HEALTH
Monckton Chambers acts in a range of areas of health law. Members have acted for claimants and defendants in judicial review challenges to the exercise of powers both within the NHS, and as between the NHS and other bodies such as social services.
Changes in the provision of health services have led to an increasingly wide range of issues, including competition and public law issues, in respect of which members have been instructed. The priority given to health by the Office of Fair Trading, on pricing issues in particular, has led to appeals to the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the involvement of members for a number of parties.
In procurement law, members frequently advise both the public sector and private undertakings in the full range of procurement issues from private finance initiatives (PFIs) to supplies.
Notable cases include (please click on the links for details):
12/6/2013 Radio 4 discussion on Spying and Surveillance
6/6/2013 ECJ follows Abdulrahim in Ayadi
6/6/2013 John Swift QC to conclude his membership with Monckton Chambers
9/5/2013 Cambridge Associates in Management v Ofsted
15/3/2013 High Speed Rail judgment given
7/3/2013 Kassie Smith in Supreme Court for air pollution appeal
24/10/2013 Financial Institutions Litigation Conference
16/8/2013 IBC Legal EU / Competition Law Summer School
All UK VAT Groups can Breathe a Sigh of Relief
Composite Supplies at Separate Rates: Colaingrove Ltd v HMRC