Cases

Collective proceedings:

• Kent v Apple: acting as junior counsel for the class representative, led by Ronit Kreisberger KC and Michael Armitage.
• Coll v Google: acting as junior counsel for the class representative, led by Ronit Kreisberger KC and Michael Armitage.
• Which? v Qualcomm: acting as junior counsel for the class representative, led by Jon Turner KC, Rob Williams KC, Michael Armitage and Ciar McAndrew.
• Alex Neill Class Representative Limited v Sony: acting as junior counsel for the proposed class representative, led by Robert Palmer KC and Fiona Banks.
• Roberts (sewage spills): acting as junior counsel for the proposed class representative, led by Jon Turner KC, Julian Gregory, and Nikolaus Grubeck.
• Gutmann v First MTR South Western Trains Limited and another: acting as junior counsel for Stagecoach.  

Private law competition claims:

• Asda Stores Limited & Ors v Bremnes Seashore AS & Ors: acting for the claimant supermarkets in a cartel damages action relating to farmed Atlantic salmon (led by Anneli Howard KC and Julian Gregory).
• Merchant Interchange Fee Umbrella Proceedings: acting junior counsel for a number of retailers in claims against Visa and Mastercard in the Multilateral Interchange Fees litigation (led by Philip Woolfe KC).
• Trucks: acted as junior counsel for Ryder, a claimant in the Trucks damages litigation (led by Mark Brealey KC, Josh Holmes KC, and Fiona Banks).
• Sportradar v Football DataCo and Betgenius: acted as junior counsel in a standalone claim for an injunction and damages for breach of EU and UK competition law (led by Ronit Kreisberger KC, Alistair Lindsay and Ciar McAndrew).

Antonia has been instructed in procurement matters on behalf of both claimants and defendants.

Cases

• James Waste Management Limited v Essex County Council: acted as junior counsel for the successful defendant in an in-term modification claim, led by Azeem Suterwalla.
• Siemens v HS2 Limited: acted as junior counsel for the claimant in its challenge to the HS2 rolling-stock procurement, led by Fionnuala McCredie KC of Keating Chambers, and Fiona Banks, Ewan West and Alfred Artley of Monckton.
• Fortem Solutions Limited v Birmingham City Council: acted as junior counsel for the defendant in a procurement claim regarding a contract for the provision of gas servicing and improvement works programmes, led by Fiona Banks.

Cases

• R (Kellogg Marketing and Sales Company (UK) & anor) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2022] EWHC 1710 (Admin): acted as junior counsel for the successful defendant, led by Sir James Eadie KC of Blackstone Chambers and Azeem Suterwalla of Monckton, defending Kellogg’s challenge to the Food (Promotion and Placement) Regulations 2021.
• Student Nurse Paramedics (pro bono). Instructed as junior counsel on a pro bono basis, led by Michael Armitage, in a prospective challenge to Student Finance England’s decision to withdraw funding from students studying for an integrated masters Nurse Paramedic degree. Reversal of the decision was secured at pre-action stage.

During pupillage, Antonia assisted in relation to a range of matters including:

• R (Richards) v The Environment Agency [2021] EWHC 2501: a landmark human rights case concerning a vulnerable five-year-old boy’s challenge to the Environment Agency’s regulation of a polluting landfill site.
• R (Cheung) v Office of Intercollegiate Services (Downing College Cambridge were an Interested Party): resisting a disappointed applicant’s challenge to the Office and College’s decision to not to admit him to study Land Economy.
• Various matters on an advisory basis, including advising a non-departmental public body as to the extent of its vires, and advising a child in relation to his right to education under A2P1 of the ECHR.

Cases

• Sportradar v Football DataCo and Betgenius: acted as junior counsel in a standalone claim for an injunction and damages for breach of EU and UK competition law (led by Ronit Kreisberger KC, Alistair Lindsay and Ciar McAndrew). The case concerned exclusivity agreements for the collection and distribution of “in-play” betting data relating to football matches in the FA Premier League, Scottish Premier League, and English Football League.

During pupillage, Antonia assisted in advising on a range of Sport matters, including:

• FA disciplinary proceedings against a football agent for alleged breach of conflict of interest provisions in the FA Regulations.
• A potential judicial review challenge in respect of a sports governing body’s regulations.

Cases

• University of Birmingham Guild of Students v HMRC: acted as junior counsel for the successful claimant in its tax appeal against HMRC, led by Melanie Hall KC.

During pupillage, Antonia assisted Melanie Hall KC on a number of complex VAT issues in a high-profile case with a household name tax payer.

Cases

Antonia has been instructed and appeared in the County Court in commercial matters including:

• Karmeinsky v Bolt Services UK Ltd: successfully resisting an application for permission to appeal in the Central London County Court against the striking out purported claim under s. 29 of the Equality Act 2010.
• Chunteer v Bolt Services UK Ltd: successful strike-out application against a claim in breach of contract.

Antonia regularly acts in matters under FOIA and welcomes instructions in this area.

Education

• BPTC, City Law School (Outstanding).
• GDL, City Law School (Distinction).
• PhD (Medieval History), University College London.
• MA (Medieval Studies), University College London (Distinction, top of year).
• BA (Hons) History, Wadham College, University of Oxford (First Class).

Scholarships and prizes

• Winner of the Administrative Law Bar Association Moot (2019)
• Bedingfield Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2019)
• Residential Scholarship, Gray’s Inn (2019)
• BPTC Scholarship, City Law School (2019)
• Winner of the Maitland Advocacy Prize (2018)
• David Karmel Award, Gray’s Inn (2018)
• GDL Scholarship, City Law School (2018)
• Various Academic prizes at undergraduate and postgraduate level including College Prize for performance in Finals (Wadham College, University of Oxford), UCL Alumni Association MA Prize (for the highest-scoring MA in the History Department) and MA and PhD scholarships from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Languages

French (working knowledge).