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David Drake
Position
General commercial litigation (SPI North Ltd v Swiss Post International (UK) Ltd [2019] 1 WLR 2865; Coll v Floreat Merchant Banking Ltd (2014) 158 (24) SJLB 53; Overy v Paypal [2013] Bus LR D1; Network Rail v Conarken Group [2012] All ER (Comm) 692); commercial fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and constructive trusts (Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories Ltd [2019] 3 WLR 938, [2014] 1 WLR 4383; Secretary of State for Health v Norton Healthcare Ltd [2004] Eu LR 12); corporate and personal insolvency (In re WR Refrigeration Ltd [2017] EWHC 3608 (Ch); Stone v Vallance [2008] BPIR 236; Sisu v Tucker [2006] BCC 463, [2006] 1 All ER 167); professional negligence (Cave v Robinson Jarvis & Rolf [2003] 1 AC 384; Gribbon v Lutton [2002] QB 902).
Career
Called 1994, Inner Temple. Publications of note: contributor to ‘Minority Shareholders: Law Practice and Procedure’ (OUP) 6th ed 2018; ‘The Practice and Procedure of the Companies Court’ (LLP) 1st ed 1997.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.
Education
Worcester College, Oxford (1992 BA; 1993 BCL).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3David Drake – Serle Court ‘David is probably one of the smartest people at the Bar and is sought after for the most difficult issues that require super brain power.’
Serle Court is highly-respected for its work on company law litigation, particularly offshore matters, and it has a deep bench of talent at both junior and silk levels. It is ‘one of the most comprehensive commercial Chancery sets in the UK’, and clients remark that it is ‘exceptionally strong, flexible and collaborative, and consistently brilliant’. Philip Marshall KC recently worked with Guernsey advocates for the claimant liquidators of an international construction company in a claim exceeding $1bn for fraudulent trading and conspiracy to defraud. Daniel Lightman KC, who is frequently instructed on many leading and cutting-edge company law and minority shareholder cases, is another standout silk. Tom Braithwaite, who is acting for the defendant in a shareholder dispute concerning the ownership of a hospital, and David Drake are among the vastly experienced senior juniors.
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2David Drake –Serle Court ‘David is probably one of the smartest people at the Bar. Clients go to him with the most difficult issues that require super brain power.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4David Drake –Serle Court ‘David is a genius, who revels in the complexity and nuance of professional negligence disputes.’