BROADCASTING, ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA
Members of Monckton Chambers have significant experience of the media and entertainment sector. We act for broadcasters, content providers, sellers of sports rights, Ofcom and many others. Examples of work cover a huge range: litigation and advice in connection with the sale of sports rights; the provision of electronic programme guides on digital television platforms; state aid issues relating to public service broadcasting; and advising digital broadcasters on convergence issues under the Communications Act and European regulatory framework.
Notable cases include (please click on the links for details):
- R (TVDanmark 1 Ltd) v Independent Television Commission (House of Lords)
- Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd & Others v Amalgamated Racing Ltd & Others (Court of Appeal)
- Football Association Premier League Limited and Others v QC Leisure (A Trading Name) and Others (High Court)
- Bacardi v TV Française (TF1) (European Court of Justice)
- Television GmbH v Niedersächsische Landesmedienanstalt Rundfunk (European Court of Justice)
7/5/2013 Monckton Chambers receives three nominations for The Lawyer Awards
2/5/2013 Greenpeace and in-shore fishermen in court for fishing quota case
1/5/2013 Supreme Court sends air pollution case to the CJEU
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
14/6/2013 Commercial Judicial Review and Regulatory Proceedings
5/6/2013 Bid Exclusion: Live Issues
22/5/2013 Getting hold of the documents: Legal principles for disclosure in the anti-trust context
All UK VAT Groups can Breathe a Sigh of Relief
Composite Supplies at Separate Rates: Colaingrove Ltd v HMRC
National Grid Electricity Transmission plc v ABB Limited and others