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Fountain Court Chambers Offices
FOUNTAIN COURT, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9DH
England
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David Murray
Position
Commercial litigation including banking, financial services, aviation, insurance/reinsurance, sale of goods, conflict of laws, financial regulation, civil fraud and professional negligence.
Recent notable cases include: Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2023] UKSC 25 (banking), AerCap Ireland Ltd v AIG Europe SA [2023] EWHC 96 (Comm) (aviation/insurance), Federal Republic of Nigeria v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA [2022] EWHC 1447 (Comm) (banking/fraud); Byers v Saudi National Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 43 (fraud); AXA France IARD SA v Santander Cards UK Ltd [2022] EWHC 1776 (Comm) (commercial/banking/insurance); a substantial confidential arbitration involving the loss of a commercial airliner (aviation); and the RBS Rights Issue Litigation [2017] EWHC 1217 (Ch). Other recent experience and current instructions include various substantial confidential commercial arbitrations in London and overseas; a series of heavy and complex aviation insurance disputes in the Commercial Court arising out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and a variety of financial mis-selling claims.
Career
Called 2004. Internship at ICC, Paris, Oct-Dec 2005; Pegasus Scholar, Hong Kong, Sep-Dec 2007.
Languages
French.
Memberships
COMBAR. Authorised to practise in the Dubai International Financial Centre.
Education
Christ Church, Oxford: BA 2001 (First), BCL 2002 (Distinction). Vinerian Scholarship 2002; Eldon Scholarship 2004.
Leisure
Climbing, sailing.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Aviation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3David Murray – Fountain Court Chambers ‘David always offers excellent contributions that complete the picture. His organisational skills and attention to detail are absolutely first-rate, and he is extremely user-friendly and responsive. His questioning is calm and methodical. Overall, a fantastic all-rounder.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5David Murray – Fountain Court Chambers
‘A solid junior, who is very thorough in his writing.‘
Sought out to appear in heavyweight Commercial Court, Financial List and Chancery Division cases, Fountain Court Chambers is ‘a top-flight set for commercial work, with excellent silk and junior coverage‘. In Soteria Insurance (formerly CIS General Insurance) v IBM United Kingdom, which concerns a failed IT transformation project, Bankim Thanki KC successfully acted for Soteria in the Court of Appeal on a significant commercial contractual interpretation point. In Federal Republic of Nigeria v JP Morgan Chase, one of the Commercial Court’s largest cases of 2022, Rosalind Phelps KC, leading David Murray, successfully represented the defendant bank against the Nigerian Government’s $870m-plus claim under the Quincecare duty concerning the Malabu oil scandal. Elevated to silk in March 2023, Simon Atrill KC‘s recent track record includes representing a Saudi royal family member in HRH Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud v Gibbs, a $30m claim against a former Magic Circle firm partner for allegedly misappropriating investment funds.
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3David Murray –Fountain Court Chambers ‘David shows excellent attention to detail and insightful analysis of the issues. His drafting is elegant and his advocacy is calm and measured. Clients are very impressed with him.’
Being ‘packed full of some brilliant and incredibly intelligent lawyers,’ Fountain Court Chambers has been at the forefront of some of the recent substantial banking and finance litigation, both domestically and internationally. The set specialises in managing disputes that have a significant impact on the financial sector, with one such example being cases related to the Quincecare duty when banks suspect fraud: these include Federal Republic of Nigeria v JP Morgan Chase NA which saw Rosalind Phelps KC, David Murray and Aaron Taylor instructed in a successful defence of a $1.5bn claim against the bank. Alongside this, Patricia Robertson KC and Christopher Langley were instructed to act for HSBC in defence of a claim in relation to an alleged breach of the Quincecare duty, brought by the liquidators of Allen Stanford’s Ponzi scheme (Stanford International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) v HSBC Plc). Richard Coleman KC has a diverse practice, including acting in a number of cases involving judicial review in the banking space, while Nico Leslie is a standout junior for his work on high-profile banking disputes.