Philip Ruttley
Philip Ruttley is an Anglo-Swiss lawyer and published expert in European Union competition law and international trade law. He has been described as "one of Europe's foremost maritime competition experts".
Biography
Philip Ruttley was born in Zürich in 1954 and is descended from the Huguenot Abolitionist Guillaume de Félice and 18th century philosopher Fortunato de Felice. He is also related to Mme de Staël, the 19th century literary figure, and Henri Guisan, the commander of the Swiss armed forces during WWII. He was educated at Harrow School in London, Oxford University, University of Florence and City University. He was called to the English Bar in 1980 and admitted as a solicitor in 1992. After practising EC law in London and Brussels, he served as a United Nations legal advisor in Rome, and then as an EC Advisor to the UK Government's Treasury Solicitor's Department.
He has appeared in many cases before the European Court of Justice and has been involved in several WTO Dispute settlement in [the World Trade Organization|dispute settlement proceedings].
In 2008, Ruttley acted for the consumer group "Which?" in the first ever European consumer group action against a cartel. A defendant, JJB Sports agreed to pay compensation for its role in price-fixing, as investigated by the UK Government's Office of Fair Trading. The case resulted in fines of up to £17m for the cartel.
He has published widely on EC and World Trade Organization issues. He was secretary and founder of the European Maritime Law Organization, and was also secretary of the World Trade Law Association from 1997 to 2003.
Awards
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Books
The WTO and International Trade Regulation Co-author and editor with Iain MacVay and Carol GeorgeThe Impact of the WTO on International Trade Co-author and editor with Iain MacVayLiberalisation and Protectionism in the World Trading System Co-author and editor with Iain MacVay and Ahmad Masa'dehDue Process in WTO Dispute Settlement Co-author and editor with Iain MacVay and Marc Weisberger
Contributed chapters
The Idea of Europe: From Antiquity to the European Union " The long road to unity: the contribution of law to the process of European integration, 1945–1995"The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis, Kluwer 2005, chapter on "The WTO Agreement in European Community Law: status, effect and enforcement" with Marc WeisbergerBernstein's Handbook of Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Practice, Sweet & Maxwell, chapter on Dispute Resolution in WTO lawA Handbook of World Trade: ICC, 2004 chapters on "Anti-dumping regulations and practices", 105, "Mechanism for regulating environmental Barriers to Trade within the WTO", "Resolving trade disputes in the WTO", "Private party enforcement of WTO law in the EC legal context" Shawcross & Beaumont: Air Law : co-editor with Solange Leandro, of Division X: "Competition/EU"
Articles
Classification of Goods under the EEC Common Customs Tariff, New Law Journal, 181International Shipping and EEC Competition Law European Competition Law Review, 5The Consortia Block Exemption European Transport Law Review , 487Les transports multimodaux à l'épreuve des règles communautaires de la concurrence Le Droit Maritime Français, , 868Les accords de consortia: le nouveau régime communautaire, Journal de la Marine Marchande , p. 1857Seaports and EC law: a survey of current developments European Transport Law Review, 821EC Competition Law and Shipping Lloyd's Shipping Economist, 1995Aspects juridiques de la concurrence maritime par Garifalia Athanassiou (review article in Le Droit Maritime Français, , 575EC Competition Law in Cyberspace: an overview of recent developments, European Competition Law Review 186A new regime for International Financial Services: the WTO Agreement on Financial Services Journal of International Banking Law, 22The direct effect of WTO Agreements in EC Law, International Trade Law Quarterly, , 5The WTO Financial Services Agreement Journal of International Financial Markets, 109Liner Conferences: a survey of recent developments in EC competition law, Il Diritto Marittimo Law on troubled waters: recent developments in EC maritime competition law, Shipping & Transport Lawyer, 31Stormy Skies Ahead: The New EC Regulation Against Unfair Pricing in the Aviation Sector International Trade Law and Regulation , 33