Chambers of Lord Grabiner QC
TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 9AR, ENGLAND
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- Work 020 7583 2000
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Jeffery Onions QC
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Position
Barrister specialising in substantial contractual disputes (including joint ventures), oil and gas, arbitration, share and business sale disputes, banking (including syndicated loans), breach of director’s duties, insurance and reinsurance, jurisdictional issues, substantial civil fraud, insolvency, sale of goods and services media and entertainment. Recent cases include: Tullett Prebon v BGC Brokers (a claim in conspiracy relating to the poaching of teams of inter-dealer brokers); GB Gas Holdings v Accenture (a case involving issues of contractual construction in relation to a claim for breach of a substantial computer contract); Tele2 v Post Office (a substantial contractual dispute relating to the sale of phone cards and involving the effect of ‘no waiver’ clauses); a substantial reinsurance claim; and a number of cases involving derivatives and/or the ISDA terms. Other significant cases include: Centrica v Premier Power (a case involving the construction of a long-term gas supply contract); Banco Nacional v Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (a dispute concerning the enforcement of foreign judgments and the jurisdiction in relation to freezing orders); BHB Enterprises v Victor Chandler (a contractual dispute relating to the terms of a horserace licensing agreement); Redwood Master Fund v TD Bank Europe [2006] 1 BCLC 1429 (a dispute relating to a syndicated loan); USA v Philip Morris (a dispute relating to letters rogatory); the Grupo Torras litigation (substantial civil fraud and jurisdiction); the ‘Arrow’ litigation (substantial civil fraud, breach of director’s duties, receivers and liquidation); Credit Suisse Fides Trust v Cuoghi [1998] QB 818 (jurisdiction and civil fraud); and National Oilwell v Davy Offshore [1993] 2 LLR 582 (insurance and waiver of subrogation).
Career
Called 1981; Middle Temple; QC 1998.
Member
London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; Administrative Law Bar Association.
Education
St Alban’s (Abbey) School; St John’s College, Cambridge (1980 BA; 1981 LLB; 1985 MA; 1986 LLM).
Practice Areas
Litigation - commercial; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance; Energy
