3 Hare Court

Adam Riley joined 3 Hare Court as a Tenant in October 2021 following the successful completion of his pupillage. He has a civil practice comprising commercial, public, employment, travel and personal injury law. His practice has both a domestic and an international dimension. He acquired experience across all areas of Chambers’ expertise during pupillage and frequently appears in trials, interim applications and preliminary hearings, in addition to managing a busy paperwork practice. Adam is building a reputation as a dependable junior. He has been instructed in a number of matters beyond his year of call, including numerous complex constitutional appeals before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Before pupillage Adam gained exposure to a range of practice areas, including receiving a grant to work with attorneys in New Orleans on death row appeals and working on asylum claims in Greece with an international NGO. During his legal studies he worked in the civil liberties team at Hodge, Jones and Allen LLP and volunteered with Liberty. He also regularly appeared, on a pro bono basis, before the First-tier (social security) Tribunal as a representative with the Free Representation Unit, the Zacchaeus 2000 Trust and as a legal advisor with the UCL Centre for Access to Justice

Alexandra Sidossis

Alexandra is dually-qualified as a barrister in England and Wales and as a New York attorney, and is a qualified commercial mediator and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb). Alexandra’s practice focuses on commercial law, and particularly employment law and international arbitration. Alexandra is also a member of the Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme.

Andrew Young

Andrew Young is the senior junior in chambers and has been a member of 3 Hare Court and its predecessor, 1 Crown Office Row, throughout his career at the Bar. In his early years, he had a broad based general common law practice that included personal injury, contract, landlord and tenant, employment and family law work, but more recently his practice has concentrated on personal injury cases, especially those with a foreign element; professional negligence cases against doctors, solicitors, fine art valuers and other professionals and on professional regulatory work. He has many years’ experience of handling foreign accident and illness cases, including multi-party claims, and frequently acts in cases involving complex issues of jurisdiction and conflicts of law. In recent years, he has developed a special expertise in acting for claimants who have suffered injuries or illnesses while working overseas, particularly for international security companies and in the oil industry. He has immense experience of the Package Travel Regulations and he recently acted for the claimant in the leading case on food poisoning claims against tour operators, both at first instance and in the Court of Appeal He also acts for claimants in high value domestic employers’ liability personal injury claims. Andrew is an appointed PIcArbs panel arbitrator.

Andrew Barns-Graham

Andrew Barns-Graham specialises in civil fraud litigation and asset recovery, banking and other commercial disputes, shareholder disputes, and contentious insolvency and trusts. His related areas of expertise include freezing injunctions, financial disclosure applications and asset tracing, securities fraud, forgery and counterfeiting, breach of confidence, breach of fiduciary duty, the cross-border enforcement of judgments and non-performing loans, jurisdiction challenges, and conflicts of laws. Andrew has been recognised by the legal directories as a “Rising Star” of civil fraud litigation since 2022. He has published numerous articles about the subject and is a regular speaker at events. He has acted in several of the most complex and high-profile cross-border fraud cases of recent years, including three which appeared in The Lawyer’s annual ‘Top 20 cases’. He also has a wealth of experience acting on smaller matters across the spectrum of civil fraud and commercial litigation. Andrew prides himself on being a team-player who goes the extra mile for his clients. As well as being a “top drawer” and “very knowledgeable” technical lawyer, he has the ability to see litigation from the perspectives of solicitors and clients, having spent several years of his career working in-house in top City litigation practices. Andrew’s hobbies include sport, playing and composing piano music, and civil fraud litigation

Anna Lancy

Anna has a civil practice comprising commercial law, civil fraud, international arbitration, insolvency, banking and financial services, public law and appeals to the Privy Council. Anna frequently appears in trials, interim applications and preliminary hearings, in addition to managing a busy paperwork practice. Her practice has both a domestic and an international dimension. Before joining the English Bar, Anna practised for over 5 years as a solicitor, in Melbourne and London. Her practice focused on commercial law, civil fraud and human rights. Whilst at KPMG Law, Anna advised on a range of high-profile and complex disputes for governments and leading corporates including LafargeHolcim and Chevron. Anna remains an Australian Legal Practitioner. Alongside her work, Anna has undertaken a variety of pro bono legal work, including collaborating with the with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on an advocacy piece in favour of the Kenyan government shifting its refugee policy. She also supported a former interpreter to the British Army relocate his family from Kabul to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme

Anna Gatrell

Anna Gatrell joined Chambers in October 2024, following successful completion of her pupillage. She accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ core practice areas, with a particular focus on commercial work and travel law. She is regularly instructed in fast-track trials, as well as interim applications and bankruptcy hearings. Anna also undertakes a range of paper-based work, drafting pleadings and providing advice particularly in the aviation sphere. Anna holds a degree in History from Merton College, Oxford, following which she completed the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Bar Course. Prior to commencing pupillage, she was a senior manager for a company in which she was responsible for international sales, client management, and business development. She also worked as a Course Officer on the LLM International Business Law at City, University of London, where she also taught mooting and advocacy skills. Alongside her role at City, she competed in the Willem C Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot for Middle Temple, with the team ranking in the top 10% internationally.

Asela Wijeyaratne

Barrister specialising in travel and personal injury, professional negligence and indemnity and property. Travel litigation and personal injury: extensive experience in claims arising out of overseas accidents and illness in respect of claims under the Package Travel Regulations and the Athens and Montreal Conventions. Particular expertise in private international law issues such as jurisdiction, choice of law and the standards of care abroad. Asela is a contributor to the APIL Guide to Accidents Abroad (Jordans 2013). Professional negligence and indemnity: acted for both claimants and insurers in claims against professionals. Experienced in claims pursued against constructional professionals, surveyors and valuers, solicitors, barristers, licensed conveyancers and accountants. Property (including landlord and tenant): instructed in property disputes and particularly in contentious matters arising between landlords and tenants. Appears in the Property Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (formerly the LIT) in service charge disputes and Right to Manage claims and advises landlords and tenants on the bringing and defending of applications and on enforcement. Also advises and acts in possession and forfeiture claims, including advising on the entitlement to possession, drafting notices and pleadings, and providing representation at hearings. Considerable experience in claims arising out of disrepair and dilapidation, claims involving easements and covenants, nuisance and trespass, boundary disputes and adverse possession.

Benjamin Channer

Ben specialises in commercial and chancery, property and public law. He is an experienced advocate and his clients range from individuals (including under the direct access scheme) and businesses to local authorities and government departments.

Charles Sorensen

Charles practises as both an English Barrister and Jersey Advocate. His practice covers a broad range of commercial and chancery work with a focus on contentious trusts, civil fraud, insolvency and contractual disputes. He has particular expertise in cross border disputes involving offshore structures and has acted in cases involving Jersey, Guernsey, Cyprus, Isle of Man, Switzerland, BVI, Cayman, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Brazil, China, India, Japan and the United States. Charles is among a small number of London based practitioners who are dual qualified in England and Jersey and appear in the courts of both jurisdictions. Before joining chambers he practised with a leading offshore firm and has extensive experience appearing before the Jersey courts, both as sole counsel and led by senior members of the Jersey Bar. In May 2023 he was appointed to the Attorney General’s panel of Independent Monitors for the purpose of The Criminal Justice (Deferred Prosecution Agreements) Law 2023. The Legal 500 has ranked Charles as a Next Generation Lawyer in each of the last six editions. He has published extensively on offshore dispute resolution, spoken on a wide range of subjects at international legal conferences and taught English contract law on the LLB course at the Jersey Institute of Law.

Charlotte Pope-Williams

Charlotte is an award-winning Barrister with a broad commercial and commercial chancery practice. She has a particular specialism in financial services disputes including but not limited to acting for banks, pension funds, asset managers and insurers in commercial litigation and in relation to contentious regulatory matters involving regulatory authorities such as the Bank of England, the Prudential Regulation Authority (“PRA”), the Financial Conduct Authority, the Financial Ombudsman Service and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme amongst others. Charlotte previously worked in the financial services disputes team at multinational law firm Pinsent Masons LLP for almost half a decade where she was involved in a number of high profile matters. Charlotte’s practice also includes ADR such as CEDR mediation and ARIAS arbitration notably as it relates to insurance and reinsurance. Charlotte practised as an employed barrister at the UK’s central bank in the Bank of England’s Legal Directorate before commencing work at Pinsent Masons LLP where she worked on a matters ranging from the PRA’s first ever major enforcement action against RBS, the Bank of England’s Alternative Liquidity Facility, LIBOR transition and the Serious Fraud Office’s investigation into the Bank. Charlotte is proud to be of Vincentian heritage and entitled to Vincentian nationality meaning that she can be admitted to the Bars of several Caribbean countries to practise law generally.

Christopher Loxton

Chris’ practice encompasses a broad range of civil work, namely: Aviation and Travel Commercial and Insolvency Insurance Employers’ & Public liability Public law and Inquests He frequently appears in the High Court’s Chancery and Queen’s Bench Divisions, the Commercial Court, the TCC, the Business and Property Courts, and a multitude of county courts in and out of London. Before joining the Bar, Christopher worked as a paralegal to Michael Topolski QC at the Baha Mousa Public Inquiry, as a paralegal in the family department of a solicitors’ firm, and as a legal assistant at the Wandsworth and Merton Law Centre. He also worked as a journalist for the China Daily newspaper in Shanghai and interned at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (the General Assembly Affairs Department).

Claire Errington

Claire Errington joined 3 Hare Court as a tenant in October 2022 following the successful completion of her pupillage in chambers. Her practice focuses on commercial, public, sport, travel and personal injury law, with both domestic and international elements. Claire gained experience across all of Chambers’ core practice areas during pupillage. She regularly appears in trials, preliminary hearings and interim applications in the County Court, as well as undertaking a variety of paperwork across chambers’ practice areas. Prior to pupillage and throughout her policy work at the United Nations Department of Peace Operations and elsewhere in New York, Nairobi and Cape Town, Claire gained exposure to many jurisdictions and legal systems. Her work and research have seen her interviewing leading International Criminal Court prosecutors at The Hague, as well as acting as legal representative of refugees in South Africa in matters ranging from property disputes to employment issues. Claire has undertaken a variety of pro bono legal work, including acting as Project Leader of Durham University’s Lawyers Without Borders and Syrian Legal Development Programmes, whereby she worked on a variety of projects and cases to promote access to justice and the rule of law across the world

Dan Saxby

Dan Saxby has a substantial common law practice, with a particular speciality in both personal injury and travel law, fields in which he has long been recognised as a leading junior. He also has an extensive inquest practice and is regularly instructed in such matters, including those of the highest profile and sensitivity. Dan is particularly noted in the directories for his thorough and meticulous approach, and for the excellence of his advocacy. He is regularly instructed in complex and high value matters in each of his specialist areas, often litigating against silks.

