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Graeme McPherson KC
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Principal areas of practice are (1) professional liability (in particular claims involving accountants and auditors, solicitors and barristers, financial service professionals and sports agents), (2) professional discipline (3) sports law and discipline, and (4) commercial litigation, including insurance & finance services litigation. Recent important cases include: Professional Liability & Commercial: Coulthard v Neville Russell (CA) [scope of auditors’ duty of care]; Barex Brokers v Morris Dean (CA) [scope of valuers’ duty of care]; Flannery v. Halifax EA (CA) [duty of judge to give adequate reasons]; IAICL v Cook (CA) [scope of auditors’ duty of care]; University of Keele v PWC (CA) [construction of exclusion clause in accountants’ retainer]; Keydon Estates v Eversheds (Ch) [damages for loss of hypothetical profit]; Glyn v McGarel-Groves (QB) [scope of treating and supervising vets’ duties]; Shawton Engineering v DGP (CA) [scope of PII cover provided by a design & build policy]; Hickman v Blake Lapthorn (QB) [duties of barrister when advising on settlement]; Sunderland Mutual Marine v Wiseman (Comm) [conflict of laws within UK]; Hedrich v Standard Bank (CA) [wasted costs; duties to court]; Fulham Leisure Holdings v Nicholson Graham Jones (CA) [claim arising from sale of Fulham AFC]; Kidsons v Various Underwriters (CA) [‘notification’ under a PII policy]; Webster v Sandersons (CA) [damages for reflective loss]; Gill v Humanware (CA) [wasted costs jurisdiction in ETs]; Spreadex v Barnes (Ch) [claim arising from drafting of a gambling arrangement]; Fonexco v Manches (QB) [obligations of a solicitor in a jurisdiction race]; Zurich v Brown & Barnes (Ch) [construction of Solicitors MTCs]; Thomas v Capita (Ch) [film finance litigation]; Mengiste v EFFORT (CA) [recusal of Judge; wasted costs]; Baxter v Howreys (Comm) [claim arising from mishandled litigation]; Redstone Mortgages v B Legal (Ch) [solicitors’ obligations towards mortgagee client]; AIB v Mark Redler & Co (SC) [breach of trust against solicitors; measure of compensation]; Platform v Persimmon (Ch) [claim in fraudulent misrepresentation]; Marrache v Baker Tilly (Gib SC) [scope of ex turpi causa defence]; Standard Life v Collins (Comm) [claim against director]; MEX v Hindle Campbell (Ch) [group litigation against solicitors said to have been involved in conspiracy to conduct mortgage fraud]; Dewey & Lebeouf v Kerself (Comm) [obligations of corporate solicitors handling an overseas bond issue]; Re Duff & Phelps (Comm) [collapse of Rangers FC]; Re Deep Purple (Ch) [recovery of stolen royalties]; Fincantieri v Clyde & Co (TCC) [failed arbitration over construction of a mega-yacht]; HGF v Goodman Derrick (Comm) [litigation over sale of an Impressionist masterpiece]; Harding Evans v Spencer-White (CA) [scope of solicitors lien; implication of terms of ‘trust & confidence’]. Sport: Nicky Henderson, Aidan O’Brien, Howard Johnson, CASELA PARK, Jim Boyle, Mahmood Al Zarooni, Gerard Butler, Jim Best, Grand National 2014, Bradley & Powell; 2015 St Leger appeal (BHA Disciplinary Panel & Appeal Board) [corruption, doping, sporting disrepute]; Whittaker (FEI Inquiry) [doping]; Mullins v Jockey Club (Admin Ct) [amenability of sporting bodies to judicial challenge]; Arachi v Fallon (CA) [injunction to prevent jockey from riding in Derby]; Burton v British Shooting (Sports Resolutions) [Olympic selection dispute]; Sports Mantra v Force India (Ch) [F1 sponsorship dispute]; Various athletes [IAAF & CAS) [doping]; Various rugby players (RFU & WR) [doping, disciplinary]; Pelosi v WBA FC (QB) [injunction to stay litigation to a Rule K arbitration]. Professional Discipline: RCVS v Jones & RCVS v Auerbach (RCVS Disciplinary Panel) [disgraceful conduct]; BSB v McCarthy & BSB v Thornhill QC (Bar Disciplinary Tribunal) [dishonesty, misconduct]; Hedrich v Standard Bank (CA), Gill v Humanware (CA), Mengiste v EFFORT (CA) [wasted costs]; FSA v Miller (FCA); GFSC v Several Individuals (GFSC) [Financial Services Regulation].
Career
Called 1993, Grays Inn; QC 2008.
Memberships
PNBA, COMBAR, ChBA, BASL, ADRL.
Education
Canford School, Dorset; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1992 BA Hons; 1996 MA).
Leisure
Horse racing.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 24 New Square is ‘a go-to set for disciplinary and regulatory work‘, primarily in white-collar professional services. Graeme McPherson KC is sought out to defend proceedings brought against barristers by the Bar Standards Board, while also in legal regulation Ben Hubble KC‘s recent experience includes successfully acting for former Law Society president David Greene, who was cleared of misconduct by the SDT in December 2022. The practice of 2022-appointed silk Helen Evans KC incorporates high-profile Financial Reporting Council proceedings, having represented a KMPG audit partner who carried out the 2016 audit of noted PFI company Carillion shortly before its high-profile collapse. Turning to the set’s juniors, Scott Allen appears regularly in the SDT, as well as disciplinary fora for accountancy and tax professionals.
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 14 New Square Chambers acts ‘at the top of the field on high-profile sports disputes‘, in particular representing national and international sports governing bodies. For example, Pippa Manby managed to prosecuted former Northampton Saints player Chris Mayor, who was banned for four years for trafficking human growth hormone, while Kendrah Potts acted as sole counsel to the ICC in bringing corruption charges against the former West Indies player Marlon Samuels. Potts also led William Harman for the International Tennis Integrity Agency, bringing 107 charges for match-fixing against six professional tennis players. Turning to defence work, Richard Liddell KC acted for race horse trainer Richard Hannon in a BHA case after a race horse’s urine sample was found to contain arsenic. Members of the set sit as well – Graeme McPherson KC chaired the determination of the EFL’s Financial Fair Play charges against Derby County FC.
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Graeme McPherson KC –4 New Square ‘Great team player – gets stuck in. Clients trust him and he’s a well organised and nimble advocate.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Graeme McPherson KC – 4 New Square Chambers ‘Thoroughly prepared, extremely intelligent and able to digest and make sense of huge volumes of material.’