Nicholas Bacon KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Star Individuals : Costs Litigation
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About
Provided by Nicholas Bacon KC
Practice Areas
Leading Silk in costs litigation and funding work. For nearly 30 years he has been recognised as one of the best-known leading barristers in his specialised field of costs related and funding litigation. He is regularly instructed in high profile, high value cases which in the past year has included the Diesel Emissions claims and the Grenfell Tower litigation, and some key funding cases in the Competition Appeal Tribunal including Gutmann v. Apple Inc. He is often instructed by insurers and funders to draft and advise on complex funding structures for use in multi-party litigation and in claims of substantial value, including in excess of £1 billion. A well respected and commanding leader in this market with a hugely impressive bank of leading cases to his name in all divisions of the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
Career
Called to the Bar 1992; King's Counsel 2010. 2018 Recorder Criminal and Civil ticket. 2021 Deputy High Court Judge s.9(1).
Professional Memberships
Professional Negligence Bar Association. Commercial Bar Association.
Publications
He has been a contributing editor to the section on Costs in Halsbury's Laws of England, the 'Green Book' - the Civil Court Practice, Butterworths' Costs Service and the Civil Court Precedents and was the co-author of The Bar Handbook. Currently member of the Civil Justice Counsel working group on litigation funding and the Civil Justice Council working group on guideline hourly rates and costs budgeting.
Personal
Nicholas' outdoor passion is yachting. He is married with two children.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Nicholas Bacon KC is a distinguished advocate in the costs litigation sphere who heads the set's costs team and boasts an enviable résumé, having led cases in the Supreme Court and appeared in numerous other significant appeals.He has represented the General Council of the Bar as Intervener in a seminal case on the operation of Damages Based Agreements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a go-to for costs disputes. Excellent."
"Nick is right in the upper echelons of costs silks and very easy to work with."
"When you instruct Nick you always know he is on your side. He intuitively sees where any problems are coming from and reads the room better than most."
"Nicholas Bacon is a man of outstanding intellect and great commercial acumen, who produces extraordinary advocacy."
"He is a go-to for costs disputes. Excellent."
"Nick is right in the upper echelons of costs silks and very easy to work with."
"When you instruct Nick you always know he is on your side. He intuitively sees where any problems are coming from and reads the room better than most."
"Nicholas Bacon is a man of outstanding intellect and great commercial acumen, who produces extraordinary advocacy."
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