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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 10:55:12+00:00

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Deok Joo Rhee QC’s practice covers all areas of public law, EU and human rights law. Within these fields the particular focus of her practice is EU economic and social policy, including public procurement, state aid, free movement, immigration and asylum, and public international law.
Her expertise is attested to by her entries in the legal directories across all areas of her practice and her listing (prior to taking silk) by Chambers and Partners in its inaugural UK Bar100 list of leading juniors at the UK Bar (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/the-chambers-100-uk-bar).
Recent instructions include acting for a NHS Hospital Trust in a multimillion pound procurement matter, appearing in the lead cases on the rights of Turkish businesspersons under the EC-Turkey Association Agreement, challenging a broadcaster’s decision to film and broadcast footage of ‘looked after’ children, defending the closure of a designated rural primary school, advising on devolution and the EU’s Fourth Railway Package, defending the rights of transgender women to be included on All Women Shortlists and acting for a Consortium of local authorities on a judicial discipline judicial review.
In addition to her domestic practice, Deok Joo also welcomes instructions from clients overseas. In recent years, she has appeared in an environmental and constitutional law judicial review in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands challenging the open release of genetically modified mosquitoes, has advised commercial clients – in Malaysia – on constitutional and human rights issues and in South Korea – on EU law matters.
Prior to taking silk, she was a member of the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of Government Counsel and has acted for most Government Departments. In this capacity she has appeared as sole, lead and junior counsel – in many lead cases – including before the UK Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the EU.
She is a former Référendaire at the Court of Justice of the EU and judicial assistant at the (UK) House of Lords and prior to coming to the Bar was a lecturer in European law at Lady Margaret Hall (Oxford University).
Deok Joo is a member of the Bar Council International Committee, was appointed to the Advisory Committee to the Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics (2017-2018) and is a member of the Bar European Group, Administrative Law Bar Association (former Committee member and Officer), United Kingdom Association of European Lawyers, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, British Korean Lawyers’ Association, International Association of Korean Lawyers and is a serving member of Liberty’s Conference and Appeal Committee.
She is proficient in French (legal and conversational) and Korean (conversational).
Deok Joo is recognised as a leading silk in the field of EU law. She is listed as a new silk in Chambers and Partners (2018) have been listed as one of the top two juniors (Band 1) at the UK Bar in this field by Chambers and Partners (2017). She has particular expertise and experience across a broad spectrum of issues arising at the intersection of domestic, EU and international law. In addition to her work at the bar, she was appointed to work as a Référendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg in the British Cabinet – for Sir David Edward and Sir Konrad Schiemann (2002 to 2004 – as Chef de Cabinet). In that capacity she dealt with the full range of substantive and procedural law matters before the Court. Notable amongst her caseload there were Cases C-322/01 Deutscher Apothekerverband  ECR I-4887 (the ‘DocMorris’ case on restrictions to on-line selling of medicinal products) and C-2/01 P BAI and Commission v Bayer (parallel imports of pharmaceutical products and the meaning of an agreement between undertakings under Article 85 EC). Prior to coming to the bar, Deok Joo taught European law – at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. She has a strong interest in comparative EU, French and English law, and EU external relations law – including trade and investment law.
EU legislative competence – including competence to require the imposition of criminal sanctions for environmental breaches (Case C-440/05 Commission v Council (Court of Justice of the European Union)  ECR I-9097,  1 CMLR 22.  All ER (EC) 489,  Env LR 12 – ‘Ship source pollution’ case); distinction between single market transport and trans-European network legal bases (Case C-121/14 United Kingdom v Parliament, Council (Court of Justice of the European Union) (sole counsel).
Compatibility of EU asset freezing order with EU free movement law (Rahim v HM Treasury).
Issues arising under the Dublin II Regulation including the determination of Member State obligations (in particular in relation to asylum reception conditions in Greece and Italy); the interface between rights under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and ECHR (NS v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 990,  EqLR 18, referred to Court of Justice of the European Union); leading domestic case on the interpretation of ‘internal armed conflict’ for the purposes of subsidiary protection under the EU Qualification Directive (QD (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 807,  1 WLR 689,  2 All ER 971,  Imm. AR 132).
European Patent Convention and the domestic law reviewability of decisions by the European Patent Office to grant a European Patent – by reference to the Patent Act 1977 and the Arbitration Act 1997 (Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd v Jet Airways Ltd & Ors  EWHC 2153 (Pat),  RPC 10).
