Horsfall-Turner Essay Prize
Some years ago, the Horsfall Turner family made a generous bequest to the predecessor
of the Section, which we have used to encourage the interest of young lawyers in
European Law.
In 2002, the Law Society’s European Group (LSEG) decided to use the bequest to fund
an annual essay competition. Following the transfer of the activities of the LSEG to the
Law Society at the start of 2009, the essay competition is now being run by the Competition Section.
It is open to trainee solicitors and paralegals/stagiaires working at law firms which
have an office in the UK. First prize is a cheque for £1,000, which will be presented at
the Annual Dinner in November. The winning essay may also be published by the Section.
The closing date for the 2011 prize has now passed. The essay title for the 2012 competition will be announced in Autumn 2012
Previous Horsfall-Turner Essay Prize Winners:
Year | Winner | Essay Title |
| 2011 | Elizabeth Hookham from Linklaters | "Do you agree with the recent ECJ "Murphy" decision? (Cases C - 403/08 and C - 429/08)?" |
2010 | Kimberley Hall | "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?" |
| 2009 | Anna Biganzoli | "Has the EU now evolved to a point where the promotion of the Single Market should have less emphasis in European competition law and policy?" |
2008 | Morris Schonberg | "EC Settlements" |
| 2007 | Tim Capel from Lovells | "To what extent are criminal sanctions for infringement of Articles 81 and 82 EC necessary or appropriate and is there a case and basis for criminalisation of Articles 81 and 82 at an EC level?" |
| 2006 | Wayne Spillett from Lovells | "How effective will private actions for damages be as a means of enforcing EC competition law in the coming years?” |
| 2005 | Thomas Smith from Lovells | "Should the European Commission publish guidelines on abuse of market power and, if so, what should be the focus of those guidelines?" |
| 2004 | David Bailey from Linklaters | "What should be the competition enforcement priorities of the European Commission, post- Enlargement and post – Modernisation?" |
| 2003 | ‘According to the European Commission, 'Enlargement is one of the most important opportunities for the European Union at the beginning of the 21st century.' Do you agree?" | |
| 2002 | Ms Melanie Hussey from Nabarro Nathanson | ‘"Conflict and co-operation between the |