London Bar
Commercial litigation
LEADING JUNIORS2David Drake –Serle Court ‘David is probably one of the smartest people at the Bar. Clients go to him with the most difficult issues that require super brain power.’
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David Drake
Serle Court, London
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Position
General commercial litigation (SPI North Ltd v Swiss Post International (UK) Ltd [2019] 1 WLR 2865; Coll v Floreat Merchant Banking Ltd (2014) 158 (24) SJLB 53; Overy v Paypal [2013] Bus LR D1; Network Rail v Conarken Group [2012] All ER (Comm) 692); commercial fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and constructive trusts (Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories Ltd [2019] 3 WLR 938, [2014] 1 WLR 4383; Secretary of State for Health v Norton Healthcare Ltd [2004] Eu LR 12); corporate and personal insolvency (In re WR Refrigeration Ltd [2017] EWHC 3608 (Ch); Stone v Vallance [2008] BPIR 236; Sisu v Tucker [2006] BCC 463, [2006] 1 All ER 167); professional negligence (Cave v Robinson Jarvis & Rolf [2003] 1 AC 384; Gribbon v Lutton [2002] QB 902).
Career
Called 1994, Inner Temple. Publications of note: contributor to ‘Minority Shareholders: Law Practice and Procedure’ (OUP) 6th ed 2018; ‘The Practice and Procedure of the Companies Court’ (LLP) 1st ed 1997.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.
Education
Worcester College, Oxford (1992 BA; 1993 BCL).
Mentions
London Bar
Company
LEADING JUNIORS3David Drake – Serle Court ‘David is probably one of the smartest people at the Bar and is sought after for the most difficult issues that require super brain power.’
London Bar
Professional negligence
LEADING JUNIORS4David Drake –Serle Court ‘David is a genius, who revels in the complexity and nuance of professional negligence disputes.’