Samuel has a strong High Court commercial practice, regularly appearing in complex trials, appeals and interim applications. He has acted in a number of multi-million pound contractual disputes, and regularly acts in injunction proceedings. As sole counsel, Samuel recently secured a freezing order over £55m of assets. Samuel has experience of highly technical contractual disputes and he has appeared in cases involving civil fraud, misselling, and associated committal applications. Samuel is currently instructed in a significant dispute concerning wilful concealment. He has also acted in several High Court insolvency matters as well as in contempt applications, both areas often overlapping with his injunctions practice. Samuel was also recently instructed as junior counsel in a High Court dispute relating to the victims of modern slavery and human trafficking brought as a claim for unlawful means conspiracy. Samuel is equally comfortable being instructed both as led junior counsel and in his own right.
Samuel has expertise in Sports Law, in which he is described by Legal 500 as “a real star of the future”. Samuel regularly acts on behalf of athletes, clubs, and national governing bodies. Samuel is instructed in CAS proceedings, rule K arbitrations, and sporting appeals. Notably Samuel has appeared in front of FA Appeal Boards, and FIBA Appeal Boards. He is currently instructed in several ongoing anti-doping prosecutions, financial regulatory disputes, and a number of high-profile safeguarding matters before arbitral panels and in the High Court. Samuel recently acted in High Court proceedings following the transfer of Emiliano Sala, and was also counsel for the National League in Southend FC’s appeal against the imposition of a £1m bond. Samuel is currently representing an international football player in relation to betting charges. Samuel’s commercial and sports practices frequently overlap and he is often instructed to advise sports clients, including both clubs and players in the premier league, in relation to commercial disputes.
Samuel has considerable experience in complex and high value professional liability claims. He is currently instructed as junior counsel in a claim against a law firm for €213m following advice on the purchase of a bank. He is also junior counsel in a large professional negligence claim against a solicitors firm accused of mismanaging a book of property damage claims. Samuel’s work in this area benefits from his strong commercial understanding, and he is well experienced at dealing with technical arguments such as jurisdiction, limitation, and policy coverage.
Philosophy BA (Hons) – Durham University, GDL – BPP University, BPTC – University of Law, LLM – UCL.