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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 > Company
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Matthew Bradley KC – 4 New Square Chambers ‘Matthew is a tenacious advocate with an analytical eye.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 6Matthew Bradley KC –4 New Square ‘Excellent advocate on his feet, down to earth, and has the ear of judges.’
With a strong reputation in professional negligence and sports litigation, 4 New Square Chambers is a ‘first-class commercial set’ that regularly appears before all levels of the court system in the UK and offshore. Justin Fenwick KC represented Thai wind farm enterprise founder Nick Suppipat concerning alleged fraudulent conspiracy to deprive Suppipat of his assets; the team, which includes George Spalton KC, Kendrah Potts, Lucy Colter, and Carola Binney secured a judgment for over $850m in the Commercial Court trial. In Novitas Loans v AmTrust, Ben Elkington KC is instructed by the insurer in a breach of contract claim arising out of a failed consumer mass litigation funding scheme. In Globinvestment Limited and others v XY and others, a Commercial Court case related to the running of an allegedly fraudulent investment fund, Daniel Saoul KC is acting for the claimants while Matthew Bradley KC is defending Twinkle Capital S.A on the other side. Shail Patel KC became a silk in March 2024.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Matthew Bradley KC –4 New Square ‘He has a robust, no-nonsense style, highly forensic, works excellently within a team and is always prepared to challenge conventional thinking or entrenched views on key issues.’