Barrister of 31 years call (silk for 11 years) with a broad based commercial litigation expertise, covering: international and domestic arbitration; banking; civil fraud; insurance/reinsurance; and professional negligence. Derrick also sits as an LCIA and DIAC arbitrator.
Recent significant cases include acting for:
Investors suing Link in respect of the alleged failure to supervise Neil Woodford and his fund; Primary Insurers against Excess Layer in respect of who should bear the costs of the Grenfell Inquiry. Shareholders suing a top Cayman law firm for breach of fiduciary duty in preferring the interests of another client over that of the Fund; Purchasers of a company suing the vendors for deceit and breach of warranty under an SPA; A big accounting firm in respect of a negligence claim; an SME pursing a loss of a chance claim in respect of having been cut out of a maturing business opportunity; an individual investor defrauded by her former financial adviser; Insurers in a claim for the return of profit commission from a broker; A middle eastern borrower against a major western bank in respect of the terms of an Islamic finance deal.Called 1990; Silk 2010; member of Fountain Court 1991 to date; Joint Editor of Damages section on Simpson on Professional Negligence since 2004.
Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1988 MA First Class); Harvard Law School (1989 LLM); New York Bar (1989).
Interests include Post War British cinema, cycling for Le Cure.