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Described by “The Lawyer” as one of the stars of the Chancery Commercial Bar, he has great experience in many fields and has appeared in nearly a hundred reported decisions.

Between 1996 and 2002 he acted on behalf of over two hundred former BCCI employees in their disputes with the liquidators of BCCI and has been responsible for the case management of the actions under the generic title BCCI v Khan & Ali and several of the larger individual cases. Reported decisions in this complex litigation include (No 1) [1999] 2 AER 2005, (No 2) [1999] 4 AER 83 and C.A [2000] 3 AER 51 which went to the House of Lords and is reported as Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA (in liq) v Ali [2002] 1 AC 251, and at [2001] All ER (D) 21 (Nov) Ch D, [2002] All ER (D) 328 (Nov) CA and [2002] EWCA Civ 82, [2002] 3 All ER 750, [2002] ICR 1258,

He has frequently appeared in very substantial litigation in the Caribbean and in Gibraltar, leading local lawyers.

Other important cases in which he has led in the House of Lords include Grovit v Doctor [1997] 1 WLR 640 and Ruxley Electronics & Construction Ltd v Forsyth [1996] AC 344.

He bore the brunt of all the civil litigation in which Asil Nadir, formerly of Polly Peck was involved and has acted in relation to Eagle Trust and Barlow Clowes.

He has special expertise in trusts (see e.g. Neville v Wilson [1997] Ch 144 CA) and in partnership law and considerable expertise in the fields of Property, Insolvency, Intellectual Property and Company Law.

He was counsel in Re Bird Precision Bellows [1984] Ch 419 and [1986] Ch 658 the seminal decision on the rights of minorities in quasi partnership companies and Casson Beckman v Papi [1991] BCC 68 which defined the position of insolvency practitioners in relation to their employers or partners

He has advised on and drafted legislation for the Government of Gibraltar. He is available to take the most complex cases involving considerable documentation and very large sums of money. Recorder of the Crown Court, Assistant Parliamentary Boundary Commissioner, Former Chairman of ILEA Disciplinary Tribunal.

Called to California Bar 1979; Arizona Bar 1991; Recorder of the Crown Court; Assistant Parliamentary Boundary Commissioner; former Chairman of ILEA Disciplinary Tribunal. Publications include: ‘The “Entire Agreement” clause revisited’ Corporate Briefing, October 2011; ‘Broken English – Solicitors Journal’ 25th January 2011; various articles and seminars.

Chancery Bar Association; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.