Position

Alistair’s practice spans a range of commercial litigation, with particular expertise in private international law disputes, group litigation, product liability and insurance. Clients often instruct Alistair on complex disputes for his experience across these areas.

He is equally at home in trials and arbitrations as in dealing with complex points of law on appeal. He has acted in leading cases in the Supreme Court on numerous occasions and appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal.

Recent cases include:

Bravo v Amerisur Resources Limited [2023] EWHC 122 (KB) (liability for oil spill in Colombia); Stait v Cosmos Insurance [2022] EWCA Civ 1429 (jurisdiction in claims by military personnel); Clarke v PZU [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) (liability of insurers for private medical practice under foreign law); FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 (jurisdiction of the English courts and approach to foreign law).

Mentions

London Bar

Group litigation

LEADING JUNIORS2
Alistair Mackenzie – 2 Temple Gardens ‘Alistair's particular strengths are hi breadth of experience and his super-sharp brain.' 
London Bar

Product liability

LEADING JUNIORS3
Alistair Mackenzie –2 Temple Gardens ‘Alistair provides mature and helpful insight in a legal team and is likely to be an ever-increasing presence in the product liability world.'