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Index of tables
- Fraud: civil – Leading Sets
- Fraud: civil – Leading Silks
- Fraud: civil – New Silks
- Fraud: civil – Leading Juniors
Fraud: civil – Leading Sets
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Fraud: civil – Leading Silks
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- Michael Brindle QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Robin Dicker QC 3-4 South Square
- Barbara Dohmann QC Blackstone Chambers
- Charles Flint QC Blackstone Chambers
- Paul Girolami QC Maitland Chambers
- Mark Howard QC Brick Court Chambers
- Ali Malek QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Philip Marshall QC Serle Court
- Laurence Rabinowitz QC One Essex Court
- Stephen Smith QC New Square Chambers
- Joe Smouha QC Essex Court Chambers
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- Robert Anderson QC Blackstone Chambers
- Thomas Beazley QC Blackstone Chambers
- Anthony Boswood QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Alan Boyle QC Serle Court
- Simon Browne-Wilkinson QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Ian Croxford QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Lord Grabiner QC One Essex Court
- Robert Hildyard QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Ewan McQuater QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Mark Phillips QC 3-4 South Square
- Stephen Rubin QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Anthony Trace QC Maitland Chambers
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- Adrian Beltrami QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- John Brisby QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Lawrence Cohen QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Matthew Collings QC Maitland Chambers
- Huw Davies QC Essex Court Chambers
- Anthony de Garr Robinson QC One Essex Court
- Brian Doctor QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Clive Freedman QC Littleton Chambers
- Richard Gillis QC One Essex Court
- Alan Gourgey QC 11 Stone Buildings
- John Jarvis QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Victor Joffe QC Serle Court
- Philip Jones QC Serle Court
- Robert Miles QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Ian Mill QC Blackstone Chambers
- Stephen Moverley Smith QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Catharine Otton-Goulder QC Brick Court Chambers
- Stephen Phillips QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Andrew Popplewell QC Brick Court Chambers
- John Powell QC Four New Square
- Alan Steinfeld QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Antony White QC Matrix Chambers
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- Veronique Buehrlen QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Gilead Cooper QC 3 Stone Buildings
- Vernon Flynn QC Essex Court Chambers
- Justin Fenwick QC Four New Square
- Steven Gee QC Stone Chambers
- Mark Hapgood QC Brick Court Chambers
- Andrew Hochhauser QC Essex Court Chambers
- Robert Howe QC Blackstone Chambers
- Timothy Howe QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Stuart Isaacs QC 3-4 South Square
- Elizabeth Jones QC Serle Court
- Neil Kitchener QC One Essex Court
- Robin Knowles CBE QC 3-4 South Square
- Robert Levy QC New Square Chambers
- Hodge Malek QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- Martin Mann QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Andrew Onslow QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Anthony Peto QC Blackstone Chambers
- Christopher Pymont QC Maitland Chambers
- Elspeth Talbot Rice QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Philip Shepherd QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Kuldip Singh QC Serle Court
- Richard Spearman QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- Andrew Sutcliffe QC 3 Verulam Buildings
- Michael Swainston QC Brick Court Chambers
- Bankim Thanki QC Fountain Court Chambers
- John Wardell QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Antony Zacaroli QC 3-4 South Square
Fraud: civil – New Silks
Fraud: civil – Leading Juniors
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- Simon Adamyk New Square Chambers
- Andrew Ayres Maitland Chambers
- Tom de la Mare Blackstone Chambers
- Charles Dougherty 2 Temple Gardens
- Steven Elliott One Essex Court
- Gabriel Fadipe Wilberforce Chambers
- Henry Forbes Smith One Essex Court
