Charles Dougherty KC
'One of the very finest senior silks for commercial, insurance and civil fraud work. A real expert in disputes with a cross-border element. An advocate with an exceptionally attractive and persuasive style.'
Clients praise 2 Temple Gardens as a ‘fantastic set’ and point out its expertise in ’professional indemnity and insurance/reinsurance issues’. The set is active in the DIFC where Charles Dougherty KC recently led Timothy Killen in Lals Holding v Emirates Insurance and SIACI Insurance Brokers, the first business interruption insurance case of its type in the jurisdiction. The team also covers work in the ADGM recently, such as in Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Ltd and Ors v Global Private Investments Ltd where Doughty KC led Lucas Fear-Segal in a diminution in value claim.
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- 'Lee Tyler and Billy Hammonds run a very effective and professional clerk room. Very easy to work with and genuinely nice people who are always going above and beyond.'
- 'Fantastic set with subject matter expertise in commercial matters and specifically professional indemnity and insurance/reinsurance issues. Some of the best juniors on hand.'
- 'Preferred set, with some really good people.'
- 'The clerks have been very helpful to deal with and have been very prompt in responding to our queries.'
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Leading silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Leading juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Lucas Fear-Segal
'Well ahead of his years of call, instructing Lucas is like getting the right counsel at the right time for any type of commercial (re)insurance dispute. When working with a team, he is often the key member of such team, with consummate knowledge and an amazing knack of working through problems with ease and making everyone around him comfortable.'
Timothy Killen
'Tim has outstanding intellectual ability and close knowledge of DIFC law and procedure and of political and cultural issues in the region. His advocacy style is beguilingly understated, and he is listened to by judges, arbitrators and opposing counsel.'
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
James Partridge
'An exceptionally hard-working and reliable junior with real experience of commercial disputes in the Middle East.'