFT)

Career

2001 - 04 - Leader of the European Circuit of the Bar of England and Wales
2000 - - Judge of The Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey
1999 - - Consulting Editor of U.K. Competition Law Reports
1998 - - Editorial Board of European Business Law Review
1997 - - Chairman of Editorial Board of European Law Reports
1999 - Trustee of the Lord Slynn Foundation (Managing Trustee)
1988 - - Bencher Inner Temple
1998 - - Deputy High Court Judge
1994 - 01 - Recorder
1991 - - Advisory Board, Centre for European Legal Studies, Cambridge University
2002 - - Honorary Professor of European Law, Durham University
1989 - 00 - Visiting Professor of European Law, Durham University
1992 - Board of Management of British Institute of International and Comparative Law
1985 - Bronze Medal of Bar of Bordeaux
1998 - - Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Treasurer of United Kingdom Association of European Law (to 2000)
1982-85 - Law Advisory Committee British Council
Established Beveridge O'Malley & Vaughan in Brussels (subsequently amalgamated into Charlemagne Chambers).
1978 - - Bar and Law Society Committee on Competition Law (Chairman 1981-88)
1987 - 91 - Chairman of EEC section of the Union Internationale des Advocats
1978 - 88 - Chairman of the Competition Working Party
1978-81 - Member UK Delegation to Consultative Committee of the Bar and Law Societies of the European Communities
1977 - - Founder and current Honorary Vice-President of the Bar European Group
1987-89 - Member of Bar Committee
1968-86 - International Relations Committee of Bar Council (Chairman 1984-86)
1968-72 & 1984-86 - Member of Bar Council
1963 - - In Practice - Brick Court Chambers, Brick Court (Brussels)
Pupillage -Lord Neill of Bladen Q.C.

Publications

Halsbury's Laws of England, 1986 (E.C. Law vols 51-52)
Editor of Vaughan on Law of the European Communities 1986 (2nd Edition 1991-92, 4 Volumes) (3rd Edition 1997-9, 4 volumes)
Co-ordinating Editor of Butterworths European Court Practice (1993)
Consultant Editor of Current EC Legal Developments Series, Butterworths
Editor of Vaughan and Robertson Encyclopaedia of EU Law (2004 - contribution on Competition Law)

Legal Directory Comments

European and Competition Law

Chambers and Partners

‘a big picture man who can really see the wood from the trees' (2008)
‘a great motivator and team player' ‘especially excellent in EU work' (2008)
‘pushes the boundaries of competition law' (2007)
‘doyen of competition law', ‘silk of choice for state aid and public procurement matters' (2006)
‘a beacon and trailblazing figure of EU law' (2005)
‘a pioneer of EU law' (2003/4)

Legal 500

‘innovative', ‘ commercial', and ‘ pushes the boundaries' ‘commended for his ability to manage large teams' (2008)
‘analytical and tactically aware', ‘solicitors enjoy working alongside him as he identifies hidden issues' (2005)
‘a great lateral thinker and easy to work with' (2004)
‘one of the most high rated silks' (2003)

Public Procurement

Chambers and Partners

‘a great fighter' (2007)

Telecommunications

Chambers and Partners

Cited for his work in ‘competition aspects of telecoms law' (2007)

Further information

CEDR accredited Mediator
Managing Trustee Slynn Foundation
Honorary Vice-President of the Bar European Group
Honorary Visiting Professor of European Law at Durham University
Cited as Leading Silk in the area of EU and Competition Law in Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners 2009