Graham Chapman KC > 4 New Square Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

4 New Square Chambers
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3RJ
England

Living Wage

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 3

Graham Chapman KC4 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 3

Graham Chapman KC4 New SquareGraham 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 4

Graham Chapman KC4 New Square

The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2

Graham Chapman KC4 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.