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David Craig KC KC

020 7813 8000 clerks@essexcourt.com

Position

With a “reputation for handling high-stakes cases”, “revered practitioner” David Craig KC has a rich and diverse practice leading teams in various jurisdictions. At home in court and in arbitration, David is instructed in high profile and heavyweight disputes, often at the intersection between commercial and employment law or involving the protection of confidential information and trade secrets, including large-scale multi-week litigation, substantive interim applications for injunctive relief and appeals (where David has acted at all levels, including on numerous occasions in the House of Lords and Supreme Court). David also appears in high-value whistleblowing and discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal, frequently in a regulatory context and where important reputational issues arise. His practice has an international dimension, with cases often involving multiple jurisdictions, foreign law (where he works closely with foreign lawyers) and foundational jurisdictional questions, and he has appeared in numerous cases in the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts.

Career

Called 1997.

Memberships

ELBA; ELA; COMBAR; PNBA.

Education

University College School; Inns of Court School of Law (Outstanding); City University (CPE (Commendation)); Cambridge University (MPhil Criminology (Distinction – Manuel Lopez-Rey Prize for Criminology)); Manchester University (BSc (Hons) Psychology (First Class)).