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Chambers of Andrew Clarke QC and Clive Freedman QC

3 KING'S BENCH WALK NORTH, TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 7HR, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7797 8600
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Fax 020 7797 8699
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1047 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.littletonchambers.co.uk
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Charles Stephen Samek QC

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Littleton Chambers (Chambers of Andrew Clarke QC and Clive Freedman QC)

Position

Barrister specialising in commercial litigation, with considerable experience of advocacy in all divisions of the High Court, both on the interlocutory applications and at trial. His practice covers all the main areas of commercial law including sale of goods, medial and entertainment, share and business sale agreements, restrictive covenants, partnership, franchising and private international law. Recent notable cases include the landmark Court of Appeal Dadourian Group International Inc v Simms & others (No 1) [2006] 1 WLR 2499 (extra-jurisdictional enforcement of worldwide freezing orders); Dadourian (No 2) [2007] 2 AER 329 (use to which evidence under compulsion to police a freezing order may be put at trial); Crucial Music Corporation v Klondyke Management AG (warranties of description for the sale of a classical music catalogue).

Career

Called 1989; Middle Temple also Inner Temple. Accredited mediator.

Languages

Italian, French.

Member

COMBAR; Inner Temple; ELBA; Chancery Bar Association; British Italian Law Association.

Education

St Paul’s School, London; Oriel College, Oxford (MA); Inns of Court School of Law; Astbury Law Scholar (Middle Temple).

Leisure

Foreign travel, history, art, music.

Practice Areas

Employment; Litigation - commercial; Fraud: crime

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