Julian Maitland-Walker

Public Procurement and State Aid/Subsidy

• Advised one of the Development and Management Partners in negotiations with English Partnerships on the tender process and the form and content of the Procurement Framework Agreement in relation to the London-Wide Initiative
• Advised South Western Development Agency on structuring a joint venture with a college of further education to meet the requirements of both Public Procurement and State Aid regulation in relation to a substantial building project
• Advised West Midlands Development Agency on the terms of a Funding Agreement for the redevelopment and restoration of a Heritage Site in the City of Birmingham
• Advised the Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Trust on a key worker accommodation scheme under Public Procurement rules
• Represented a pharmaceutical company, Denfleet International Limited, in a successful application for Judicial Review against the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency in challenging the terms of a Framework Agreement
• Advised the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority on a research and development joint venture with Warwick University
• Advised the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts on the application of State Aid Rules to a variety of funding projects in relation to a training and development project in the education sector
• Advised University Hospital Birmingham on a joint venture project with the private sector
• Advised upon state aid implications of a joint venture between the Torbay Development Agency and South Devon College
• Advised Exeter Science Park on state aid issues and the application of the new UK Subsidy Rules

Litigation Experience

• BPC v Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Group Limited.  Successfully represented Doncaster in opposing trade mark infringement proceedings in the High Court and the Court of Appeal
• GSK Boehringer Ingelheim & Others v Swingward & Others.  Successfully represented trade association, British Association of European Pharmaceutical Distributors, in trade mark proceedings against parallel importers in High Court, Court of Appeal and Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU)
• MSD v Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited.  Acted for Sigma in defence of patent infringement brought by major pharmaceutical manufacturer in the High Court of Appeal and European Court of Justice (CJEU).
• SEPL v Doncaster Pharmaceuticals Limited.  Successfully represented Doncaster in trade mark infringement proceedings in the High Court and the Court of Appeal
• Lai Kuen Wong & Others v Scott Fowler Solicitors.  Successfully acted for over 100 Claimants in an action in damages for professional negligence.
• Lifestyle Equities & Another v Royal County of Berkshre Polo Club.  Representing RCBPC in defending trade mark infringement proceedings in the High Court
• Currently representing Class Representative in Boyle – v – GTR, a Collective Action in the Competition Appeals Tribunal involving rail ticketing rules
• Currently representing a major pharmaceutical wholesaler in an Appeal before the Competition Appeals Tribunal against a Competition and Markets Authority finding of Infringement of Competition Law
• Currently acting for two Directors in defending CMA Application for Directors Disqualification Orders.

Judicial Review and Planning

• Successfully represented Hampshire Brickworks operator in planning inquiry relating to the construction of a biodigester
• Represented Midlands property developer in two Judicial Review Applications arising out of planning applications in the North West