Conor is widely regarded as the leading expert at the Bar in the law of state aid.  He is the author of European State Aid Law and Policy, the third edition of which is due for publication in Summer 2014.  He advises widely on all matters connected to state aid, particularly on the complex interaction of state aid and taxation, as well as on competition law generally and on sectoral regulation, particularly energy, media and telecommunications .  Clients range from large conglomerates such as British Airways and the International Airline Group, to trade organisations such as the Federation of Racecourse Bookmakers and Big Four accountancy firms.  He also has advised many public sector clients, including the European Commission, the Treasury Solicitor, HMRC and a range of local government authorities, including Transport for Greater Manchester, the Scottish Government and Belfast, Derry, Manchester City Councils.

Case T-517/12, ALRO v European Commission (judgment pending)

Shannon LNG v Commission for Energy Regulation [2013] IEHC 561

AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd v Pfizer Ltd [2007] EWHC 565 (Chancery Division – pharmaceuticals – distributions system)

International Power -v- NALOO [2003] ECR I-11421 - competition law - ECSC Treaty

IECC -v- European Commission [2001] ECR I-3947 (ECJ - competition law - abuse of dominance - postal services)

Irish Sugar Plc -v- European Commission - [2001] ECR I-5333; [1999] ECR II-2969 (ECJ/CFI - competition law - abuse of dominance - pricing)

Publishers Association -v- Commission [1996] ECR I-121 (ECJ - competition law - net book agreement)

R -v- Dearlove & Druker - (1988) Crim LR 323 (Court of Appeal - competition law -fraud)

Conor has an eclectic range of cases across the spectrum of EU commercial law, covering matters as diverse as agriculture, commercial agency, employment law, environmental law, extradition, freedom of movement, motor insurance and taxation.  He advises on all matters relating to EU law in general, including human rights law.  He has appeared in proceedings in the European Court of Justice, the EU General Court, the House of Lords and Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the English and Irish High Courts.

Air Transport Association of America v Sec of State for Energy and Climate Change (Case C-366/10) [2011] ECR I-13755

Churchill Insurance Co Ltd v Wilkinson ([2012] EWCA 1166 – motor insurance – RTA s.151(8) indemnity – compatibility with Second Motor Insurance Directive – proportionality test)

Churchill Insurance Co Ltd v Wilkinson ([2011 ECR 12639 – motor insurance –  general requirement to compensate victims)

Churchill Insurance Co Ltd v Wilkinson ([2010] EWCA 556 – motor insurance – RTA s.151(8) indemnity – compatibility with Second Motor Insurance Directive – reference to ECJ)

Louca v A German Judicial Authority, ([2009] UKSC 4 – extradition – European Arrest Warrant – repeated issuance of warrants - fundamental rights)

United Kingdom v Council (ECJ – judgment 18 December 2007 – Schengen Protocol – written submissions for Polish Government)

Cooper -v- Pure Fishing (Court of Appeal – 2004 - commercial agents - termination for fundamental breach)

Light -v- Ty Europe (Court of Appeal - judgment 25 July 2003 - commercial agency - sub-agents)

Lennox -v- ILCO (ECJ – [2003] ECR I-7091 - exports - agriculture - BSE)

RCO Support Services -v- UNISON [2002] ICR 751 (Court of Appeal - employment law - transfer of undertakings)

White -v- White and the Motor Insurers Bureau [2001] 2 All ER 43 (House of Lords - motor insurance - effect of directives)

R -v- Governor of Gibraltar, ex parte AS Marrache & Co (Gibraltar Court of Appeal, judgment 27 May 1999, not reported - import restrictions - liability of Member State for breach of EC Law)

Mellett -v- European Court of Justice [1998] ECR-SC (CFI - employment law - legitimate expectation)

R -v- MAFF, ex parte National Farmers Union [1998] ECR I-2211 (ECJ - agriculture - BSE - export restrictions)

R -v- MAFF, ex parte Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Limited [1996] ECR I-2553 (ECJ - liability of Member State for breach of EC Law - export restrictions)

R -v- Lomas [1992] ECR I-1781 (ECJ - agriculture)

Conor advises on a broad range of EU-related tax matters, including the interaction of State aid and taxation, excise duty directives, direct taxation and free movement, environmental levies, agricultural levies

R v Taylor & Wood [2013] EWCA Crim 1151 (excise duty – smuggling - -proceeds of crime – penalties)

White v The Crown,  [2010] EWCA Crim 978 (excise duty – smuggling – proceeds of crime - value of personal benefit)

QRS 1 Aps -v- Frandsen - [1999] 1 WLR 2169 (Court of Appeal - taxation - fraud - Brussels Convention)

FMC -v- IBAP [1996] ECR I-389 (ECJ - agriculture - clawbacks - restitution)

R -v- Cousins [1995] 3 CMLR (Court of Appeal - excise duty - criminal law)