- Patrick Goodall Fountain Court Chambers
- Nigel Hood New Square Chambers
- Benjamin John Maitland Chambers
- Daniel Lightman Serle Court
- Roger Masefield Brick Court Chambers
- Jern-Fei Ng Essex Court Chambers
- Hugh Norbury Serle Court
- Iain Pester 11 Stone Buildings
- Rosalind Phelps Fountain Court Chambers
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- Jonathan Adkin Serle Court
- Tim Akkouh New Square Chambers
- Simon Atrill Fountain Court Chambers
- Peter de Verneuil Smith 3 Verulam Buildings
- Ruth den Besten Serle Court
- David Drake Serle Court
- David Head 3 Verulam Buildings
- Andrew Henshaw Brick Court Chambers
- David Herbert XXIV Old Buildings
- Mark Hubbard New Square Chambers
- Louise Hutton Maitland Chambers
- Ciaran Keller Maitland Chambers
- Edward Knight XXIV Old Buildings
- Edward Levey Fountain Court Chambers
- Stephen Midwinter Brick Court Chambers
- Matthew Parker 3 Verulam Buildings
- Alexander Pelling XXIV Old Buildings
- Fionn Pilbrow Brick Court Chambers
- Nathan Pillow Essex Court Chambers
- Alexander Polley One Essex Court
- Philip Riches Stone Chambers
- Edward Sawyer Wilberforce Chambers
- Bajul Shah XXIV Old Buildings
- Tom Smith 3-4 South Square
- Steven Thompson XXIV Old Buildings
- Richard Walford Serle Court
- Robert Weekes Blackstone Chambers
- James Willan Essex Court Chambers
Blackstone Chambers has an enviable selection of ‘top-class barristers at both silk and junior level’ who are ‘a pleasure to deal with’. Thomas Beazley QC is ‘hugely intelligent, measured in his approach but more than capable of toughing it out when the situation demands it’. Barbara Dohmann QC exhibits ‘exemplary judgement and forensic skills’, and Anthony Peto QC has a ‘searing intellect’. Robert Howe QC acted for the defendant in a major fraud action arising out of the £300m administration of the British Seafood Group. Charles Flint QC, Robert Anderson QC, ‘a force of nature when he gets going’, and Ian Mill QC, ‘a commanding court presence’, are also recommended. Andrew Hunter and the ‘diligent and hardworking’ Andrew George are recommended, as are the ‘technically excellent, hardworking and extraordinarily user-friendly’ Robert Weekes, Tom de la Mare and Tom Weisselberg.
Fountain Court Chambers is ‘an excellent set for commercial fraud’. Michael Brindle QC continues to act in the Berezovsky v Abramovich case on behalf of Roman Abramovich. Brian Doctor QC has ‘an amazing ability to grasp volumes of detail’, and Stephen Rubin QC is ‘highly responsive and effective’. The ‘highly dedicated’ Simon Browne-Wilkinson QC, Michael McLaren QC, who ’loves to get into the detail and understand the case’, the ‘immensely clever’ Bankim Thanki QC, and the ‘tenacious and very competent’ Veronique Buehrlen QC are also recommended. Patrick Goodall is ‘one of the best juniors in the commercial Bar’, and Adam Zellick ‘always takes a lot of time, care and attention over his drafting’. Simon Atrill is ‘excellent, user friendly and robust’, and ‘superb’ junior Deepak Nambisan is also recommended.
Maitland Chambers is ‘packed full of quality practitioners’. ‘First-class operator’ Paul Girolami QC ‘masters papers quickly and is always on top of the details’, and Andrew Ayres is recommended for his ‘quietly persuasive courtroom manner’. ‘Excellent advocate and tenacious cross-examiner’ Anthony Trace QC is acting for Rosneft in Yukos Capital v Rosneft Oil Company, and Louise Hutton is ‘friendly and hardworking, and a great team player’. Ciaran Keller is ‘a polished performer’, and Benjamin John is ‘a steel fist inside a velvet glove’. Richard Morgan QC took silk in 2011.
Serle Court’s ‘strength in depth, both on national and international work, is second to none’. The ‘immensely authoritative’ Alan Boyle QC is ‘first choice for high-value, complicated Chancery cases’, and Elizabeth Jones QC’s ‘forensic insight and intellectual capacity are huge benefits’. Kuldip Singh QC is acting for a major bank in cross-border litigation involving £1bn fraud claims, and Victor Joffe QC exhibits ‘good commercial acumen and calm under pressure’. Philip Marshall QC is also recommended, as is Richard Walford, who is ‘hugely knowledgeable on injunction-related matters’. The ‘tremendously supportive’ Andrew Moran is ‘top of his field’, and Justin Higgo is ‘extremely impressive under pressure’. Ruth den Besten is ‘very bright, aggressive and sensible’.
