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Brick Court Chambers

Chambers of Jonathan Hirst QC and Nicholas Green QC

7-8 ESSEX STREET, LONDON, WC2R 3LD, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7379 3550
Fax:
Fax 020 7379 3558
DX:
302 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.brickcourt.co.uk
Email:
London, Brussels

Alan Roxburgh

Tel:
Work +44 20 7379 3550
Email:
Brick Court Chambers (Chambers of Jonathan Hirst QC and Nicholas Green QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in general commercial and common law, including banking, insurance and reinsurance, sale of goods, professional negligence, shipping and international trade. Reported cases: Seaconsar Far East Ltd v Bank Markazi Jomhouri Islami Iran [1994] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1; The Mahkutai [1996] 2 Lloyd's Rep 1; Camdex International Ltd v Bank of Zambia (No 2) [1996] 'The Times', 28 January 1997; The Indian Endurance and Indian Grace (No 2) [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 331, [1997] 2 WLR 538, [1997] 3 WLR 818; Nederlandse Reassurantie Groep Holding NV v Bacon and Woodrow [1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep 404, [1997] LRLR 678; also acted for British Coal Corporation in major occupational disease group action; counsel to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 1998-2010; AstraZeneca UK Ltd v International Business Machines Corporation [2011] EWHC 306 (TCC), [2011] EWHC 3373 (TCC).

Career

Called 1992, Middle Temple.

Education

Eton College; Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1993 MA); City University (1991 Diploma in Law).

Practice Areas

International commercial arbitration; Litigation - commercial; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance

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