Nick Daly

Practice Areas

Nick has a diverse and busy practice across a broad range of commercial work including civil fraud, banking, professional negligence, sport, aviation and insurance. He is regularly instructed in high profile commercial disputes, including several of The Lawyer’s “Top 20 Cases” in recent years.

Nick has significant experience both as a junior and as sole counsel in high value litigation and arbitrations in England and internationally, and regularly acts for large commercial institutions and high net worth individuals as an advocate and in an advisory capacity.

Significant recent cases include: the Russian Aircraft Claims (aviation insurance claims among the largest and most complex cases ever litigated in the Commercial Court); VTB Capital plc (in administration) v Republic of Mozambique [2024] EWHC 1957 (Comm) (proceedings arising from the so-called “Tuna Bonds” controversy involving US$2 billion of debt guaranteed by the Republic of Mozambique and complex allegations of bribery and corruption); the Ingenious Litigation (group litigation relating to the mis-selling of film finance investments); JD Classics Limited (in administration) v PwC (£60 million audit negligence claim); and Arani v Cordic Group Limited [2023] EWHC 95 (Comm) (multi-million pound fraudulent breach of warranty claim).

Career

Called in 2014; joined Fountain Court Chambers in October 2015.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR.

Personal

New College, Oxford: BA Hons (Classics) (1st class, first in year); MA Hons (Classics)

GDL and BPTC: City University, London