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At the end of March, the Chairman of the Bar, Desmond Browne QC, accompanied by the Vice Chairman, Nicholas Green QC, the Chairman of the Bar’s European Committee, Michael Patchett-Joyce, and a small delegation from the Bar Council secretariat, attended a series of high-level meetings in Brussels. Highlights included detailed and productive meetings with Sir Kim Darroch, UK Permanent Representative to the EU; Meglena Kuneva, Commissioner for Consumer Protection; Jonathan Faull, Director General, DG Justice Liberty and Security; Baroness Ashton, EU Trade Commissioner, and Philip Lowe, Director General, DG Competition.
At the end of March, the Chairman of the Bar, Desmond Browne QC, accompanied by the Vice Chairman, Nicholas Green QC, the Chairman of the Bar’s European Committee, Michael Patchett-Joyce, and a small delegation from the Bar Council secretariat, attended a series of high-level meetings in Brussels. Highlights included detailed and productive meetings with Sir Kim Darroch, UK Permanent Representative to the EU; Meglena Kuneva, Commissioner for Consumer Protection; Jonathan Faull, Director General, DG Justice Liberty and Security; Baroness Ashton, EU Trade Commissioner, and Philip Lowe, Director General, DG Competition.
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