Allocation of EU fishing quotas and A1P1 ECHR, discrimination as between English and Scottish fish producer organisations and legitimate expectations (United Kingdom Association of Fish Producer Organisations v Secretary of State for Environment, Fisheries and Agriculture  EWHC 1959 (Admin)).
Litigation and extensive advisory experience in relation to the clawback of European Regional Development Fund grants (for infrastructure projects for alleged breaches of EU procurement requirements) (Mansfield DC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government  EWHC 2167 (Admin) – lead case in this area – sole counsel).
Pharmaceutical and Medicines Regulation including – licensing of generics and compatibility with EU law (Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry v Medicines Health and Regulatory Agency), registration of herbal medicinal products (Alliance for Natural Health), medical devices disclosure obligations under the EU In-Vitro Medical Devices Directive (JBol Ltd v Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (Upper Tribunal, 2014, lead counsel).
Rights and obligations of public sector guarantors of occupational pension schemes under the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision Directive (in particular in relation to the ability to influence investment strategy).
Environmental (Member State obligations under the Energy Efficiency Directive).
Intellectual property and the protection of rights under the Artists’ Resale Rights Directive.
Procurement and state aid law – see below.
Paid annual leave and the Aviation Directive (Case C-155/10 Williams v British Airways (Court of Justice of the European Union)  ECR I-8409,  1 CMLR 23,  ICR 847,  IRLR 948).
Interpretation of ‘dynamic’ contract terms in collective agreements and TUPE (Case C-426/11 Alemo-Herron (Court of Justice of the European Union)  1 CMLR 21,  ICR 1116).
All aspects of EU free movement rights including – youth football transfer fees and free movement (Case C-325/08 Olympique Lyonnais (Court of Justice of the European Union)  ECR I-2177,  3 CMLR 14,  All ER (EC) 615) (Sole Counsel); free movement of professionals including lawyers and the qualified lawyers transfer test and medical professionals.
Advising on European Commission infraction proceedings in relation to the Worker Registration Scheme (applicable to ‘A8’ nationals).
Kaczmarek v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions  EWCA Civ 1310,  2 CMLR 3,  EuLR 402: EU rights of residence, Citizenship Directive and Article 12 EC.
Teixeira v Lambeth LBC  EWCA Civ 1088,  EuLR 253,  HLR 9: EU rights of residence of third country national, child in education (referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union).
In the interpretation of EU Asylum Directives – including the Dublin II Regulation (NS v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Mehrabi v Secretary of State for the Home Department), the EU Procedures Directive (S v First-Tier Tribunal – sole counsel) and the EU Reception Directive (Refugee Action v Secretary of State for the Home Department).
In a challenge to EU asset freezing order (Rahim v HM Treasury).
Deok Joo is also listed as a leading junior by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 in the field of procurement law. In particular, she has been listed as one of the top 3 juniors (Band 1) at the UK bar in this field by Legal 500 (2014). Her particular expertise in this area involves novel and cross-cutting issues for which she relies on her combined EU law and public law expertise. She regularly acts and advises in relation to both substantive and procedural issues which arise at all stages of procurement litigation, and on related regulatory and legislative matters for both public sector and private clients.
as it intersects with wider EU law and public law matters including in relation to – the procurement (and public) law implications of the Government’s legal aid reforms on which she has advised extensively, lawfulness of clawback decisions by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government as the managing authority for European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) grants (including Mansfield DC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government  EWHC 2167 (Admin): lead case on challenge to clawback of ERDF grant for alleged breaches of EU procurement requirements, aswell as conduct of related cases and advisory work for grant recipients subject to clawback decisions).
novel issues of law including novation and contract variation (in the context of GP services), black-listing of providers (lawfulness of exclusion), in-house supply and local authority companies, and overlap between procurement and state aid matters.
Passenger Transport Services (Medical Services Ltd v North West London Hospital Trust).
Social Care Contracts (London Care Ltd v Hillingdon LBC).
Parking enforcement contracts (Apcoa v Westminster City Council).
Cross-authority ‘in-house’ supply (Risk Management Partners Ltd v Brent LBC  EWCA Civ 490,  BLGR 99;  EWHC 1094 (Admin),  EuLR 660,  BLGR 429).
Extensive advisory work on procurement and state aid implications of major infrastructure projects and development agreements in London and in the regions.