Daniel Feetham KC

Daniel is an experienced courtroom and advisory leader. He specialises in complex and high value, commercial, insolvency and insurance cases. He regularly appears in the High Court and other forums in the UK, but much of his work involves international and cross-border elements. His practice includes appellate work in the Court of Appeal and Privy Council. The directories say “He has a fantastic intellect” and “He is extremely bright and comes up with out-of-the-box ideas.” (Chambers Global 2022). Daniel qualified in the UK in 1994, establishing a very successful civil and commercial practice at the Bar in the UK. Daniel then dual qualified and began practising in Gibraltar before becoming a Partner at the largest law firm on the Rock. In 2016 Daniel was awarded the title of Queens Counsel (Gibraltar). Daniel has maintained a busy UK and overseas practice. In the last ten years he has been involved in many major insurance restricting and insolvency cases, in particular in the insurance and finance sector. These include offshore / Overseas Territories schemes, with significant cross-border work involving English law and jurisdiction. He regularly advises the UK Motor Insurance Bureau and works closely with the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme on behalf of office holders. He has also advised the Irish State Claims Agency (Irish Compensation Fund) in relation to overseas insurance related insolvency legislation. Clients include major international firms such as PWC and Kroll Restructuring, the latter commenting that Daniel has “unrivalled knowledge of insurance insolvencies”. His ongoing case load includes financial investigations work, jurisdiction challenges and cross-border recognition and enforcement, insurance (UK and cross-border), and insolvency work both for and against liquidators, trustees, and administrators. Many of his cases involve complex accountancy and other expert evidence. Daniel also has a developed appellate practice, appearing before the Privy Council and the Court of Appeal in a wide range of cases from offshore jurisdictions and the Caribbean.

Daniel Goldblatt

Daniel has a broad practice across Chambers’ core areas of expertise, with a particular emphasis on disputes with an international dimension. Daniel regularly appears as sole counsel in the County Court and High Court and has appeared (led) in the Privy Council. He is a CEDR-Accredited Mediator. Before gaining tenancy at 3 Hare Court in October 2018, Daniel read for a joint degree in International Relations and Modern History at St Andrews, followed by an accelerated law degree at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was called to the Bar as a Prince of Wales Scholar of Gray’s Inn.

Emily Moore

Emily acts in a wide range of civil and commercial matters with a particular focus on international and cross-border work. Emily has appeared as sole counsel in the High Court and junior counsel in the Court of Appeal. She is currently developing her experience in international arbitration.

Georgia Purnell

Georgia is a commercial litigator. She specialises in banking and financial services litigation, commercial fraud and company and insolvency disputes. Georgia also acts in professional liability claims related to her areas of expertise. Georgia primarily acts in litigation involving accessorial liability, asset recovery/tracing, banking and financial services disputes, breach of fiduciary duty and trust, conspiracy and fraud and she has significant experience in company and insolvency disputes. Georgia is often instructed as sole Counsel in complex commercial litigation across her range of specialisms and has substantial High Court experience in both trials and interlocutory applications.

Howard Stevens KC

Howard has a broadly based common law practice, including both first instance and appellate work. Recent cases in which he has been instructed include: acting for the tour operator in the inquests into the deaths of 30 British holidaymakers in the terrorist attack in Tunisia in 2015 Swift & Ors v Fred Olsen Cruise Lines [2016] EWCA Civ 785 Ruddock v The Queen [2016] UKPC 7 (heard with R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8) United Policyholders Group & Ors v Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago [2016] UKPC 17 Dodd v Raebarn Estates Limited [2017] EWCA Civ 349 Alves v Attorney-General of the Virgin Islands (UKPC, 2017) Keefe v Mapfre Mutualidad Compania De Seguros y Rsaseguros & Anr (UKSC 2017, referred to the CJEU). As well as a broad range of appellate work, Howard has a substantial practice in catastrophic oiHis domestic practice personal injury and travel related litigation in particular, including jurisdiction and conflict of law issues. He acts for both claimants and defendants and has extensive experience of group litigation and ADR. He is regularly instructed by major tour operators and insurers and has represented interested parties in a number of high profile inquests arising from deaths abroad. Current cases in which Howard is involved include high value personal injury claims arising from accidents in the UK and abroad, resulting variously in catastrophic brain and spinal injuries and amputations, as well as other common law work.

James Hawkins

James specialises in personal injury, travel law and professional negligence claims. In his personal injury practice, James represents both claimants and defendants, often in claims of substantial value and with complex medical causation issues. Recently, James has been involved in claims involving traumatic brain injuries and other serious physical injuries which have resulted in a need for significant treatment and care. James is experienced in all aspects of such litigation, including advising (generally, and with regard to expert evidence), interim hearings, joint settlement meetings/mediation and trials. He also acts in (and has delivered seminars about) Fatal Accidents Act claims. James is regularly instructed to defend injury claims brought against local authorities. He has particular expertise in cases involving legal issues in respect of the creation, maintenance and status of highways, as well as issues as to the duties owed by highway authorities. James also appears at inquests, including inquests involving issues as to the medical cause of death and the standard of care and treatment received at hospital. He has particular recent experience of cases where death has resulted from anaphylaxis. James regularly undertakes work with a foreign element, including accidents which have occurred abroad, illness claims, Athens Convention claims and claims against foreign insurers. In his professional negligence practice, James has recently appeared in a claim for substantial damages against a firm of solicitors.

