Region Area

Barristers

Duncan Sinclair

Position

Competition law (damages claims before the CAT and the High Court; investigations); energy law including commercial and regulatory aspects; public law (judicial review) primarily. Recent cases (since 2013) include: National Grid v ABB, Lumsden v the Legal Services Board; Homesun and Friends of the Earth v Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change; Capital Meters v National Grid (CAT). Other advisory work includes both for and against regulators, including the Competition Commission, Ofgem and Ofwat, for commercial disputes including for Carillion, RWE nPower and the Home Builders Association. Has been engaged in two investigations by the OFT, and four by other concurrent regulators in the past two years.

Education

Reading Blue Coat School, Sonning; Downing College, Cambridge (1994 MA, 1995 LLM).

Mentions

London Bar

Energy

LEADING JUNIORS3
Duncan Sinclair –39 Essex Chambers