Maitland Chambers

King's Counsel specialising in commercial litigation, including civil fraud, company and partnership, business agreements, insolvency and claims against trustees and other fiduciaries. Practises at all levels of the English courts, as well as in BVI, Cayman, DIFC and arbitration. Co-editor of Civil Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure.  Notable cases include: Glencore (s.90 and s.90A FSMA claims relating to alleged corruption); Crescent Gas v NIOC (s.423 claim in relation to property allegedly held on trust); Magomedov v TPG & ors (jurisdiction challenge in a complex conspiracy claim); Tesco (s.90A FSMA claim arising out of accounting misstatements); BAT v Sequana (dividend claw-back in connection with US environmental indemnity claims); Canary Wharf Finance (dispute over the securitisation of the Canary Wharf estate); Red October (jurisdiction challenge in debt and conspiracy claims against Russian steel works); Berezovsky v Hine & ors (joint venture dispute involving the Russian oligarch); Masri v Consolidated Contractors (alleged conspiracy to evade judgment debts); Jennington v Assaubayev (fraud claims in connection with the sale of a gold mining conglomerate); Cadogan Petroleum v Tolley (fraud and bribery claims in connection with a gas exploration business); Equitable Life v Bowley & Ors (acting for former Managing Director and Appointed Actuary in claims arising out of the collapse of the Society); In re the Buncefield Incident (acting for commercial property owners in claims arising out of the oil terminal explosion).

Called 2000; Lincoln’s Inn. QC 2016.

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.

Born 6 March 1975. Educated King's College School and Magdalen College, Oxford (MA Classics, 1st Class Honours). Former Mansfield Scholar and Denning Scholar of Lincoln's Inn.