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Adam  Taylor

Adam Taylor

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Adam Taylor specialises in sport and international arbitration, professional negligence, property damage, personal injury, insurance fraud, and inquests.

Adam first practised at Crown Office Chambers from 2014 to 2020, across its core practice areas, and he was ranked in Legal 500 2021 as a Rising Star for professional negligence. In Autumn 2020, he moved to Lausanne, Switzerland and took a key role within the world-leading sports arbitration team at Kellerhals Carrard. Adam returned to self-employed practice at Chambers in Autumn 2023, while retaining a position of “Of Counsel” at Kellerhals Carrard.

Adam has extensive advocacy and drafting experience across multiple complimentary areas of law and in various tribunals, including the county court, High Court, coroner’s court, Court of Arbitration for Sport, first-instance sport tribunals, regulatory tribunals, and the ICC International Court of Arbitration. He also has significant experience of the criminal courts from health and safety cases in his earlier years of practice. He is known as a fluent and robust advocate in court. He is used to working alone and as part of a close-knit team. His time in Switzerland as a “file-handling” lawyer has given him unique insight into how he can positively direct a case throughout its lifespan, and he therefore has a hands-on approach to cases.

Career

Called 2014.

Memberships

Lincoln’s Inn Ordre des Avocats Vaudois (Vaudois Bar Association, invited member) Federation Suisse des Avocats (Swiss Bar Association) Association Suisse de Droit du Sport (Swiss Sports Law Association)

Education

Hardwicke, Droop and Shelford Scholarships, Lincoln’s Inn Margaret Branthwaite CPE Prize BPTC, University of Law, Birmingham GDL, University of Birmingham BA Hons (First Class), Worcester College, University of Oxford

Personal

Outside of work, Adam enjoys mountain sports, gardens, and Liverpool FC.

Mentions

London Bar

Sport

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Adam Taylor – Crown Office Chambers ‘Adam's technical mastery of the anti-doping rules allied with his incisive cross-examination and persuasive advocacy are a truly potent combination. He has a remarkable track record of success. He is also very accessible and extremely hard-working.’