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Daniel practises in most areas of chancery and commercial work both in England and in a number of offshore jurisdictions. He has a particular interest in civil fraud, shareholder and joint venture disputes, as well as trust matters, and insolvency.

Daniel is recommended as a leading junior in the most recent legal directories across his primary areas of practice, being ranked in Chambers and Partners UK Bar for Chancery: Commercial, Chancery: Traditional, Company, and Offshore, and by The Legal 500 for Commercial Litigation, Company, Insolvency, Private wealth and probate, and Trusts and private wealth. The directories note that he is “an exceptional advocate, with an amazing talent when it comes to explaining complex legal issues” and that he “blends serious intelligence with a very pleasant and down-to-earth manner” and “always goes the extra mile“. It is said that he “is good at the academics but can also link it to what it means in the real world. He’ll find a solution if there is one in most cases”. He is described as being “very pragmatic” and it is said that he is “good with judges and clients alike”.

Daniel has appeared in some of the most significant cases in his areas of expertise in recent years including El-Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC [2026] AC 1 (the leading case on the interpretation of s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986), Chu v Lau [2020] 1 WLR 4656 (the leading case on just and equitable winding up on the ‘deadlock’ ground), and Investec v Glenalla [2019] AC 271 (the leading case on trustee liability to third party creditors). Daniel is also a barrister member of the Insolvency Rules Committee.

Unusually for one of his call, Daniel also has substantial experience of appellate advocacy and has appeared unled in the both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. He has appeared in six appeals before the Supreme Court or Privy Council.

Daniel also has substantial experience of trials and dealing with applications raising complex legal and factual issues including jurisdiction and forum challenges, applications for injunctive relief, and summary judgment and strike-out applications.

He also has had significant experience working on cases in the BVI, Cayman, Bahamas, Bermuda, Isle of Man, Jersey, and Guernsey. Daniel is one of only a small number of junior barristers called to the BVI bar so that his fees are recoverable as a disbursement following the decision of the BVI Court of Appeal in Shrimpton v Scriven & Ors BVIHCMAP 2016/0031.

Called 2009, Middle Temple.

• Member of the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court – British Virgin Islands

• Chancery Bar Association

• Association of Pension Lawyers

• Institute of Art & Law

• M.A. Law, Downing College Cambridge (1st class)

• LLM (Cantab)

• BVC, BPP Law School (Very Competent)