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Life Sciences Regulatory | UK Bar

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This table lists barristers with experience handling matters concerning regulation or licensing within the pharmaceutical, foods and chemical industries. It includes manufacture, importation and marketing cases.

All Silks (KC) profiles

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Band 1

  1. Anneli Howard KC
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    Anneli Howard KC
    Monckton Chambers
    Monckton Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 19 Years Ranked
    Anneli is highly regarded in the EU aspects of pharmaceutical law and for acting on behalf of the MHRA. She is undoubtedly an expert.
  2. David Scannell KC
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    David Scannell KC
    Brick Court Chambers
    Brick Court Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 12 Years Ranked
    David Scannell KC is a highly esteemed regulatory barrister with a practice taking in licensing disputes in the pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries. He has strong experience of EU cases but also those concerning the UK's developing regulatory framework. He has been involved in challenging decisions of the Food Standards Agency on 'novel food' statuses.
  3. David Travers KC
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    David Travers KC
    Gough Square Chambers
    Gough Square Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 25 Years Ranked
    David Travers KC is among the leading experts at the Bar on labelling, banned or controlled products, and other food regulation matters. He is instructed to advise manufacturers and public authorities on enforcement or compliance issues.
  4. George Peretz KC
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    George Peretz KC
    Monckton Chambers
    Monckton Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 24 Years Ranked
    George Peretz KC is well known for his work in pharmaceutical licensing cases before the UK and European Courts. He is among those instructed by the MHRA to defend its regulatory decisions.
  5. Jemima Stratford KC
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    Jemima Stratford KC
    Brick Court Chambers
    Brick Court Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 22 Years Ranked
    Jemima Stratford KC has a strong practice in pharmaceutical licensing law. She has acted for pharma companies in leading cases, including one concerning the procurement of COVID-19 antibody tests.
  6. Jonathan Kirk KC
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    Jonathan Kirk KC
    Gough Square Chambers
    Gough Square Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 12 Years Ranked
    Jonathan Kirk KC attracts instruction in the more cutting-edge regulatory disputes concerning the food and tobacco industries. He has acted in a number of cases on the status of cannabidiol novel food products.
  7. Thomas de la Mare KC
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    Thomas de la Mare KC
    Blackstone Chambers
    Blackstone Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | Band 1 | 23 Years Ranked
    Thomas de la Mare KC's leading practice in regulatory and public law frequently features cases in the life sciences industries, particularly pharmaceuticals.

New Silks

  1. Brendan McGurk KC
    Brendan McGurk KC
    Monckton Chambers
    Monckton Chambers | Life Sciences Regulatory
    2025 | New Silks | 11 Years Ranked
    Brendan McGurk KC is regarded as a leading food law barrister, having acted in a number of important cases in the contexts of EU law and the regulatory ambit of the FSA, whom he regularly represents in judicial review.