33 Chancery Lane

Aidan specialises in international and domestic litigation and arbitration involving civil fraud and asset recovery, shareholder and director disputes, and contractual and commercial cases across the spectrum. He also has experience of POCA, Sanctions crypto and digital assets.

A substantial part of his work is offshore, and he regularly appears in the Privy Council. He also has significant experience in sports law (particularly football). Much of his work, particularly his arbitration and asset-recovery work, is cross-border in nature. He has significant experience in disputes involving Russia/the CIS, UAE, Mauritius, Cyprus, Sweden, BVI, Malta, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Kenya and Nigeria. He has been called (pro hac) to the Bars of Bermuda and The Bahamas and is qualified to appear in the DIFC and the ADGM.

Publications

Changes to the arbitration landscape in Dubai (Webinar – delivered with Hamdan Al-Shamsi (Dubai firm) and CANDEY) 02.02.22 (https://youtu.be/6xu8poB3Y_8) – discusses the impact of Decree No. (34) of 2021 abolishing the DIFC-LCIA

Betamax v State Trading Corp, Lexology, 18.08.21 – digest of the decision of the JCPC concerning the circumstances in which an international arbitration award may be set aside on the grounds of public policy, where questions of illegality of the relevant contract are in issue)

Marring the Deal, T.E.L.&T.J. 2021 (Jan/Feb) – discusses Marr v Collie [2018] AC 631, in which Aidan Casey KC appeared for the successful appellant in the Privy Council

Reflective Loss and the Applicable Law Conundrum, B.J.I.B.&F.L. 2020, 35(10) – examines the question of the applicable law in cross-border cases involving reflective loss arguments, and whether the law of the cause of action or the law of the place of incorporation applies

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COMBAR

LCLCBA

Commonwealth Law Association

1988 – 1991

LLB (First Class), King’s College London