John Wardell KC

UK Bar

"John is willing to make bold calls, stand by them and fight for the appellate courts if necessary. He is a great advocate, who is brilliant on his feet."

"John is a really outstanding silk who has a very impressive cross- examination style. He is a first-rate commercial barrister."

"John's advice is really clear, even when relating to complicated subject matters. His opinions are easy to understand."

"John's opinions are really clear, even in cases with complicated subject matter. He condenses the complex aspects of a brief into an easy-to-understand form."

"John is sensible, commercial and good on his feet."

"John is a really outstanding silk, who has a very impressive cross-examination style. He is a first-rate commercial barrister."

"John is fantastic to work with and a voice of reason during incredibly high-stakes pieces of litigation with demanding time pressures."

John Wardell KC is an outstanding leader with a wide-ranging practice who is accustomed to fighting complex fraud disputes. Many of his instructions originate abroad in such places as the Middle East and the Caribbean. He bolsters his civil fraud offering with complementary knowledge in commercial chancery and professional negligence law.

"John is willing to make bold calls and stand by them. He's a great advocate and brilliant on his feet."

"He is fantastic to work with and a voice of reason during incredibly high-stakes litigation with demanding time pressures."

"He is a really outstanding silk who has a very impressive cross-examination style. He works very hard and is across the details in the bundles."

John Wardell KC maintains a strong commercial practice with a steady emphasis on professional negligence matters, in which he acts for claimants and defendants. He regularly takes on cases relating to legal, financial and property services, and also defends other barristers against claims of negligence. His professional negligence practice is supported by his experience of fraud-related work.

"Exceptional counsel."

"John is very clever and hard-working."

John Wardell KC has a strong commercial and company law practice and a broad range of expertise, which includes fraud and breach of fiduciary duty cases. He is admitted to the Bar in the BVI, and has further experience in the Cayman Islands and the Turks & Caicos Islands. Wardell's expertise also covers joint venture agreements and partnerships.

"He is a really outstanding silk who has a very impressive cross-examination style. A first-rate commercial barrister."

"John is a passionate advocate, he's very strong."

"John is a superb advocate. He's absolutely top notch. If you have a 'must win' commercial litigation he comes at the top. He is a rare talent and an absolute maestro in the courtroom."