James Gale

James has a broad commercial, public and civil litigation practice in the UK and the Caribbean. He has appeared in the High Court and County Court of England and Wales, the Supreme Court of Barbados and is due to appear in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Before undertaking pupillage in Chambers, James trained and practised at commercial litigation firms in Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados. He was also a judicial assistant to Lady Justice Asplin in the English Court of Appeal. His recent and ongoing cases include: Acting for a Barbadian public telecom company in an ongoing action brought by 300+ shareholders challenging the company’s amalgamation and privatisation as oppressive and in breach of takeover laws (as junior counsel). Acting for a property developer concerning an appeal soon before the Privy Council arising out of a high value contractual and fraud dispute in Antigua (as junior counsel). Advising a non-designated Swiss party in relation to a contract affected by the sanctions imposed on Russia (led by Richard Samuel). Acting on behalf of property owners in a judicial review before the Supreme Court of Barbados challenging planning permission to develop a large hotel (as junior counsel). Advised an investment brokerage firm concerning a Bermudan claim alleging the sale of US$100 million of bonds (led by Simon Davenport QC). James has significant experience advising blockchain companies. His work has covered claims to recover cryptoassets, advising on a US$20m public sale, a token generation event, the first private and decentralised launch of a decentralised finance protocol, governance of a DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation), the issuance of privacy tokens by software developers, the enforceability of SAFTs (simple agreements for future tokens), regulatory requirements under the UK’s AML/CTF regime, and more. As a holder of the Legal Education Certificate and a Barbadian citizen, James is entitled to be admitted to the Bars of several Caribbean countries to practise law generally (i.e. not for a particular case only). This gives him a rare advantage in terms of appearing before certain Caribbean courts as junior counsel. For example, James is entitled to be admitted in: Trinidad and Tobago; Jamaica; Antigua; Grenada; Saint Kitts and Nevis; and Saint Vincent.

Jas Jandu

Jas Jandu’s practice ranges from Regulatory Enforcement (with a focus on FCA / Financial Services, Banking and Payment Services cases) to Civil Fraud, Financial Crime and Commercial Litigation. He can also advise on related Administrative / Public Law matters. As a former Commercial Litigation Solicitor & ex-FCA In-House Counsel, Jas has 20 years’ experience of advising and acting for UK/international corporates, individuals or public bodies on matters of English law and complex High Court litigation with an international element. He is ranked as one of London’s Leading Junior Barristers in the Legal 500 in the fields of ‘Financial Services Regulation’ and ‘Business & Regulatory Crime/Global Investigations’ (2023/24 editions). Jas has been praised by his regulatory clients for “having sound judgement with a practical approach” and for “focussing on the things that matter.” Recent instructions have included advising FCA-Authorised firms and the Payment Systems Regulator on complex investigations including its £1.82m fine of Natwest Group Banks. Jas also advises clients on cutting-edge law and regulation concerning Cryptoassets and Cryptocurrency. Jas is qualified to accept suitable instructions from clients under the Direct Public Access Scheme, meaning that individuals and firms who require specialist advice can enquire directly with Jas as to whether he is able to act for them without involving Solicitors. Jas was appointed as a Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit in 2020. He is also a member of the SFO’s Counsel Panels. Professional Background & Experience Before being called to the Bar in 2014, Jas was a Solicitor Advocate with over 10 years’ litigation experience. He was senior litigation lawyer and in-house counsel at the FCA where he developed specialist, advanced expertise in Financial Services Enforcement. Whilst at the FCA, Jas worked on various Regulatory cases, Civil litigation and Criminal investigations. He advised across the FCA’s remit from authorisations to retail / wholesale financial matters, including presenting cases to the FCA Regulatory Decisions Committee. Jas previously worked at several top-flight law firms acting on £multi-million Commercial Litigation cases across a range of sectors including International Media Events and Public-Private Sector Disputes. He trained at Allen & Overy with secondments at Liberty (Human Rights Law) and the High Court. Jas mentors aspiring law students through the Social Mobility Foundation. He was educated at the University of Nottingham and his personal interests include Music & Art.

Jeffrey Golden

Jeffrey is a specialist arbitrator, mediator and expert with broad experience of a wide range of capital markets matters, including swaps and derivatives, international equity and debt offerings, US private placements and listings, and mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures. He has acted extensively for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA and has appeared as an arbitrator and expert witness in several high-profile derivatives cases. General editor of the Capital Markets Law Journal (Oxford University Press). Recent book publications include: editor of and contributor to first, second, third and fourth editions of published hardback book ‘The International Capital Markets Review’ (Law Business Research); consulting editor for C Jordan, ‘International Capital Markets: Law and Institutions’ (DUP 2014); ‘Treatises’; ‘International Financial Disputes: Arbitration, Law and Practice’ (with Carolyn Lamm and contributions by Lord Collins, Sir William Blair and others, Oxford University Press, 2015); the chapter ‘The Future of Financial Regulation: The Role of the Courts’ in ‘The Future of Financial Regulation’ (MacNeil & O’Brien, eds., London, 2010); the chapter ‘Do We Need a World Court for the Financial Markets?,’ in ‘The Hague: Legal Capital?’ (D. Vriesendorp et. al., eds., Hague, 2008); and many more.

