The President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal is pleased to announce that the Lord Chancellor has appointed 5 new members to the panel of chairmen of the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
The new members are:
Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC
Charles Morrison
Margaret Obi
Dinah Rose KC
James Wolffe KC
Notes:
1 . About the new members:
Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC started his career as a solicitor and, in 1994, qualified at the law firm, Bristows. In 2000, he became a partner practising in intellectual property litigation. In 2004, he was called to the Bar and joined 8 New Square as a barrister specialising in Intellectual Property. He took silk in 2014. He has been involved in many cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court as well as at the European Patent Office in Munich. His practice has focussed primarily on patent cases (including more recently licensing litigation in the telecommunications field) but also copyright, confidential information, plant variety rights and trademarks.
Charles Morrison was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales in 1987. In 1994, he was granted rights as a Higher Court Advocate and in 2002 was called to the Bar of Tanzania. In 2017, he was appointed a Recorder of the Crown Court, and in 2019 appointed a Deputy High Court Judge deployed to the Queens Bench Division (Civil List and Commercial Court) and the Chancery Division. He is an energy and project finance partner in the London office of Hunton Andrews Kurth.
Margaret Obi qualified as a solicitor in 1998. She is a former Deputy High Court Judge (2018-2024). Her current judicial and quasi-judicial roles include Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territory, Deputy Chair of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the Financial Conduct Authority and Member of the Determinations Panel of The Pensions Regulator. Her other work includes advising defence teams in relation to investigations undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency, allegations of war crimes in the International Criminal Court, and disputes between states in the International Court of Justice.
Dinah Rose KC was called to the Bar in 1989 and took silk in 2006. She is a member of Blackstone Chambers, where she has practised public law, regulatory law, EU law and competition law. She is the President of Magdalen College, Oxford.
James Wolffe KC was called to the Bar in Scotland in 1992 and to the Bar of England & Wales in 2013. He took silk in 2007 and has wide experience of public and commercial law. He was First Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Ministers 2002-7, Advocate Depute 2007-10, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates 2014-16 and Lord Advocate 2016-21. He also sits as a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Guernsey and Jersey and is the Investigatory Powers Commissioner for those jurisdictions.
2. Appointments to the panel of chairmen are made by the Lord Chancellor pursuant to section 12 of the Enterprise Act 2002 upon the recommendation of the Judicial Appointments Commission and following an open competition. The appointments are part time, and the current rate of remuneration is £600 per day.