Fountain Court Chambers

Civil and commercial litigation including banking, financial services, insurance/reinsurance, civil fraud, pharmaceuticals and professional negligence. Recent cases: Russian aircraft insurance claims (for war risk insurers); Law Debenture v Ukraine (first instance, CA and Supreme Court); Times Travel (SC, economic duress); Madison Pacific v PrivatBank (Notes, illegality); Blue v Mike Ashley [2017] EWHC 1928 (Comm) (oral agreement); Group Seven v Nasir (first instance and CA: fraud); NBT v Yurov (fraud); Marme v RBS (misrepresentation); BTA Bank v Ablyazov; OFT v Abbey National (bank charges) [2010] 1 A.C. 696); Group Seven v Sultana [2014] 1 W.L.R. 735 (freezing injunctions), [2014] EWHC 2046 (Ch) (trial) and [2015] EWCA Civ 631; BAT v Windward [2014] 2 All ER (Comm) 757; interest rate swaps and PPI litigation; IBC v MAR [2010] 1 All ER (Comm) 112; ICB v Akingbola; various cases in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and Trinidad and Tobago.

Supervisor, conflict of laws and administrative law at the University of Cambridge 2004-05. Called 2005. Silk 2023.

Publications include Legal Privilege and Mandatory Disclosure under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 [2005] LMCLQ; “Choice of Law in Contract” (2004) ICLQ; several in Cambridge Law Journal.

working knowledge of French and Spanish.

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St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (2002 BA Law Double First); St John’s College, Oxford (2003 BCL Distinction); University of Pennsylvania, USA (LLM magna cum laude).

Skiing, travel.