'A strong set with an established pedigree in group litigation', Henderson Chambers is routinely instructed in a wide range of high-profile claims. Multiple members of the set - including Charles Gibson KC , Prashant Popat KC, Kathleen Donnelly KC and Patrick Green KC among the senior end of chambers, and Thomas Evans, Celia Oldham and Rachel Tandy among the juniors - continue to act in emissions litigation. Product liability and environmental-related claims are core areas of instruction for the group. Lucy McCormick has 'a good strategic instinct and a strong eye for detail', and the 'extremely responsive' Ognjen Miletic 'properly knows the group action space'.
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Ognjen’s practice has an emphasis on commercial work, group litigation and jurisdictional disputes. He also focuses on product liability, particularly where it intersects with these areas of specialism.
Ognjen is ranked by Legal 500 as a Leading Junior (Band 2) in Group Litigation. He is also ranked by Chambers and Partners as a Leader in the Field in Group Litigation and in Band 5 for Commercial Dispute Resolution.
Ognjen was instructed as junior counsel for the Claimants in the long-running Post Office Group Litigation. Arising from a scandal frequently described as “the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history”, Ognjen was part of the successful team that secured multiple judgments in its favour on important legal issues. These judgments have also been imperative in the overturning of more than 90 criminal convictions.
Ognjen is instructed in multiple group actions arising from ‘emissions’ claims against different vehicle manufacturers. Outside of a purely domestic context, he has been instructed in many cases that have been brought in the UK by groups of claimants from all over the world. These cases are often founded on alleged international mass torts, and include the landmark decisions of the Supreme Court in Lungowe v Vedanta and the Court of Appeal in AAA v Unilever.
In terms of his commercial work, he is currently instructed in Commercial Court litigation arising as a result of a BIT Arbitration Award made against the Czech Republic in the sum of c.£560m.
Career
Called to the Bar in 2010 and a member of Lincoln's Inn (Lord Mansfield and Hardwicke scholar). Prior to pupillage, Ognjen worked as a freelance advocate and conducted over 600 hearings in county courts across the UK.
Languages
Serbo-Croatian.
Memberships
Lincoln’s Inn Denning Society.
Education
Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA First class Hons Jurisprudence).
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