Katharine Bailey

Katharine’s practice focuses on commercial, employment, insolvency and public/constitutional law. She has appeared both led and unled in the High Court, and led in the Court of Appeal and Privy Council. Katharine appears in court and tribunals regularly on a range of matters such as trials, interim applications (including for urgent injunctive relief), preliminary hearings, and costs and case management conferences. Katharine is currently instructed as Junior Counsel to the Iraq Fatality Investigations (an Article 2 investigation into the deaths of three civilians in Iraq in May 2003), and is instructed, via the Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme, on Phase 4 of the Post Office Horizon Inquiry. Katharine’s practice focuses on commercial, employment, insolvency and public/constitutional law. She has appeared both led and unled in the High Court, and led in the Court of Appeal and Privy Council. Katharine appears in court and tribunals regularly on a range of matters such as trials, interim applications (including for urgent injunctive relief), preliminary hearings, and costs and case management conferences. Katharine is currently instructed as Junior Counsel to the Iraq Fatality Investigations (an Article 2 investigation into the deaths of three civilians in Iraq in May 2003), and is instructed, via the Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme, on Phase 4 of the Post Office Horizon Inquiry.

Katherine Deal KC

Barrister specialising in personal injury work with a particular focus on travel litigation including aviation claims. Has acted in a number of leading cases in this area including Homawoo v GMF Assurances (C-412/10) (in which the CJEU definitively confirmed the date of entry into effect of Rome II); Keefe v Mapfre & Hoteles Pinero Canarias [2013] EWHC 4279 (QB) (on jurisdiction over a foreign tortfeasor, currently on appeal to Court of Appeal); Middleton v Allianz & Middleton [2012] EWHC 2287 (QB) (on applicable law of claim and additional claim for overseas accident), Jones v AGF [2010] ILPr 4 and Thwaites v Aviva [2010] Lloyd’s Rep IR 667 (jurisdiction and applicable law in direct claims against foreign insurers);Healy v Cosmosair [2005] EWHC 1657 (QB) (catastrophic accident in course of package holiday in Portugal); Bygrave v Thomas Cook [2003] EWCA Civ 1631; Jones v Sunworld [2003] EWHC 591 QC (leading case on scope of package); Edmunds v Simmonds [2001] 1 WLR 1003 (applicable law under PIL(MP)A 1995).

Mike Nkrumah

Mike specialises in personal injury and travel law litigation, representing both claimants and defendants. Prior to practice at the Bar, Mike was a solicitor for almost 8 years. Much of that time was spent working at the highly respected and market leading, tier 1 insurance practice, DAC Beachcroft. As a solicitor Michael acted in general personal injury and specialist travel / cross border litigation. Mike is personable and prides himself on being approachable. He is happy to discuss matters on an informal basis.

Nicholas Leah

Nicholas has a broad commercial and civil practice, encompassing commercial litigation, international arbitration, insolvency and company, civil fraud, cryptoassets, banking and financial services, professional negligence, property, aviation, travel, sports and public law. He regularly appears in trials, interim applications, and costs and case management conferences alongside managing a busy written practice. Despite his recent year of call, he has successfully appeared as sole counsel in the High Court on multiple occasions against opponents many years more senior. His recent and ongoing case highlights include: Civil Fraud Loudmila Bourlakova & Ors v Oleg Bourlakov & Ors (BL-2020-001050) (High Court (Ch/Bus) – representing a respondent to a freezing and proprietary injunction applications in a $3.7 billion fraud case (led by Graham Dunning KC and Alexander Milner KC). See, Bourlakova & Ors v Bourlakov & Ors [2024] EWHC 765 (Ch) Commercial Litigation & International Arbitration $300 million ICSID arbitration between a construction and engineering company and a national government. Essar Projects Limited v Y – CIJE Kuwait (2023) – successfully applied for an anti-suit injunction to restrain foreign proceedings in Kuwait (supported Simon Davenport KC as a pupil). Cryptoassets & Blockchain Technology Representing three Gibraltar-based defendants in a multi-million pound claim concerning the development of a fiat to cryptocurrency exchange and digital wallet application (led by Rowan Pennington-Benton). Co-drafted the Network Access Rules for the BSV Association – part of an 18-month collaborative project with D2 Legal Technology to draft an innovative multilateral contract in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology sphere (led by Jeff Golden KC (Hon) and James Gale). Insolvency & Company Frost & Anor v The Good Box Co Labs Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 422 (Ch) – successfully dismissed an application by former administrators to increase their remuneration (as sole counsel). Wilson & Anor v Frost & Anor [2024] EWHC 573 (Ch) – successfully applied to adjourn an insolvency trial for a long period on mental health grounds (as sole counsel). Public & Appeals to the Privy Council Representing a claimant in a High Court misfeasance in public office claim (led by Malcolm Bishop KC). Michel Lafresière v New Mauritius Hotels Ltd (Mauritius) [2023] UKPC 38 – assisted Hervé Duval SC and Nicolas Henry successfully dismiss an appeal from the Supreme Court of Mauritius concerning wrongful dismissal proceedings. Before joining Chambers, Nicholas taught law as a Visiting Lecturer at City, University of London, where he received the Law School’s Teaching Excellence Award. He previously studied at UCL, the University of Oxford, City University, the University of Cambridge, and The Hague Academy of International Law, during which time he was awarded multiple scholarships and prizes. He was also part of the Gray’s Inn team which won the UK National Championship in the Jessup International Law Moot.

