4 New Square Chambers‘ team has ’in-depth knowledge of commercial litigation‘. The group is well versed in acting for claimants and defendants in disputes, as well as appearing in international arbitration cases before domestic and international tribunals. Justin Fenwick KC appeared for one of the defendants in Magomedov & Ors v TPG Group Holdings (SBS), LP & Ors, a $14bn claim concerning alleged fraudulent conspiracy to deprive Magomedov of his assets; the Commercial Court held that the forum for the dispute to be heard in should be in Russia. Graham Chapman KC and Marie-Claire O’Kane represented the claimant before the Court of Appeal in Norman Hay Plc (in Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) v Marsh Limited, concerning a claim brought against an insurance broker involving allegations of failure to put insurance in place.
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Profile
Position
Justin Fenwick came to the Bar in 1981 and was appointed QC in 1993 (the most junior member of the Bar to be appointed as Silk in the 1993 list). He has sat as a Judge in both civil and criminal cases, having been made an Assistant Recorder in 1994, a Recorder in 1999 and a Deputy High Court Judge (Chancery and Queen’s Bench Division) in March 2003. He was appointed a Deputy Judge of the Administrative Court in 2008. He was Head of Chambers at 4 New Square between 2000 and 2005 and has been a Bencher of the Inner Temple since 1997 and was Chairman of its Investment Sub-Committee between 2004 and 2011. He was Chairman of the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (the Bar’s own Mutual Insurer) from 1999 until 2013. He was a Commissioner and in due course Deputy Chairman of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (home to the Chelsea Pensioners) between 2011-2017 where he sat on the Remuneration Committee and the Nominations Committee. He has an extensive offshore and international practice involving court appearances in Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, BVI, Cayman, Bermuda, St Vincent and Nevis.
Career
Called 1980, Inner Temple Bencher 1998; QC 1993, recorder since 1996, Deputy High Court Judge Chancery Division, Queen’s Bench Division and Administrative Court since 2003; chairman of Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund since 1999; Head of Chambers 2000-06; previously ten years in Grenadier Guards (including intelligence and operational duties); assistant private secretary and temporary equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh 1979-81.
Languages
French, Spanish (fluent); some Italian, German.
Education
Ampleforth College; Clare College, Cambridge (1971 Modern Languages and Architectural History).
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