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Barristers

David Quest KC

David Quest KC

Position

Barrister specialising in commercial law: banking; international trade and finance; insurance and reinsurance; international arbitration; professional negligence; IT disputes. Reported cases include: Royal Bank of Canada v Rabobank (2004, CA); Niru Battery Manufacturing Co v Milestone (2003, CA); Shiblaq v Sadikoglu (2003); Linklaters v HSBC Bank plc (2003); Customs & Excise Commissioners v National Westminster Bank plc (2003); Credit Industriel et Commercial v China Merchants Bank (Commercial Court) (2002); Prince Jefri Bolkiah v KPMG (1999 HL); Young (Syndicate 190) v Robson Rhodes (1999); Halifax Financial Services Ltd v Intuitive Systems Ltd (1999).

Career

Called 1993; Atkin Scholar, Gray’s Inn 1994; Pegasus Scholar at US law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Delaware, 1997; visiting fellow in law, London School of Economics, 1997; publications: co-author ‘Documentary Credits’ (2001); contributor to ‘Banking Litigation’ (1999); contributor to ‘Capital Markets in the Age of the Euro’ (2002); legislation co-editor ‘Encyclopedia of Insurance Law’.

Education

Cambridge University (MA).

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