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Theo Barclay
Position
Barrister, 4 New Square.
Career
Theo has extensive experience across the full spectrum of commercial disputes. He acts on substantial domestic and international claims, which recently have included a £1.5bn tax fraud claim, a seminal charity law case in the Supreme Court, a £50m+ broadcasting licence dispute, and multiple claims against a discount supermarket for trade mark infringement. In sports law, Theo has appeared for and against several Premier League football clubs including Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur in some of the leading football cases of recent years. He also specialises in costs law, having been instructed as sole costs counsel in a number of major commercial cases and acted as junior counsel to several of the leading costs silks.
Memberships
COMBAR, PNBA, British Association of Sport and the Law
Education
Lord Haldane, Lord Denning and Lord Wolfson scholar, Lincoln’s Inn.
Brasenose College, Oxford.
Leisure
Theo is the author of Fighters and Quitters, a book on political scandals, and contributed a chapter on George Canning to a book on Britain’s Prime Ministers.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Intellectual property
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Theo Barclay – 4 New Square Chambers ‘Theo is detail orientated, personable, and a brilliant advocate. He is collaborative and strategic with a firm grip on the legal issues, but he also has a real awareness of the commercial background and client relationships.’
London Bar > Costs
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Theo Barclay –4 New Square ‘Theo is incredibly bright, but also very friendly and approachable. He turns things around very quickly and is a joy to work with.’
Offering a ‘costs team that is second to none’, 4 New Square Chambers continue to be the pre-eminent set in this area, offering an unparalleled depth of expertise at both silk and junior level and regularly appearing on significant Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases. Nicholas Bacon KC has recently acted in BSV Claims v Bittylicious Ltd and others, a major CAT class action and the UK’s first crypto-related collective proceedings, with the claim of collusion alleging to have caused close to £10bn in losses. In Belsner v Cam Legal, Benjamin Williams KC led George McDonald , with the pair successfully appealing to reverse the High Court’s decision that solicitors were subject to fiduciary duties when negotiating their own terms and business, entitling solicitors to deduct full reasonable costs from lower value personal injury claims. Both Robert Marven KC and Matthew Waszak acted in AKC v Barking, a significant test case before the Court of Appeal regarding the information bills of costs must contain in order to comply with CPR requirements. Theo Barclay, being led by Bacon KC, represented the Danish Customs and Tax Administration in the highly publicised SKAT litigation, where the costs bill in favour of the defendants on the indemnity basis totalled £46m.
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Theo Barclay – 4 New Square ‘He is no longer a rookie and is becoming a seasoned pro. A team player of fierce intellect. First name on the team sheet for me.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Theo Barclay – 4 New Square Chambers ‘Theo is a slick and accomplished trial advocate, always prepared for every eventuality with an uncanny ability to read the court room. He is destined for greatness.’