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Graham Chapman KC
Position
Specialises in the fields of commercial, offshore and professional liability, covering the full range of claims against professionals; other areas include insurance, banking and financial services, IT.
Career
Qualified 1998; Silk 2014; Inner Temple; awarded a major scholarship by Inner Temple; tenant at 4 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn.
Memberships
Combar; PNBA; TECBAR.
Education
Westcliff High School for Boys; Oriel College, Oxford (1997 BA Hons Jurisprudence 1st), Martin Wronker Prize for best finals paper in Jurisprudence; Scholar of Oriel College, Oxford.
Leisure
Golf, motor sport, cricket, the arts.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Graham Chapman KC –4 New Square ‘Graham is scarily bright, excellent on his feet, and commercially savvy. He is one of the true superstars of the Bar.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Graham Chapman KC –4 New Square ‘Graham is tremendously clever, lightning fast on his feet, well-liked by judges and clients, a brilliant legal mind and thoroughly commercial – in short, the complete package.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Graham Chapman KC –4 New Square Chambers ‘Graham is incredibly user-friendly and excellent with both clients and the judiciary. He has a razor-sharp intellect and is a fantastic advocate.’
4 New Square Chambers‘ members frequently handle high-profile, high-value and complex cases pertaining to finance, fraud and shareholder disputes, to name a few, and many instructions fit within the set’s particular area of professional negligence litigation. Heavyweight litigator Justin Fenwick KC is acting for the first defendant in AML Creditor v Madison Pacific & Ors, in which the Bermudian claimant alleges that the defendants conspired to misappropriate companies active in West Africa. ‘Fantastic advocate’ Graham Chapman KC runs a broad commercial offshore practice which emphasizes negligence claims involving trustees, directors, officeholders alongside professionals including auditors, fund managers and lawyers. Daniel Saoul KC remains a key name for business disputes and commercial fraud cases, particularly those spanning multiple jurisdictions.