Peter Knox KC

Peter Knox QC is an extremely experienced advocate in commercial law, with substantial experience of litigating and advising in property disputes, and of professional negligence claims. In particular, he specialises in banking disputes concerning guarantees and mortgages; in disputes concerning agents (especially the commercial agency regulations); and in claims concerning the mis-selling of endowment policies and pensions. He has wide experience of obtaining freezing orders on an urgent basis in contractual disputes. He has also conducted a substantial piece of group litigation concerning mis-selling of investments and solicitors’ negligence. He undertakes public law work, in particular cases involving contractual claims against public bodies; and in real property work, in particular cases concerning easements or adverse possession. He also specialises in a broad range of appellate work in the Privy Council, including constitutional cases, contract and public law cases, and criminal cases. He frequently appears in the Privy Council/Supreme Court with Appellate Advocacy being a particular specialism. Recent reported cases include: Gayadeen v the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2014] UKPC 16 (from the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago); Beacon Insurance Company Ltd v Maharaj Bookstore Ltd [2014] UKPC 21 (from the Court of Appeal of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago); Alleyne & Ors v the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2015] UKPC 3 (from the Court of Appeal of Trinidad and Tobago); AG (Antigua) v HMB (2014) UKPC 5 , Daniel v State (Trinidad & Tobago) 2014 UKPC 3, Lawrence v The Queen (Jamaica) (2014) IKPC 2, Aster Healthcare v Shafi (2014) EWHC 77, Smith-Evans v Smailes (2013) EWHC 3199, Lupofresh v Sapporo (2013) EWCA Civ 948, Intertrade v Clive Christian Perfume (2013) EWHC 106 (QB), Goldstone v Becque (2012) EWHC 3549, Newman v Framewood (2012) EWCA 1727, Ramoutar v Commisioner of Prisons (2012) UKPC 29.

Pierre Janusz

Pierre Janusz’s practice areas cover all aspects of general common law and commercial litigation, with a strong emphasis on real property, landlord and tenant matters and associated professional negligence claims, but he is also recognised as a leading junior in personal injury claims, where he regularly deals with catastrophic injury and high value fatal accident cases as well as clinical negligence matters. He has substantial experience of handling cases with an international element, with expertise in matters involving jurisdiction and applicable law issues, both generally and in relation to accidents abroad. Following on from his in-depth knowledge of the Brussels Ia Regulation dealing with jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments, the Rome II Regulation dealing with non-contractual liability and the Rome I Regulation dealing with contractual matters, he continues to be the author of the jurisdiction and applicable law chapters in the APIL Guide to Accidents Abroad published by LexisNexis. He was instructed in the landmark decision of Homawoo v. GMF Assurances (CJEU Case C412/10) in which the CJEU ruled on the temporal scope of the Rome II Regulation and in relation to the pre-Rome II regime he appeared in Maher v. Groupama [2009] EWCA Civ 1191 where the Court of Appeal ruled on the law applicable to the assessment of damages in direct claims against insurers. More recently, he appeared in Marshall and Pickard v. MIB [2015] EWHC 3421 (QB), where the High Court discussed how the Article 4(3) “escape clause” of Rome II affected the common habitual residence exception for choice of law in the context of multi-vehicle road traffic accidents, and also in AMT Futures Ltd v. Marzillier, Dr Meier & Dr Guntner Rechtsanwaltgesellschaft mbH [2017] UKSC 13, where the Supreme Court gave valuable new guidance on identifying the place where damage occurs for the purpose of establishing the special jurisdiction under Article 5(3) of the Brussels I Regulation (now Article 7(2) of the Brussels Ia Regulation). He has experience of acting as a legal assessor to professional bodies.

Richard Samuel

Barrister practising in general commercial litigation and arbitration. Practice areas include contract law, fiduciary duties, company law, negligence and employment law. Richard’s work has a strong international dimension stemming from his arbitrations, covering disputes from a range of jurisdictions. Underpinning his practice is a strong involvement with advocacy training. He is a senior advocacy trainer with the Middle Temple and founder of the International Advocacy Academy, which trains international arbitration practitioners from differing judicial cultures in court craft. Richard is frequently invited to lecture on advocacy skills to teach lawyers from jurisdictions worldwide. Publications and lectures include: ICC YAF Zurich December 2014, moderating a panel of eight lawyers from around the world on their approach to and expectations of cross-examination; ‘Effective Oral Advocacy: How to Persuade the Arbitrators’, Helsinki International Arbitration Day 2013; ‘Common law cross-examination in International Arbitration’, Annual Arbitration Conference, Venice 2012; ‘Managing Client Relationships: A Multi-generational Approach’, IBA, Munich 2012.

Richard Campbell

Richard accepts instructions on a wide range of civil and commercial matters. He regularly appears in court for both trials and interlocutory applications as well as undertaking a range of pleading and advisory work. Prior to joining 3 Hare Court, Richard was Head of Legal Content at Informa’s CPDcast.com, an online legal resource and legal training provider. As well as interviewing leading members of the legal profession, Richard also lectured on a wide variety of common law topics. Richard is also a contributor to the Chambers’ Personal Injury and City Lawyer bulletins.

Robert Strang

Barrister specialising in commercial and property litigation; general common law; professional negligence; public and administrative law, in particular in the Caribbean and on appeal to the Privy Council. Notable cases include: United Policyholders Group v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (High Court of Trinidad and Tobago 12/3/2013); Paponette v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2010] UKPC 32, Times December 15 2010; Geoffrey Hurst & ors v Michael Hone & ors [2010] EWHC 1159 (QB), Lawtel 27/5/2010.

