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Find out moreThe Horsfall Turner essay prize is a prestigious award presented to the best essay submission on a given topic every year.
Our 2016 winners, Ms Katherine Zinser, Mr Adam Bruell with Dr Andrea Coscelli and Stephen Smith.
It is designed to encourage young lawyers to engage with competition and European law.
The first prize is £1,000 plus a highly commended prize/s of £250. All winners were invited as guests to the Competition Section’s Annual Dinner, where their prizes were presented by the keynote speaker.
The Horsfall Turner essay prize list of previous winners | |||
Year | Question | Winners | Keynote speaker |
2016 | What changes, if any, do you think should be made to UK competition legislation, and to the way it is enforced, in the event of a UK exit from both the European Union and the EEA? | First prize Ms Katherine Zinser, Slaughter & May. Highly commended prizes: Mr Adam Bruell, Hogan Lovells International LLP Ms Chloe Kite, DLA Piper. | Dr Andrea Coscelli, acting chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority. |
2015 | ’Brexit: what would it mean for the UK competition law landscape? | First prize: Ms Jasminder Chaytor, Berwin Leighton Paisner Highly commended: Mr Ali Sadek, Freshfields Ms Laura K. Elliott, Cooley (UK) LLP | Judge Ian S. Forrester of European Union General Court |
2014 | Object or effect: where do competition authorities need to draw the line?” | First prize: Aoife Monaghan, Linklaters LLP Highly commended: John Kwan, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Daniel Schwarz, Clifford Chance | Lord David Currie, chairman, Competition and Markets Authority |
2013 | Will the UK Government’s proposed opt-out regime for collective damages actions facilitate redress for victims of competition law infringements to any significant extent? | First prize: Daniel Carall-Green, Slaughter & May | Philip Lowe, non executive director of the Competition and Markets Authority and director general for energy, European Commission (former director general for competition) |
2012 | Is the proposed removal of the ‘dishonesty’ element of the cartel offence a step too far?’ | 1st prize - William Leslie, Linklaters | |
2011 | Do you agree with the recent ECJ “Murphy” decision? (Cases C - 403/08 and C - 429/08)? | 1st prize - Elizabeth Hookham, Linklaters | |
2010 | Are there circumstances in which the exchange of commercially sensitive information between competitors should of itself be considered to constitute an infringement by object under Article 101 TFEU? | 1st prize - Kimberley Hall |
The Competition Section will provide you with support, advice, networking opportunities and enable the sharing of best practice with peers.
The current Section engagement programme has been created in consultation with the Section Advisory Committee and will focus on key issues including:
These issues will be addressed through
a range of activities including: Seminars,
Podcasts, Conference, Annual Dinner,
Webinars and a LinkedIn Group.
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