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Iain Richard Quirk
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Position
Iain’s primary areas of work are commercial litigation and arbitration, and employment law. Iain appears frequently as sole advocate and as junior in a variety of courts and tribunals, including the County Court, EAT, High Court and Court of Appeal. He has recently appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal in Shepherds Investments v Walters and Others [2007] EWCA Civ 292; and with Richard Millett QC in Socimer international Bank Limited v Standard Bank Limited (December 2007). Iain has an emerging practice in international commercial arbitration, having been involved as a sole and junior counsel, and as secretariat, in arbitrations in the past year under UNICTRAL, ICSID, ICC and AAA Rules and bilateral investment treaty arbitrations. Iain also undertakes a significant amount of sports and media and entertainment work, including football, Formula 1 and horseracing.
Career
Called 2002; Lincoln’s Inn; assistant editor of the European Human Rights Reports; junior counsel to the Crown (C Panel) 2007.
Languages
French (basis); Mandarin Chinese (elementary).
Education
University of Nottingham (LLB (First Class)).
Practice Areas
Employment; International commercial arbitration; Litigation - commercial
