Fountain Court Chambers

Barrister specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, including aviation, banking and finance, business crime, civil fraud, insurance and reinsurance, international arbitration and professional negligence and regulation.

Recent and current cases: FCA Business Interruption Insurance Test Case (SC) [2021] A.C. 649; PJSC National Bank Trust v Mints [2022] 1 W.L.R. 3099 (issue estoppel and arbitral awards); PJSC National Bank Trust v Mints [2023] EWHC 118 (Comm) (sanctions); Group Seven Ltd v Notable Services LLP [2020] 3 W.L.R. 1011 (CA) (dishonesty, vicarious liability and civil fraud); CDE v NOP [2022] 4 W.L.R. 6 (privacy and international arbitration); Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Dexia Crediop Spa v Comune di Venezia [2023] Bus LR 384 (Italian local authority swaps dispute); Al Sadeq, Quzmar v Dechert LLP & Ors (UAE law; privilege).

Called 2013, Gray’s Inn; Pupillage at Fountain Court Chambers (2014-2015); Tenant at Fountain Court Chambers (since 2015).  Publications include MacGillivray on Insurance Law (editor, since 2016), and Lissack & Horlick on Bribery (contributor) (3rd Edition, 2020). SFO Proceeds of Crime Panel B (2021).

French and Turkish.

London School of Economics and Political Science (2009 BSc Philosophy, First Class); Robinson College, Cambridge (2011 MPhil); BPP Law School (2012 GDL, Distinction); Kaplan Law School (2013 BPTC, Very Competent); Harvard Law School (2014 LLM, Dean’s Scholar).