Monckton Chambers is home to a team of ‘highly talented practitioners' in the public procurement arena. Recent work for the group includes Philip Moser KC appearing for orthodontic company Braceurself in seeking permission to appeal against the judgment made by the High Court in Braceurself Limited v NHS England, concerning a procurement process made by the NHS for orthodontic services. The key issue of the case was that although the contracting authority was found to have committed a committed a manifest error of assessment in its scoring of Braceurself's tender and, absent the error, the claimant would have won the tender. However, the breach was not considered 'sufficiently serious' to warrant an award for damages to be made to the claimant. The claimant was granted permission to appeal the judgment to the Court of Appeal. In a separate matter, Brendan McGurk KC, unled, successfully acted for technology provider Bromcom in a challenge to the award of a contract for the supply of a Cloud Management Information System to a prominent education charity.

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Testimonials

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‘Steven Duffett is always the first point of call to help find a barrister for a procurement issue.’
‘Gemma Goodwin is an excellent clerk. She is very responsive and always extremely helpful.’
'David Hockney is always helpful.'
'James Mower is particularly helpful with scheduling and fee-related queries.'
'Monckton is very strong in public procurement law at all levels.'
‘Monckton has an excellent public procurement team with an exceptionally high standard of barristers, from the most junior to the most senior.’
‘Monckton is first rate - the “go to” chambers for public procurement.’
‘Strong group of specialists.'
‘The clerking team are excellent. They are organised, reliable and responsive.’

Silks

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

Michael Bowsher

Hall of fameMonckton Chambers

‘Michael is a leading authority in the field of public procurement. His wealth of knowledge is invaluable when faced with complex legal problems.’

Philip Moser

Hall of fameMonckton Chambers

'An erudite silk.'

Valentina Sloane

Hall of fameMonckton Chambers

‘Valentina is a complete star, combining superb intelligence with laser-like legal insight.'

Anneli Howard

Hall of fameMonckton Chambers

‘Anneli is an astute silk.'