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Ian S. Forrester QC
Queen's Counsel : 1988
Year Of Call : 1972
Areas of practice
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Summary
Ian Forrester QC specialises in European law, advising companies, governmental authorities, and industry associations on competition law, trade law, internal market rules and intellectual property.
Experience
Ian Forrester has conducted cases before the three European Community Courts and the EFTA Court in Luxembourg, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, as well as the Scottish, English and Belgian courts.
Selected cases
- Magill (compulsory licensing of IP rights)(CFI, ECJ)
- IMS (interface between competition law and IP rights)(CFI)
- Microsoft (dominance; interface between competition law and IP rights)(Commission, CFI)
- Bosman (transfer of football players)(ECJ)
- Syfait v. GlaxoSmithKline (dominance, refusal to supply)(Hellenic Competition Commission, ECJ)
- Pfizer Animal Health (precautionary principle)(CFI)
- A. v. National Blood Authority (contaminated blood as a defective product)(High Court, England)
- Freight Transport Association v. London Boroughs (technical harmonisation) (House of Lords)
Professional Appointments
- Visiting Professor in European Law, University of Glasgow
Other information
Visit Ian Forrester's Brussels office website at: www.whitecase.com/iforrester
