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Clive Freedman QC
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Position
Barrister specialising in commercial law including banking, franchising, insurance, sale of goods, partnership/joint venture, agency and employment law; deals with insolvency, company law ancillary to commercial practice; appears in commercial arbitrations and acts as a mediator. Since taking silk in 1997, has appeared in the following representative cases: Dadourian Group International v Simms and others [2006] EWCA Civ 399 (CA delivered Dadourian guidelines, leading authority of worldwide freezing orders); Watford Petroleum v Cheklanov [2005] (JV/s 459 petition re Ukrainian oil and gas interests); Blake & Ors v Davies [2005] EWCA Civ 531 (fraud in relation to copper dealing); I-Way Limited v World Online Telecom Limited ((2004) EWHC 244 (com court) (misrepresentation, implication of contractual terms, estoppel); Wrexham Association Football Club v Crucialmove Ltd [2006] EWCA Civ 237 (breach of director’s fiduciary duties); Leeds City Council v Watkins, The Times April 2003, Smith J (case about markets and competition law); Hurst v Bryk, House of Lords [2002] 2 WLR 740 (solicitor’s partnership case); Arrow & Blackledge, Chancery Division, The Times December 1999, Court of Appeal [2000] 2 BCLC 167 (unfair prejudice/striking out); Stock v London Underground Ltd, CA, The Times August 1999 (payment into court); Re: Blenheim Leisure (Restaurants) Ltd, CA, The Times August, October and November 1999 (company law restoration to the register); Dubai Aluminium v Al Alawi [1999] 1 All ER 703, Rix J (legal professional privilege); Hendry v Chartsearch, CA, The Times September 1998 (effect of assignment without prior consent contrary to contractual prohibition in commercial case); Beeforth v Beeforth, CA, The Times 17 September 1998 (effect of peremptory order); Paperlight Ltd v Swinton Insurance Company Ltd [1998] CLR 853 Comm Ct, Clark J (franchising).
Career
Qualified 1978, Middle Temple, QC 1997; Recorder; Deputy High Court Judge (Chancery); CEDR accredited mediator. Publications of note: ‘Civil Appeals’ (chapter on arbitration and international trade), 2002; ‘ADR and Mediation’ (chapter on franchising and mediation).
Languages
Working knowledge of Hebrew, French and Russian.
Education
Manchester Grammar School; Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Practice Areas
Litigation - commercial; Professional negligence; Fraud: civil
