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Matthew Bradley KC
Position
Commercial and commercial chancery litigation & arbitration, including: commercial contract disputes; company, partnership & insolvency law; civil fraud, conspiracy & economic torts; product liability; professional liability; offshore work; banking & financial services; energy & natural resources; jurisdiction & conflicts of law disputes; shareholder disputes, including employment/shareholder crossover claims; restrictive covenant & confidential information disputes; fiduciaries.
Recent notable cases include: Palmer Birch v Lloyd [2018] 4 WLR 164 (conspiracy & economic torts); Ang v Reliantco Investments Ltd [2019] 3 WLR 161 (jurisdiction challenge); Goknur v Organic Village Ltd [2019] EWHC 2201 (product liability & deceit); LCIA arbitration in Russian oil and gas sector; Kupeli & Ors v Kibris Turk Hava Yollari Sirketi [2018] 4 All ER 434; [2019] 1 WLR 1235 (trial of test claims); Pilgrim Rock Ltd v Iwaniuk [2019] GCCR 17013 (unfair relationships under Consumer Credit Act 1974); Trusts dispute re BVI/Cayman/Curaçao trust companies; Combination Hip Prosthesis Litigation (Product Liability).
Career
Previously a management consultant at L.E.K Consulting.
Languages
French, German & Spanish
Memberships
The Commercial Bar Association; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association; International Bar Association.
Education
Merchant Taylors School, Northwood; St Anne’s College, Oxford (Modern Languages, 1st Class Honours); City University (CPE) & Inns of Court School of Law (BVC). Hardwicke, Haldane & Thomas Moore Scholar (Lincoln’s Inn); Lord Woolf Scholar ((Daily Telegraph/1 Crown Office Row); Phoenicia Scholar (Bar European Group).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Product liability
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Matthew Bradley KC –4 New Square ‘A pragmatic and user-friendly barrister who can advise on civil and regulatory product liability issues.’
4 New Square Chambers offers product liability experience across consumer, commercial and regulatory matters in both group action and individual cases. David Turner KC is particularly well-versed in claims pertaining to fires, acting for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the Grenfell tower fire litigation. Matthew Bradley KC acts for claimants against a variety of different manufacturers of medical devices for alleged defects. Isabel Barter has joined from 2 Temple Gardens.
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Matthew Bradley KC –4 New Square ‘An outstanding litigator, whose manner and advocacy in court are just right.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Matthew Bradley KC –4 New Square ‘Absolutely excellent on his feet. Says it how it is and has the ear of the court.’