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Fountain Court Chambers Offices
FOUNTAIN COURT, TEMPLE
LONDON
EC4Y 9DH
England
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Patricia Robertson KC
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial litigation and related regulatory work: especially, banking/financial services (including internet banking, plastic money, investment management and mis-selling); professional negligence (in particular, legal services, audit/accountancy and financial services); advice on compliance and representation in disciplinary proceedings relating to legal, accountancy and financial services. Extensive experience of commercial/professional negligence mediations as advocate and accredited by CEDR as a mediator. Accepts appointments as arbitrator.
Recent examples: defence of claims brought by Danish tax authorities relating to cum-ex trading (SKAT litigation); defence of claims relating to alleged fraudulent conspiracy to deprive Thai entrepreneur of shares worth $1-2bn in energy companies (Suppipat v Narondej and others); successfully defending high profile disciplinary proceedings brought by the SRA (including SRA v Senior); defending claims in dishonest assistance and negligence against bank arising from massive Ponzi scheme (SIB v HSBC – strike out of claim upheld by Supreme Court); defending claims against leading law firm for alleged dishonest assistance in fraudulent investment scheme; currently acting as arbitrator in four LCIA arbitrations.
Career
Called 1988; Silk 2006; Member of Bar Standards Board (2010-2015) and Vice-Chair (2013-2015); Member Abu Dhabi Global Markets Appeals Panel; Member of Astana International Financial Centre Advisory Panel; Deputy High Court Judge (2016-2023)
Publications: Contributor to “Professional Negligence and Liability” (ed. Simpson) (Fund Managers; Expert Witnesses); “The Law of Bank Payments” (eds. Brindle & Cox, 5th Ed) (Plastic Money; Internet payments).
Languages
French, Italian.
Memberships
COMBAR, ARDL.
Education
Balliol College, Oxford (Brackenbury Scholar; 1986 BA); City University (1987 Dip Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional disciplinary and regulatory law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Patricia Robertson KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Patricia is a force of nature.’
London Bar > Financial services regulation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Patricia Robertson KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Patricia is one of the most gifted advocates. What sets her apart is the detail and attention she gives to a case all the way through, and not just when it comes to the hearing.’
Fountain Court Chambers is ‘one of the top, if not the top, financial services set’, drawing upon the exceptional broader expertise in the banking and regulatory practices to act for regulators, regulated entities and high-net-worth individuals. In HSBC v Stanford International Bank, Patricia Robertson KC secured a dismissal in the Supreme Court for HSBC for all but £2.4 million of a £118.5m fine for liability stemming the bank’s operation of accounts for Stanford International Bank, a Ponzi scheme for which sometime cricket sponsor Allen Stanford was stripped of his knighthood by the Antiguan government and sentenced to over a century in prison by the US courts. Richard Coleman KC has been acting for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking, which seeks to challenge the FCA by judicial review for their failure to compensate SMEs who were mis-sold interest rate hedging products.
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Patricia Robertson KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Hugely decisive and gives firm, insightful advice. Clients are in very safe hands with Patricia. As a leader, she gives excellent strategic advice.’
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Patricia Robertson KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘In court Patricia’s advocacy is strong, clear and systematic. Out of court her advice is commercial and pragmatic as well has having an exceptional technical grounding. She can be direct and robust as well as being pleasant to to deal with.’
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.
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Patricia Robertson KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Patricia is the go-to silk – the one person you need on your side if you are in trouble. A force of nature.’