Extensive advisory work on state aid implications of grant funding projects in the public sector; ‘services of general economic interest’, public service obligations (in transport, telecommunications), land disposal.
Deok Joo is also recognised by the legal directories for her expertise in public law and human rights law. She has recently appeared as lead counsel before the Supreme Court in 3 homelessness appeals on the duties of local housing authorities (Hotak, Johson & Kanu  UKSC 30). She is particularly known for the strength and depth of her expertise in cross-over areas involving ECHR, European Charter of Fundamental Rights, EU and international law including in relation to the principles of equal treatment, non-discrimination, legitimate expectations in matters involving State action. She is also known for her experience in matters involving the international, EU and domestic law obligations of EU Member States, central and local government in relation to asylum seekers and failed asylum seekers, including the rights of the child. Deok Joo is a former member of Liberty’s Council (2007-2011) and a member of its Conference and Appeals Panel (2012 to present) and regularly advises Liberty on a range of domestic human rights matters.
Cornwall CC v Secretary of State for Health & Ors (Supreme Court):  UKSC 46,  3 WLR 213 on the determination of ‘ordinary residence’ where the service user lacks capacity in social care legislation.
Hotak, Kanu, Johnson v Southwark LB & Ors (Supreme Court)  UKSC 30,  2 WLR 1341: Lead counsel for the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on homelessness duties in Part 7 of the Housing Act 1996 and the public sector equality duty.
Justice for Kids v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Admin, 2015) (Sole counsel).
Revisions to PACE Code C in relation to the detention of young persons and compatibility with Article 8 ECHR (following HC v Secretary of State for the Home Department).
Refugee Action v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1033 (Admin): challenge to asylum support rates.
Gallastegui v Westminster CC & Ors  EWCA Civ 28,  1 WLR 2377,  2 All ER 579: Parliament Square protester.
Bailey v Brent LBC  EWCA Civ 1586,  EqLR 168,  BLGR 530,  BLGR 530: ‘Brent Libraries’ case on the closure of libraries in Brent and the public sector equality duty.
A v Croydon LBC & Or; M v Lambeth LBC & Or  UKSC 8,  1 WLR 2557,  1 All ER 469,  HRLR 9,  UKHRR 63,  BLGR 183, (2009) 12 CCL Rep;  EWCA Civ 1445,  BLGR 24;  EWHC 1364 (Admin): lead ‘age assessment’ cases (as both sole and junior counsel).
R (Equitable Members Action Group) v HM Treasury  EWHC 2495 (Admin) DC, (2009) 159 NLJ.
Veolia Waters v London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority  EWHC 3109 (QB): incidence and content of statutory duty to maintain fire hydrants ‘in good working order’.
Advisory work on draft amendments to primary legislation (eg in the fields of housing, mental health, social care, data protection and civil registration indexes).
Provided written Opinion for Liberty’s successful campaign challenging Westminster City Council’s proposal to ban ‘soup kitchens’ (2011).
Provided written Opinion for Liberty’s successful campaign challenging Oxford City Council’s proposals to introduce a public spaces protection order – criminalising begging and busking (June 2015).
Lead/country guidance cases in relation to safety of return to Somalia and Iraq, including – MA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 426,  Imm AR 563 (asylum seekers, safety of route of return); MSM (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & UNHCR (UT, 2015) (imputed political opinion and reasonableness of modification under the EU Qualification Directive) (appeal pending before the Court of Appeal); QD (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 807,  1 WLR 689,  2 All ER 971,  Imm. AR 132 (subsidiary protection, ‘internal armed conflict’ and Article 15(c) of the EU Qualification Directive); HH (Mogadishu: armed conflict: risk) Somalia CG  UKAIT 00091 and AA and AM (armed conflict: risk categories) Somalia CG  UKAIT 00091,  EWCA Civ 426,  UKSC 49.
Lead cases under Dublin II Regulation on safety of return to EU Member State: NS v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 990,  EqLR 183.
Lead case on UK obligation to cooperate with UNHCR in relation to the resettlement of Syrian and Iranian refugees: ST (Iraq); C1 & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 188 (2 joined appeals from  EWHC 855 (Admin) and  EWHC 2415 (Admin)).
BA (Nigeria) & Or v Secretary of State for the Home Department  UKSC 7,  1 AC 444,  3 WLR 1253,  2 All ER 95,  Imm AR 363 (statutory appeal rights and asylum/human rights claims).

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