Commercial Dispute Resolution

When I have the most difficult and largest commercial dispute, he is number one on my speed dial. He is a class apart at the top of the Commercial Bar.

A real heavyweight barrister for big-ticket banking litigation and fraud. There's nothing he hasn't seen or done.

Ciaran is one of the best. He is absolutely outstanding and a superb cross-examiner.

Ciaran's ability to focus on the minutiae surrounding legal arguments whilst not losing sight of the big picture is impressive. He is a trusted adviser with a strong track record of results.

One of the cleverest and easiest to work with barristers around.

Clever, incredibly diligent, good company and very good humoured.

Tom is brilliant. He really gets into the detail of a case and has a real drive to deliver top-notch work.

Tom is an excellent senior junior, who is very confident on his feet. I think he has a great future ahead of him as a potential leader.

He’s truly exceptional and incredibly tactically astute. An outsider would assume that he is already a KC, and I’m sure he will be soon.

Graham is the best conflict of law silk at the Bar.

He is very experienced and highly knowledgeable.

James is particularly good at creative legal arguments.

He can turn his hand to any big-ticket litigation, and is never behind the curve. He's technically brilliant, but also able to distil complicated concepts into punchy advice.

James is quite simply a genius in the field. Watching him in court is awe inspiring; he commands the respect of all in the courtroom.

A future superstar.

Completely on top of the detail, concise, charming and forceful, he is a pleasure to deal with.

Nathan is charm personified. He is very good with lay clients and good at delivering strategic advice.

Nathan is a sophisticated, client-friendly and highly effective senior counsel.

Nathan is one of the nicest KCs I've ever worked with. Extremely bright and very good strategically, he is a real team player.

He is absolutely fantastic.

A delightful human and someone with one of the sharpest minds at the Bar. He has the ability to translate the case into one simple, compelling and understandable story for the court.

An excellent advocate, who is sharp-witted and highly professional

He's very good at reading the courtroom.

He is a very skilful cross-examiner and an enticing advocate.

Paul is a brilliant cross-examiner, who has a measured advocacy style that affords him great credibility.

He's very analytical, highly strategic and good on his feet.

Anton is a highly impressive advocate, in both his written and oral advocacy, who is user-friendly and a great pleasure to work with.

Anton is bright, driven and able to distil complicated matters into a simple solution.

James has a lovely manner with the court and a nice conversational style that goes down well. He is also highly responsive and his bedside manner is impeccable.

He really gets into a matter and is practical in everything he does.

Accessible and approachable, with great judgement.

He is very adept at client handling.

Richard is a standout litigator and an extremely strong advocate. He is a highly capable advocate and adviser, who is very responsive.

She is very good on jurisdictional problems.

Anna is brilliant on the law, incredibly creative when handling difficult matters and an absolute fighter. She's also unbelievably knowledgeable.

Anna is solutions-focused, pragmatic and incredibly enjoyable to work with.

Forthright and no-nonsense. She is excellent.

Huw is good with judges and hits the right tone. He reads the room very well.

He's got excellent judgement about how to position points with judges and tribunals.

Huw is an incredibly good team player. Sharp and humorous, he doesn't take himself too seriously and treats everyone with equal respect.

He is incredibly clever and quite brilliant strategically.

He's a terrific advocate; succinct, clear and concise.

He is the go-to man for anti-suit injunctions.

Extremely experienced and a very safe pair of hands, he is extremely good on his feet.

Tim is incredibly clever but also very commercial. He's really into the details and strategy of a case.

He can get details across in a succinct way and has a crisp and concise form of advocacy that conveys a lot of information logically and neatly.

He's utterly brilliant and fiercely committed to his client and the case.

He is a very polished and elegant advocate, but he can really go on the aggressive if needs must. If you've got a case involving difficult legal points, he's your man.

Daniel is particularly good at the important strategic client meetings.

He is worth his weight in gold for the contribution he makes to any covenant case.

Really good with clients and extremely strong technically.

He is completely on top of the detail, incredibly sharp-witted and someone who understands how to get his point across to the judge.

Clear, concise and persuasive, he has a really good style of advocacy.

He is very good at selecting the best points and getting them across in a succinct way that gives the judges what they want to hear. What he says is really effective.

She is good at providing legal analysis that the client can understand.

She is great technically and really easy to work with.

Emily is phenomenal. She is a brilliant advocate, who is great on the strategy.

Felix is a very smart guy, who is easy to work with and has a good manner. His written work is very strong.

A very clever and knowledgeable advocate, who is diligent and commercially aware.

Stuart is a meticulous junior. He's confident and precise in his advocacy.

Incredibly bright, tactically astute and an excellent draftsman.

He is a very smooth and polished advocate.

Responsive and collaborative, he can hold his own with silks.

She writes beautifully, is good at seeing the wood for the trees and is very good at rolling her sleeves up.

She is a very hard-working and reliable junior.

Catherine is excellent on all fronts. She has unbelievable resilience and always puts in the extra yards. Her ability to analyse legislative provisions and court judgments is impressive.

David is an absolute delight to work with. He is responsive, engaging and incredibly commercial in his outlook. He brings calm to all the chaos.

Extremely energetic and engaged, he is a fantastic team member.

His drafting and his ability to cut through a lot of the noise are excellent.

Always very responsive and friendly. All round, he's a really great barrister.

Jeremy is a delight to work with. Fantastic at dealing with clients, he becomes an integral part of the team.

Ruth is a fantastic lawyer, with an easy and reassuring manner. She tells it how it is and is at ease making big judgement calls. Her advice is exceptionally commercial.

She is very user-friendly and also very strong on cross-border matters.

Benedict is a fiercely intelligent, highly strategic thinker, who is absolutely unafraid to put his shoulder to the wheel. He is dynamic, energetic, enthusiastic and keen always to lead by example.

He is strategic, thoughtful and diligent, and is not afraid of being robust with us.

Freddie gets to the heart of a matter quickly, and is able to discern the true issues on which a case will turn with ease. His written advocacy is excellent.

Freddie is simply fantastic and is a junior to watch. His knowledge of the law and commercial awareness is way beyond his year of call.

He responds to every email query with astonishing speed, which does not take away from the incredibly high level of thought-out advice you always receive from him.

Wei Jian is a very talented junior who brings a forensic approach to the most complex of cases.

A formidable advocate, who is a pleasure to work with.

David is masterful at written submissions.

He is incredibly bright, very creative and great at difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments.

He is just super-bright and seems to know everything about everything. He always takes a commercial and sensible approach.

James Sheehan has a nice manner with solicitors and clients. He is very smart and experienced.

He has one of the biggest and best legal brains at the Bar, but is also incredibly user-friendly and good with clients. His drafting, particularly on complex points of law, is second to none.