Chambers of Lionel Persey QC & Simon Rainey QC
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Lionel Persey QC
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Position
Barrister specialising in: commercial litigation; international commercial arbitration; shipping; energy/oil and gas; conflict of laws; insurance; and mediation. Many of his cases are heard in arbitration. Recent reported cases include: ‘The Vine’ [2011] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 301; Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Bermuda) Ltd v BP Shipping Ltd. [2009) 763 LMLN 1; Petromec Inc v Petrobras [2007] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 629; R v Goodwin [2006] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 432; Galaxy Special Maritime Enterprise v Prima Ceylon [2006] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 27 (Court of Appeal); ‘The ICL Vikraman’ [2004] Lloyd’s Rep 21; ‘The Aliza Glacial’ [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 421; ‘ The Posidon’ [2001] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 697; Coreck Maritime GmbH v Handelsveem BV [2000] ECR 1-9337 (ECJ); Fast Ferries One SA v Ferries Australia Pty Ltd [2000] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 534; Groupe Concorde v The Master of the Vessel ‘Sudhadiwarno Panjan’ [1999] ECR 1-6307 (ECJ); Leathertex Divisione Sintetici SpA v Bodetex BVBA [1999] ECR 1-6747 (ECJ); The Maciej Rataj [1994] ECR 1-5439, [1999] QB 515 (ECJ).
Career
Called 1981; Gray’s Inn; QC 1997; deputy High Court judge 2010; Lloyd’s Arbitrator 2009; Recorder 2002; member of the Supplementary Panel of Treasury Counsel 1993-97.
Languages
French.
Member
Gibraltar Bar; Commercial Bar Association; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Education
Université de Limoges (1979 Diplôme D’Études Juridiques Françaises); University of Birmingham (1980 LLB Hons Law with French).
Leisure
Music, reading, food and wine, travel, gardening; member of The Reform Club.
Practice Areas
Energy; International commercial arbitration; Litigation - commercial
