Mark Brealey QC

Mark Brealey QC specialises in EU and Competition Law. He regularly appears before the Courts of England and Wales, before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and before the Court of Justice of the European Communities. He also appears at oral hearings before the competition and regulatory authorities.

Recent cases of note  include EWS v Enron in the Court of Appeal (jurisdiction of CAT to award damages), BCL v BASF in the Court of Appeal (limitation period for damages claim), Courage v Crehan in the House of Lords (damages for breach of competition law), Devenish Nutrition v Sonofi-Aventis in the Court of Appeal  (no restitution for breach of Competition Law), Chester City Council v Arriva (trial in High Court involving predatory pricing),  Healthcare-at-Home v Genzym in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (interim award of damages for margin squeeze), Case T-321/05 AstraZeneca  v Commission in the CFI (patent abuse) and Case C-438/05 Viking (right to strike and free movement).

He is co-author of Brealey & Hoskins "Remedies in EC law", an editor of Butterworths "Competition Law" and an editor of "Civil Procedure - The White Book Service".

He is Chair of the Bar European Group. He is regularly cited by legal directories as one of the leading silks in this field.