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Alistair Mackenzie
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Alistair’s practice spans a range of commercial litigation, with particular expertise in private international law disputes, group litigation, product liability and insurance. Clients often instruct Alistair on complex disputes for his experience across these areas.
He is equally at home in trials and arbitrations as in dealing with complex points of law on appeal. He has acted in leading cases in the Supreme Court on numerous occasions and appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal.
Recent cases include:
Bravo v Amerisur Resources Limited [2023] EWHC 122 (KB) (liability for oil spill in Colombia); Stait v Cosmos Insurance [2022] EWCA Civ 1429 (jurisdiction in claims by military personnel); Clarke v PZU [2022] EWHC 488 (QB) (liability of insurers for private medical practice under foreign law); FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Brownlie [2021] UKSC 45 (jurisdiction of the English courts and approach to foreign law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Alistair Mackenzie – 2 Temple Gardens ‘Alistair’s particular strengths are hi breadth of experience and his super-sharp brain.’
Members of 2 Temple Gardens are well-versed in group actions arising from product liability, personal injury, professional negligence, healthcare and environmental law, and have a track record of international group matters related to business human rights. Charles Dougherty is acting for World Rugby in relation to group claims brought by former rugby union players in England and overseas regarding concussions sustained during their careers. Acting on behalf of a large group of Liverpool fans following the events at the Champions League final in Paris in 2022, Alistair Mackenzie is another member that is active in the sports sector. Meanwhile, Marie Louise Kinsler KC acts for claimants in a large-scale group action by the Ogale farming and fishing community arising out of oil extraction in Nigeria after a Supreme Court ruling in May 2021 that there was a ‘good arguable case’ that Shell, in addition to its Nigerian subsidiaries, was responsible for the damage caused by leaks in the Niger delta.
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Alistair Mackenzie – 2 Temple Gardens ‘A superb legal mind. Very intelligent and tactically aware – a very talented barrister,’
London Bar > Product liability
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Alistair Mackenzie –2 Temple Gardens ‘Alistair provides mature and helpful insight in a legal team and is likely to be an ever-increasing presence in the product liability world.’