3 Verulam Buildings is ‘a market-leading set for finance work and fraud’. The ‘very bright, responsive and creative’ Ali Malek QC is acting for Russian oligarch Vasily Anisimov in the Berezovsky v Patarkatsishvili case, and Ewan McQuater QC is continuing to act for the Algosaibi family in a $10bn bank fraud claim. Stephen Phillips QC ‘is very user friendly, works well in a team and has very good judgement’. Adrian Beltrami QC is also recommended. Among the juniors, David Quest ‘has a gift for making complicated issues simple’, the up-and-coming Adam Kramer ‘displays a gravitas way beyond his years of call’, John Odgers is ‘a skilled tactician and draftsman, particularly of complex pleadings’, and Matthew Parker ‘is a superb barrister’. Michael Lazarus is ‘great on paper and charming to deal with’, and David Head and Peter de Verneuil Smith are also recommended.
Brick Court Chambers is ‘an extremely strong set with good clerks’. Mark Howard QC is a ‘top-quality advocate who has a calm and measured approach’. ‘Powerful and persuasive advocate’ Stephen Midwinter acted in the $80m Naftrans v Bonde Nielsen case, and Alec Haydon acted in BSkyB v EDS. Roger Masefield is recommended, as is Fionn Pilbrow.
One Essex Court is ‘a powerhouse in civil litigation’. Laurence Rabinowitz QC and Neil Kitchener QC continue to be ranked ‘among the best’ for civil fraud matters. Anthony de Garr Robinson QC is ‘an energetic leader, with acute commercial and tactical awareness’. Steven Elliott is recommended for his ‘ability to review massive amounts of documentation and drill in to the fundamental issues’. The ‘assiduous and exceptionally hardworking’ Henry Forbes Smith and Alexander Polley are also recommended.
At Essex Court Chambers, ‘effective advocate’ Huw Davies QC is recommended, as is Vernon Flynn QC, who acted for the appellant in the Fiona Trust case at the House of Lords. Andrew Hochhauser QC is also recommended. Jern-Fei Ng has ‘a wealth of experience in civil fraud’. Nathan Pillow is ‘phenomenally hardworking and really rolls his sleeves up to get stuck into the detail’.
‘A class-act commercial Chancery set’, 4 Stone Buildings has ‘plenty of strength in depth’. Robert Hildyard QC is highly regarded for his experience in complex, multi-jurisdictional matters, including a recent offshore trust dispute involving Caribbean, UK, German, Cypriot and Russian law. John Brisby QC and Robert Miles QC are also recommended. Orlando Fraser is ‘very responsive, with a fantastic memory and good strategic insight’. Christopher Harrison and Richard Hill are recommended, as is Gregory Denton-Cox, who is ‘extremely bright, tactically astute and very knowledgeable.
New Square Chambers’ Stephen Smith QC is particularly rated for his ‘excellent offshore experience’, as is Robert Levy QC. ‘Exceptionally bright and very hardworking’ junior Simon Adamyk is recommended, as is Tim Akkouh, who has ‘a rare maturity and clarity of thought for one so relatively junior’. Mark Hubbard has a particular focus on offshore trusts and property-related fraud, and has the ability to ‘quickly grasp the key issues and navigate voluminous amounts of evidence in a very short timeframe’.
At XXIV Old Buildings, Martin Mann QC’s ‘considerable presence’ is highly regarded, and Stephen Moverley Smith QC is ‘hands-on and responsive, and knows the BVI like the back of his hand’. Elspeth Talbot Rice QC’s ‘quality of work is impeccable, every angle thought of and every base covered’. Alan Steinfeld QC, ‘one of the leading lights of the commercial Chancery scene’, and Philip Shepherd QC are also recommended. Among its juniors, Bajul Shah is ‘a pleasure to work with’. David Herbert continues to act for the liquidators of two Madoff feeder funds. The ‘gritty and pugnacious’ Edward Knight is also recommended, as is Steven Thompson for his ‘incisive advocacy style’.
Recommended silks at 3-4 South Square include Mark Phillips QC, Robin Dicker QC and Stuart Isaacs QC. Ben Valentin, Lloyd Tamlyn and Tom Smith are all recommended juniors.
At 11 Stone Buildings, Alan Gourgey QC is ‘not afraid to roll up his sleeves and immerse himself in a case’. Iain Pester ‘gives considerable strategic thought to his drafting and advice’, and Tim Penny is ‘capable of taking on the toughest of challenges’.
‘Top-notch Chancery set’ Wilberforce Chambers has a selection of highly regarded silks with expertise in fraud, including John Wardell QC, who acted in a fraud case arising out of the sale of a controlling interest in gold mines in Kazakhstan; Lawrence Cohen QC; and Ian Croxford QC. On the junior side, Gabriel Fadipe and Edward Sawyer are recommended.