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.Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1988 MA First Class); Harvard Law School (1989 LLM); New York Bar (1989).
London Bar
Derrick Dale KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Derrick has considerable charm in the way he operates in court and is excellent at establishing rapport with a judge; he has a very effective advocate with a compelling turn of phrase.’
London Bar
Derrick Dale KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Derrick is an excellent advocate and a pleasure to work with.’
London Bar
Derrick Dale KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘He is responsive, easy to work with, and produces excellent work.‘
London Bar
Derrick Dale KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Derrick is one of those barristers who thinks out of the box. He is technically sound, but the main reason clients keep going back is that he has a habit of winning.’
London Bar
Derrick Dale KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Excellent advocate and always a pleasure to work with.'