London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading silk3Richard Waller KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Richard is the best advocate and is extraordinarily intelligent. His cross-examination is at the level of top KCs.'
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Richard Waller KC
7 King's Bench Walk, London
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Position
A commercial barrister specialising in insurance and reinsurance, international arbitration, civil fraud and shipping. Richard’s ride-ranging insurance practice includes political risk, marine, trade credit, Bermuda form, D&O, Warranty & Indemnity, business interruption, product liability, contingency and offshore construction.
He is currently acting for the Lloyd’s war risk market in Aercap v Lloyds Insurance Company (2023) which relates to the failure of Russian airlines to return western-leased aircraft following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, which is the largest case currently before the Commercial Court. Richard’s other Commercial Court cases include: CRF v Republic of Cuba [2023] EWHC 774 (general commercial; assignment; bribery sovereign debt); Brillante Virtuoso [2019] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 485 (marine insurance; scuttling); Orb ARL v Ruhan [2015] EWHC 262 (civil fraud); Republic of Djibouti v Boreh [2015] EWHC 769 (civil fraud; government officials; corruption; freezing orders); Excalibur v Texas Keystone [2015] EWHC 566 ($1.6 billion oil exploration dispute; banking; joint venture; litigation funding); Kriti Filoxenia [2015] (shipping, arbitration appeal, time charter cancellation) and Crudesky [2012] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 503 (shipping, Government detention of a tanker in Nigeria). Richard also has a thriving international arbitration practice, both in London and abroad, including the high-profile Opioids insurance claims.
Career
Qualified 1994; Silk 2012.
Education
Cambridge University (MA).
Mentions
London Bar
Fraud: civil
Leading silk4Richard Waller KC –7 King’s Bench Walk 'A very sharp silk who provides robust, reliable advice.'
London Bar
Insurance and reinsurance
Leading silk1Richard Waller KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Richard is an excellent advocate and a go-to KC. He is very sharp and provides high quality, reliable advice which takes into account the practical and commercial considerations of the matter.’
London Bar
International arbitration: counsel
Leading silk3Richard Waller KC –7 King’s Bench Walk 'Richard is confident and astute. He is clear in his advice and guides the clients through the issues despite the complexity of the cases.'
London Bar
Shipping
Leading silk5Richard Waller KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk