Gary Oliver
Senior Clerk
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Rhys joined Chambers in September 2023 following the successful completion of pupillage. He accepts instructions in all of Chambers' practice areas.
Recent highlights of Rhys’s experience include assisting with the following cases:
Rhys was seconded to the Competition and Markets Authority for 3 months in 2023, where he worked with the litigation team, primarily on matters arising from anti-trust and merger and acquisition investigations.
While studying for the Bar, Rhys worked as a pro-bono advocate and union representative on behalf of the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU), successfully representing members in a variety of workplace disciplinary matters, including in appeals against final written warnings and misconduct allegations.
In 2021-2022, Rhys was a paralegal at the Infected Blood Inquiry, where he drafted Rule 9 requests for further evidence from inquiry witnesses, including former government ministers.
Prior to coming to the Bar, Rhys was Fellow in History at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, where he lectured in eighteenth and nineteenth century European, American and Caribbean history.
Rhys has also written and presented several documentaries for BBC Radio 4, which offered an historical perspective on contemporary political and cultural issues, from Brexit to the problems of attention span shrinkage.
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of commercial law.
For the claimant in an application for a worldwide freezing order (assisting Harry Adamson).
For the defendant news group, MGN, in the ongoing phone hacking litigation (assisting Harry Adamson).
For the defendant in a claim arising from the Ingenious Litigation, a group action relating to a claim in fraud brought by a large number of investors in a film finance scheme (assisting Harry Adamson).
For the Premier League in a confidential arbitration relating to alleged breaches by a football club of the league's profitability and sustainability rules (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For the defendant water company in relation to an ongoing multi-million pound High Court claim in restitution by personal search companies alleging breach of the Environmental Information Regulations (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For the FCA in a reference brought before the Upper Tribunal in relation to the FCA's findings of a lack of integrity against three employees of a private investment bank (assisting Celia Rooney).
For the claimant in relation to a final charging order over a property for sums due and owing under two orders and a default costs certificate (assisting Harry Adamson).
For the claimant in relation to a dispute over payment of royalties under a licence agreement between the claimant and defendant pertaining to the sampling by Kanye West of a recording by the group King Crimson (assisting Celia Rooney).
For Mr Jon Moss in his dispute against his former band, Culture Club (assisting Celia Rooney).
For the defendant company in an expedited High Court employee competition claim involving allegations relating to a team move of 38 employees across different jurisdictions in the insurance broking industry, including an alleged unlawful means conspiracy and quia timet and springboard injunctive relief (assisting Craig Rajgopaul).
For the talent management agency in relation to proposed proceedings arising out of an alleged breach of a music management contract by the artist (assisting Celia Rooney).
For the artists in proposed proceedings arising from an alleged failure on the part of the recording company to comply with its royalty accounting obligations in relation to streaming services (assisting Celia Rooney).
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of competition law.
For Visa in relation to the Visa interchange litigation, including the umbrella interchange proceedings, relating to claims that Multilateral Interchange Fees set by the Mastercard and Visa schemes are anti-competitive and unlawful (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For Volkswagen AG in group litigation proceedings, which raise a number of EU and competition law issues, including in respect of the Commission’s decision regarding emission levels (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of employment law.
For the defendant company in an expedited High Court employee competition claim involving allegations relating to a team move of 38 employees across different jurisdictions in the insurance broking industry, including an alleged unlawful means conspiracy and quia timet and springboard injunctive relief (assisting Craig Rajgopaul).
For the employer in successfully obtaining a strike out of an Employment Tribunal whistleblowing claim (assisting Craig Rajgopaul).
For the defendant employer in a claim brought by a male employee regarding allegations of sex discrimination under the Equality Act 2010 arising during the course of internal disciplinary proceedings (assisting Craig Rajgopaul).
For the employer in an Employment Tribunal disability discrimination claim (assisting Craig Rajgopaul).
For the employer in an Employment Tribunal disability discrimination claim, which involved complex territorial jurisdictional matters (assisting Craig Rajgopaul).
