London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading silk6David Bailey KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘David exudes trust. He has tremendous presence in every tribunal. He understands implicitly what clients are trying to achieve and he gets there.’
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David Bailey KC
7 King's Bench Walk, London
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Position
David has a broad commercial practice and is regularly sought after for his expertise in shipping, insurance and arbitration. David has been described in the directories as “a genius” and “a thorough and engaging advocate”. His experience extends to shipbuilding, aviation, energy, charterparties, the carriage of goods, banking, sale and distribution contracts, professional negligence and reinsurance. He has particular expertise in relation to jurisdictional disputes and private international law.
High profile cases include leading in Enka v Chubb and The Alexandros T in the Supreme Court and appearing in the West Tankers litigation. He also acted for Lloyds Bank in relation to PPI and for insurers in the £1 billion SBM/MPOUstor dispute.
Recent instructions include a substantial energy related dispute, various claims following the COVID-19 pandemic, a long running arbitration concerning a €100 million build project for a superyacht (warranty and damages claims) and a $150,000,000 ($150m) marine insurance dispute following the alleged detention of three vessels in Venezuela. In a recent arbitration David acted for the successful owners in a $200,000,000 dispute relating to a fatal explosion on board a vessel, which killed three people and forced the crew to abandon ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Career
Qualified 1989; silk 2006.
Memberships
COMBAR.
Education
BA (Oxon) Jurisprudence; LLM (UCLA).
Leisure
Director of English Sinfonia, trustee The Menat Trust.
Mentions
London Bar
Insurance and reinsurance
Leading silk3David Bailey KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘David is exceptionally easy and pleasant to with with. He instantly understandable the various issues at stake even the most complex ones and never fails to come up with ingenious strategies and solutions, always considering what would serve the client best. He really is an extraordinarily skilled barrister.’
London Bar
International arbitration: counsel
Leading silk3David Bailey KC –7 King’s Bench Walk ‘International arbitration is David’s forte. He is a big beast in this field. Brilliant with tribunals and clients, including governments, alike.’
London Bar
Shipping
Leading silk1David Bailey KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘A superb advocate.’