Rory Turnbull

Rory Turnbull joined Chambers in October 2023 and accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ core practice areas. As a courtroom advocate, he regularly appears in fast-track trials, interim applications, and preliminary hearings (including, in particular, possession hearings and bankruptcy petition hearings), and is also building up a busy paper-based practice. Prior to joining Chambers, Rory worked as a paralegal at a leading London boutique litigation firm. Much of his work there was as part of a core team of barristers and solicitors in high value commercial disputes, often with an international element, and he gained particular experience of claims connected to the CIS countries and the British Virgin Islands. Before being called to the Bar, Rory graduated with the top first in Theology from the University of Oxford in 2017, and stayed to read for a master’s, which he obtained with Distinction. He then completed the GDL and BPTC at City Law School as the recipient of both the Jules Thorn and the Queen Mother Scholarships from Middle Temple. In 2020, he won the Rosamund Smith Mooting Competition, and was awarded the Ede and Ravenscroft Prize for best speaker in the final.

Rowan Pennington-Benton

Rowan practices in two main areas – general commercial/civil law and public law. He has a busy domestic and international practice (including jurisdiction, conflicts and cross-border issues, international and EU law, advising and appearing in cases from a range of foreign jurisdictions, and appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council). Rowan advises and acts in a range of civil and commercial matters, including insolvency, commercial chancery, trusts, and construction. Recent work includes appearing for the claimant in Ansaldo’s Townhouse Ltd v Sharrock Shand Ltd (2017) (Gibraltar Supreme Court: enforceability of an adjudication clause in an amended JCT construction contract); appearing for the successful respondent in Arawak Homes Ltd v AG of the Bahamas [2016] 1WLR 5214 (Privy Council, with James Guthrie QC: compulsory acquisition of property / commercial valuation); and advising in a financial regulator’s intervention into a major offshore insurance company (primarily dealing with the solvency capital requirements imposed under the EC Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EC); Regular advisory work for trustees / trust management companies (including off-shore) on issues such as variation of trusts, trustee's disclosure and confidentiality obligations, and beneficiary-trustee disputes. Rowan’s public law practice includes judicial review and constitutional adjudication on a range of issues including planning, local government law, human rights, and immigration and asylum. Recent work includes Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 424 (sole counsel in successful appeal to the Court of Appeal dealing with alternative remedies and discretionary relief in judicial review proceedings); Kaur et all v SSHD (Court of Appeal, 2017, lead a case challenging the legality and effectiveness and of out-of-country appeals against Home Office removal decisions (TOIEC cases, alleged deception)); Resisting an appeal on behalf of the government in United Policyholders Group and others v The AG of Trinidad and Tobago [2016] 1 WLR 3383 (Privy Council, with Howard Stevens QC: legitimate expectations and ‘promises’ made during a government bailout following the collapse of CLICO, the largest insurer in the Caribbean).

Samuel McNeil

Samuel appears on a weekly basis as sole counsel in County Court fast track trials. Samuel studied history at the School of Oriental and African Studies and St Antony’s College, Oxford before studying the GDL and BPTC in London as a Lincoln’s Inn scholar. He has an interest in all of Chambers’ core practice areas.

Satvinder Juss

Barrister specialising in constitutional law (including public and administrative law), civil liberties and human rights, police (civil), professional discipline, appellate work (including in Privy Council). Cases include: R (on the application of Baiai v Secretary of State [2008] (House of Lords); Singh v Secretary of State Home Department [2008] (Court of Appeal); GOO v SSHD [2008]; R v Newcastle City Council (2010) (right to open air cremation); ZT (Kosovo) v Sec State Home Dpt (2009), HL. Counsel in Quilla & bibi on ‘forced marriages’ in the Supreme Court on June 2011.

SC, Mark Strachan KC

Mark Strachan QC SC, formerly Head of Chambers, has an international practice, having been admitted to the Hong Kong Bar in 2002. He regularly appears in the Hong Kong courts and is also instructed to appear in cases in London and in many overseas jurisdictions. His main practice areas are commercial disputes (litigation and arbitrations) and appellate work before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (including constitutional, commercial, common law and criminal cases). He undertakes arbitration work and is available to sit as an arbitrator. He was appointed as a Recorder in 1990 and as a Deputy High Court Judge in 1993.

Stephen Hackett

Stephen is a commercial and Chancery practitioner. He advises on complex and high value disputes concerning company law, trusts, pensions, insolvency, real property and other aspects of traditional Chancery law, as well as professional negligence, costs, commercial disputes and civil fraud claims. Stephen has particular expertise in the field of personal property law, and is the author of “The Ownership of Goods and Chattels”, published by Hart in 2020. Stephen has been particularly prominent in professional negligence claims involving tax advisors. He has represented advisors, clients and introducers in multiple disputes, including the leading cases on the negligence implications of Employee Benefit Trusts that have not delivered the tax benefits advertised, and the scope for unwinding such trusts. Prior to coming to the Bar, Stephen spent five years training and practising as a solicitor at two leading commercial firms, including a six-month secondment to Barclays Wealth’s financial services legal team. Stephen regularly acts for large businesses and individuals of high net worth and on occasion substantial public profile. He is accustomed to representing clients operating in highly regulated industries and those subject to considerable regulatory and public scrutiny.

Tabitha Hutchison

Tabitha Hutchison is building a broad practice across all of Chambers’ core practice areas. Tabitha is regularly in Court and the Employment Tribunal for applications and trials, alongside a busy written practice. Before joining Chambers, Tabitha Hutchison spent a year as Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Dingemans in the Court of Appeal, where she worked on significant public law cases such as R (Cabinet Office) v Chair of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and Ors [2023] EWHC 1702 (Admin) and R (Good Law Project) v Prime Minister and ors [2022] EWCA Civ 1580. Tabitha’s previous experience as a paralegal at Leigh Day and as an assistant to a leading media, public law and human rights barrister has given her expertise in personal injury, insolvency, regulatory and defamation law, as well as group litigation, inquests and inquiries. She was closely involved in drafting closing submissions for the final phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and in preparing advice, pleadings and skeleton arguments for high-profile media cases. Before being called to the Bar, Tabitha graduated with a degree in Classics from the University of Cambridge and then spent three years in New Delhi, working in human rights and education. She completed the GDL and the Bar Course with Distinction, having had the benefit of multiple scholarships.

Thomas Roe KC

Thomas Roe QC has a vigorous and wide-ranging practice encompassing commercial and chancery commercial litigation, arbitration, civil fraud, insolvency, property law, constitutional and administrative law, and public international law. He does a great deal of appellate work. Tom appears regularly in the High Court—where he is a highly experienced trial lawyer—and in the Court of Appeal. He has appeared several times before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and dozens of times before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He has also appeared often before courts overseas, including the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas, and the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean. Cases he has argued have been reported in (among others) the Law Reports, the Weekly Law Reports, Lloyd’s Law Reports, Butterworths Company Law Cases, the Wills and Trusts Law Reports, the International Trusts and Estates Law Reports, the Immigration and Nationality Law Reports, the Industrial Relations Law Reports, the Environmental Law Reports, and the Law Reports of the Commonwealth. Much of Tom’s work is international. Regular clients have included, in addition to many businesses and individuals in England & Wales and overseas, the British Government and several overseas governments. Tom is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Thomas Horton

Thomas Horton is a commercial and sports barrister who acts in contractual disputes, insolvency-related matters, property claims, and regulatory issues. Thomas has been identified as a ‘Rising Star’ in sports law (Legal 500, 2022), demonstrating his expertise and growing reputation in this area of law. Thomas specialises in contentions and regulatory sports matters, regularly representing and advising clubs, athletes, intermediaries and other participants. Thomas regularly appears before sports’ governing bodies’ disciplinary commissions. Recent examples include representing a football Intermediary in a successful appeal to an FA Appeal Board to reduce a period of suspension and being part of the team that represented Essex County Cricket Club before the ECB’s Cricket Disciplinary Commission. Thomas recently spent 12 months as an Associate Barrister in Squire Patton Boggs’ sports litigation team. Thomas has also been appointed to UEFA’s Pro Bono Counsel List and Sport Resolutions’ Pro Bon Legal Advice Panel. Thomas has undertaken an extensive amount of oral and written advocacy, and has experience before a range of courts and tribunals, including appearing as sole counsel in the High Court. Thomas is regularly praised by clients for his advocacy skills. Thomas is Public Access qualified and is therefore able to accept instructions directly from members of the public, companies and other entities.

Tim Prudhoe

Tim maintains both a Caribbean and London practice. He is admitted in and practises across much of the Caribbean Region. His work focus is complex disputes work across wide areas of law including insolvency, commercial litigation and post-judgment enforcement work. He is also known for his public law and human rights advocacy. He works at both trial and appellate level.

Tom Poole KC

Tom has a broad commercial and commercial chancery practice, with particular specialisms in civil fraud, asset recovery, insolvency, international arbitration and employment. He has particular experience of heavy High Court trial work, having acted in several lengthy commercial chancery trials, and has considerable experience working with large teams of solicitors, foreign lawyers and experts. Much of Tom’s work has an international element, with clients from jurisdictions including the Caribbean, Gibraltar, Cyprus and Russia / CIS. As such, he has significant experience of conflicts of laws and offshore issues arising out of multijurisdictional claims. Tom appears in both courts and before arbitral tribunals at all levels, including under a variety of rules. He has extensive experience of appellate advocacy, particularly in the Privy Council, in which he has many constitutional, human rights and public law reported cases. Tom was appointed Queen’s Counsel in March 2021. Before taking silk in 2021, Tom was a member of the Attorney-General’s “A” Panel for civil counsel and in that capacity acted in some of the Government’s most high-profile and complex public law and employment cases.

William Evans

Having practised at the Bar for 9 years, Bill Evans re-qualified as a solicitor and was a partner in Irwin Mitchell from 1988 to 1994 and DLA from 1994 to 2002, before returning to the Bar. He remains on the roll of solicitors as well as practising at the Bar. As a solicitor he worked exclusively for insurance clients on a wide range of cases including personal injury, professional indemnity, construction claims and policy interpretation. He developed a particular expertise in disease cases, especially asbestos diseases and asthma, and was named as a Leader in the Field by Chambers’ Directory from 1995. Since returning to the Bar he has developed a significant commercial practice with cases in the Commercial and Technology and Construction Courts including construction insurance disputes and insurance recovery, particularly fire cases, in addition to substantial general commercial work, commercial property and insolvency. Bill’s employment practice is in the field of contractual claims, in particular restraint of trade and misuse of information cases. He continues to practise in the area of personal injury claims, in particular disease claims, and insurance contracts. Bill has been involved with litigation funding for more than 10 years. He was a founding member of a large litigation funder and has acted as a consultant to a number of others. He has also advised a number of ATE providers. He is also involved with a putative ATE business which will specialise in providing adverse costs cover for funded cases. Bill accepts instructions, in appropriate cases, on a CFA basis.

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