Chambers of Benjamin Browne QC
TEMPLE, LONDON, EC4Y 9AY, ENGLAND
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Charles Dougherty
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Position
Barrister specialising in commercial law, in particular commercial fraud, banking, professional negligence, private international law and insurance. Reported cases include: Gater Assets v Naftogaz (CA/Com Ct) [2007] EWCA Civ 988 [2007] EWHC 697 (Comm), [2007] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 522 (employment of New York Convention arbitration award – freezing order – availability of security for costs against award holder – whether enforcement should be refused on grounds of fraud/public policy), instructed by Clyde & Co; Raja v Hoogstraten; Tombstone v Healys (Ch Div) [2007] EWHC 1743 (Ch) [2006 – ongoing] (liability of solicitors for procuring writ of sequestration and/or trespass to third party’s property) (awaiting appeal), instructed by Kennedys; Royal Bank of Scotland plc v Kiely (Com Ct) [2007] (claim under various personal guarantees following collapse of pub property business – allegations of misrepresentation – freezing order, instructed by Norton Rose); Novoship UK v Mikhaylyuk (Com Ct) [2006 – ongoing] (fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, bribes, search and freezing orders, multi-juridictional relief, instructed by Ince & Co).
Career
Called 1997; Middle Temple (Astbury Scholar). Assistant editor ‘European Civil Practice’, Sweet & Maxwell 2nd edition.
Languages
French, German, Swedish.
Member
PNBA; British German Jurists Association; COMBAR.
Education
Winchester College; Magdalen College, Oxford (1993 BA; 1994 BCL).
Practice Areas
Commercial; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance; Fraud: civil
