John Virgo > Chambers of Anna Vigars KC > Bristol, England > Barrister Profile
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Guildhall Chambers
23 BROAD STREET
BRISTOL
BS1 2HG
England
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John Virgo
Work Department
Banking and finance; professional negligence.
Position
John is a specialist commercial barrister, with a strong practice emphasis on high-value financial product mis-selling litigation. He has appeared in all the leading mis-selling cases, including: lead counsel appointment in a group pension mis-selling action (Cocking v Prudential); acting in a 400 strong group action in the Commercial Court on behalf of Equitable Life’s trapped annuitants (Abeles and Others v Equitable Life Assurance Society); acting for Zurich Life to defend claims for product mis-selling arising out of the collapse of the Bahamian Imperial Consolidated Fund (Seymour v Caroline Ockwell & Co; Zurich IFA Ltd); acting for investors into the AIG Enhanced Variable Rate Fund who suffered substantial losses following its collapse (Rubenstein v HSBC Bank); acting for a number of high-net-worth individuals and businesses in relation to the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products (Rowley and Green v Royal Bank of Scotland). He is instructed nationwide in complex and substantial disputes where his advocacy and forensic skills are highly valued.
Career
Called 1983.
Memberships
- Bristol Chancery & Commercial Bar Association
- Professional Negligence Bar Association
Education
- MA (Oxon)
- Worcester College, Oxford Graduated in Jurisprudence