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Tim Lord KC KC
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Tim Lord KC took Silk after 16 years at the Bar, on the strength of a broad commercial practice taking in not only banking and finance but insurance and reinsurance, professional negligence, civil fraud, energy, conflict of laws, TMT and arbitration. His experience of playing first class rugby and cricket has stood him in good stead for both the adversarial aspects of litigation and the crucial need for teamwork.
Tim’s reputation as a cross-examiner and trial Silk means that he is regularly brought in to head up heavyweight disputes where he will lead a large team. He is also increasingly instructed to hold the leading appellate brief in cases where he did not appear below. Tim was invited to speak on Appellate Advocacy at the IBA Annual Litigation Forum in Chicago, USA in May 2018. He undertakes work in offshore jurisdictions where he has rights of audience, as well as international arbitrations.
He is recommended as a leading Silk for Commercial Litigation, Banking & Finance, Professional Negligence and Civil Fraud by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, for Commercial Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Civil Fraud and Professional Negligence by Chambers & Partners and Insurance by Legal Experts.
Tim was awarded ‘Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year 2013‘ at the Chambers Bar Awards 2013, and ‘Banking and Finance Silk of the Year 2014‘ at the Chambers Bar Awards 2014. He was also nominated for ‘Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year’ at the Legal 500 Awards 2014. In 2016 he was nominated by Legal 500 for Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year. Since 2017, Tim has been highlighted by Who’s Who Legal as one of the most highly regarded silks for Banking & Finance.
Tim was awarded Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year 2018 at the Chambers Bar Awards 2018 and was nominated for Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year in the Legal 500 UK Awards 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Tim Lord KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Tim is a great leader with a great courtroom presence. He knows how to lead a team and he’s a constant positive influence on a case.’
Considered to be ‘excellent at high-level professional liability work’, Brick Court Chambers excels at handling complex claims, with many recent cases arising from major audit scandals. Thomas Plewman KC, for the auditors is against Simon Salzedo KC, for the claimants, in NMC v Ernst & Young, a large claim concerning the auditor’s alleged negligence in its failure to uncover the fraud that led to the financial collapse of NMC Health, a Middle Eastern hospital operator. Being led by Salzedo KC, Kyle Lawson is involved in Joint-Stock Company Commercial Bank “PrivatBank” v PwC, a high-value case against PwC for allegedly negligent audits which did not identify large-scale fraud on the part of the bank’s Ukrainian oligarch former owner. Described as ‘a great leader with a great courtroom presence’, Tim Lord KC has experience acting on large claims such as Loreley Financing 30 v Credit Suisse, a case concerning structured finance.
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Tim Lord KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Tim is a compelling advocate, with an inventive approach to problem solving which obtains good results for his clients.’
Noted for being ‘one of the top chambers with a hugely impressive array of silks and juniors,’ Brick Court Chambers continues to receive instructions for its members in significant and high-profile cases including Various Claimants v Glencore Plc in which Helen Davies KC led Tony Singla KC and Kyle Lawson in acting for a FSTE 100 Plc in defence of a S.90/90A FSMA claim brought by a number of large investor groups against the Plc, its CEO and CFO. Tim Lord KC is routinely sought out by both investors and banks for cases involving litigation in banking and finance, and Mark Howard KC is experienced in commercial and city litigation both in trial and appellate advocacy. Charlotte Tan has been instructed in banking disputes involving civil fraud, including The Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse & Ors, which raised allegations of bribery and corruption. Richard Blakeley KC and Fred Hobson KC were made silks in 2024.
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Tim Lord KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Superb grasp of law and related strategy and an excellent advocate.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Tim Lord KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Tim will fight hard to persuade the tribunal or court about particular points.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Tim Lord KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘A very able and effective cross-examiner.‘
Brick Court Chambers continues to impress with its members’ involvement in an array of high-profile cases, offering ‘huge strength in depth for fraud work’. Members of the set continue to be involved in “tuna bonds” scandal litigation concerning the fraudulent and corrupt procurement of sovereign guarantees worth $2bn, with Richard Blakeley KC, newly appointed silk as of March 2024, representing the Republic of Mozambique in proceedings against Credit Suisse, VTB and Privinvest Group companies; Ben Woolgar and Frederick Wilmot-Smith acting for the Privinvest defendants; and Stephen Midwinter KC, Laura Newton, and Tom Wood instructed by banks that provided syndicated lending to Mozambique. Tim Lord KC, leading a team including Thomas Plewman KC, represents Ziyavudin Magomedov and his companies in relation to high-value disputes around the world arising out of an alleged conspiracy to carry out a corporate raid of assets belonging to the former tycoon, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Russia.. Fred Hobson KC and Richard Blakeley KC took silk in March 2024.