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Dominic Kendrick KC KC
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial law, particularly insurance shipping (including shipbuilding), commodities and international trade. Recent cases include: Ocean Victory [2017] UKSC 35 (Supreme Court case leading case on safe ports in charterparty, and on insurance); Engelhart CTP (US) LLC v Lloyd’s [2018] EWHC 900 (marine insurance on copper); Re Smith [2018] EWHC 900 (commercial fraud in property development); Rathbone v Novae [2015] Lloyd’s Rep. IR 095 (professional indemnity insurance); Republic of Djibouti v Boreh [2016] EWHC 405 (Comm) (fraud alleged in development of Djibouti); Bunge v Kyla [2013] EWCA Civ 734 (total loss of vessel). Frequently acts as arbitrator in LCIA, ICC, LMAA and ad hoc arbitrations.
Career
Qualified 1981; QC 1997.
Education
Cambridge University (MA).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Dominic Kendrick KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Charming and tenacious.’
London Bar > Shipping
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 37 King’s Bench Walk boasts an ‘outstanding calibre of talent across all levels’, adept at handling international arbitrations across various sectors and concerning multiple different jurisdictions and centres such as the LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC and ICC. The set is praised as ‘undoubtedly the strongest set for insurance and reinsurance’, in which David Edwards KC and Benjamin Parker frequently handle high-profile work. Further areas of expertise for the set include healthcare and pharmaceutical related arbitrations, with Gavin Kealey KC and Dominic Kendrick KC being go-to names in Covid-19 business interruption arbitrations, while also expanding in the niche area of Bermuda Form disputes, an area in which Michael Holmes KC, Sushma Ananda and Marcus Mander have recently been active.
London Bar > Commodities
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5Dominic Kendrick KC – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘A charming and tenacious KC.’