For the Energy Company in a proposed employee competition claim involving allegations of misuse of confidential information and unlawful means conspiracy (assisting Celia Rooney).
For the employer in an Employment Tribunal discrimination claim involving allegations of disability discrimination, harassment and victimisation under the Equality Act 2010 (assisting Celia Rooney).
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of public and regulatory law.
For the former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, in proceedings before the Privileges Committee relating to the investigation into whether the former Prime Minister misled Parliament over ‘partygate’ allegations (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For the legal charity ClientEarth in a judicial review of the Financial Conduct Authority's decision to approve the prospectus of an oil and gas company as a precondition to its admission to the official list and the offer of its securities to the public (assisting Harry Adamson).
For the Secretary of State for Justice on a judicial review of the prison categorisation and security conditions of a prisoner convicted of terrorism offences (assisted Harry Adamson).
Advised the Premier League on various proposed rule changes, including in respect of its compliance with certain statutory obligations (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Advised the Football Association on a regulatory matter arising in the context of a confidential arbitration (assisting Celia Rooney).
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of public international law.
For Mr Karim Massimov, former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, in matters relating to his arrest and detention by the government of Kazakhstan, and his subsequent conviction for treason, following nationwide protests in January 2022 (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For the United Kingdom in a challenge brought in the European Court of Human Rights by the editors of a Polish-language monthly magazine, which concerned the compatibility of the UK litigation costs regime with the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 ECHR (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For the United Kingdom in a challenge brought in the European Court of Human Rights by ANL, publisher of the Daily Mail and other titles, alleging a violation of Article 10 in respect of costs orders requiring the publisher to pay success fees to successful claimants (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of sanctions law.
Advising several companies and individuals in relation to compliance with the EU and UK sanctions regimes, particularly regarding Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, including advice on the impact of sanctions on commercial transactions, ownership and control, and the implications of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018, and the Regulations made pursuant to that primary legislation (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Advised a natural resources company in relation to the UK and EU sanctions regimes (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Advised a pharmaceutical company on the impact upon its business of the Russia (Sanctions) Regulations 2019 (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Advised a medical services company in relation to the UK and EU sanctions regimes (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of media and entertainment law.
For the defendant news group, MGN, in the ongoing phone hacking litigation (assisting Harry Adamson).
For the BBC in resisting an appeal against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal to refuse the appellant’s multi-part request for information regarding audience research undertaken by the BBC (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For Mr Jon Moss in his dispute against his former band, Culture Club (assisting Celia Rooney).
For the claimant in relation to a dispute over payment of royalties under a licence agreement between the claimant and defendant pertaining to the sampling by Kanye West of a recording by the group King Crimson (assisting Celia Rooney).
For the United Kingdom in a challenge brought in the European Court of Human Rights by the editors of a Polish-language monthly magazine, which concerned the compatibility of the UK litigation costs regime with the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 ECHR (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For the United Kingdom in a challenge brought in the European Court of Human Rights by ANL, publisher of the Daily Mail and other titles, alleging a violation of Article 10 in respect of costs orders requiring the publisher to pay success fees to successful claimants (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For the talent management agency in relation to proposed proceedings arising out of an alleged breach of a music management contract by the artist (assisting Celia Rooney).
For the artists in proposed proceedings arising from an alleged failure on the part of the recording company to comply with its royalty accounting obligations in relation to streaming services (assisting Celia Rooney).
Rhys accepts instructions in all areas of sports law.
For the Premier League in a confidential arbitration relating to alleged breaches by a football club of the league's profitability and sustainability rules (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
Advised the Premier League on various proposed rule changes, including in respect of its compliance with certain statutory obligations (assisting Jason Pobjoy).
For an athletics coach in relation to a disciplinary matter brought by the regulatory body (assisting Celia Rooney).
Advised the Football Association on a regulatory matter arising in the context of a confidential arbitration (assisting Celia Rooney).
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