Brick Court Chambers is well-regarded for its handling of complex and high profile professional liability cases, typically but not exclusively involving professional services. Appearing in the jurisdiction on a temporary admission, Simon Salzedo KC represented the defendant auditors in Sino-Forest Litigation Trust v BDO Limited in Hong Kong concerning the collapse of what was claimed to one of the largest tree product companies in the jurisdiction, which was alleged to be a Ponzi scheme by short-sellers in 2011. Mark Howard KC and Tom Pascoe were instructed appeared for the respondents in URS Corporation v BDW Trading, an appeal which went to the Supreme Court and explored issues relating to duties of care in construction defect cases. Kyle Lawson acts for the defendants in HSBC Bank (Middle East) Limited & Others v Clifford Chance LLP, a high-value claim relating to legal advice on a syndicated loan transaction in the Middle East. Thomas Plewman KC is instructed on behalf of the defendant auditors in Ozner Water International Holdings Limited v Ernst & Young, a complex claim concerning audit issues in China, the case also deals with implicit allegations of fraud. Edward Harrison KC took silk in 2025.
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Profile
Position
Kyle Lawson is a leading commercial junior. His practice covers all aspects of commercial litigation and international arbitration. He has appeared in numerous high-profile, heavy-weight commercial disputes, including cases featured in The Lawyer’s “Top 20 Cases” of 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024. Across Chambers & Partners UK and The Legal 500 Kyle is identified as a leading junior in six different areas of practice: (1) Commercial Dispute Resolution; (2) Banking and Finance; (3) Civil Fraud; (4) Energy; (5) Professional Negligence; and (6) International Arbitration (Counsel). In addition to undertaking led work as part of large litigation team, Kyle is increasingly instructed a sole counsel and he has appeared unled in the Court of Appeal, in all of the civil divisions of the High Court in which members of Chambers regularly appear (including the Commercial Court, Chancery Division and King’s Bench Division), and in international arbitration (under a variety of different institutional rules).
Career
Called 2012; Lincoln’s. Pupillage Brick Court Chambers 2012-13, tenant 2013 to date. Publications of note: contributing author to ‘SIAC Rules: An Annotation’ – Lexis Nexis, 2014; ’The Remoteness Rules in Contract: Holmes, Hoffmann and Ships that Pass in the Night’ – King’s Law Journal, April 2012.
Memberships
COMBAR; London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association.
Education
Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (BA (Hons) Law (Double First)); Harvard Law School (LLM); Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College, Edinburgh.
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