David Scannell KC

Barrister at Brick Court Chambers

Speaker

David is recognised by Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and Chambers Global as a leading silk in competition law. He has extensive experience of all aspects of competition work, including cartels, regulatory investigations, stand-alone actions and follow-on damages claims, representing both claimants and defendants.

He acted as leading counsel for the claimants in the CRT Cartel follow-on damages claims (now successfully settled), and continues to act as leading counsel on the claimant side in the DRAMs follow-on claims. He acts as leading counsel on the defendant side for Sun/Ranbaxy in the Lundbeck follow-on damages claims brought by the NHS, and as leading counsel for the Cinven Appellants in the Prochlorperazine regulatory appeals currently being heard by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

He acted for the defendants in Power Cables and Refrigeration Compressors (both in the English courts) and in Elevators & Escalators (in the European Courts). He currently acts for Orange in the Phones 4U litigation (Ch. Div.) and acted for GlaxoSmithKline in the ‘Pay-for-Delay’ litigation and for Sky in Pay TV. He is currently instructed in several matters involving CMA investigations.