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Provided by Shail Patel KC
Practice Areas
Commercial litigation with a particular focus on financial services, fraud, insurance, professional liability, funding and costs. He also advises in regulatory and disciplinary investigations and enforcement proceedings. He is ranked in the directories across seven practice areas.
His caseload spans multi-jurisdictional disputes in court and arbitration proceedings. It includes corporate and shareholder disputes and claims against officers, trustees and recipients of funds, particularly where those claims have an off-shore element.
He is a leading specialist in securities fraud actions under s.90 and s.90A of FSMA and has been instructed in more than 10 separate actions including Tesco, RBS and other confidential matters.
He is also experienced at obtaining and defending applications for urgent injunctive relief, including freezing, evidence preservation and Norwich Pharmacal orders.
Prior to talking silk, he was nominated for commercial litigation junior of the year, financial services and insurance junior of the year and professional negligence junior of the year.
Key recent cases include:
•Various Investors v G4S; standing to sue ([2021] EWHC 524 (Ch)), case management in s.90A group cases ([2022] EWHC 1742 (Ch)), the meaning of PDMR under FSMA ([2022] EWHC 1081 (Ch)), the application of the shareholder-privilege exception ([2023] EWHC 2863).
•Al Jaber v Al Ibrahim ([2023] EWHC 2831 (Comm)) – 4 week trial in a $30m case involving serious allegations of fraud and dishonesty, as well as applicable law and Sharia Law issues.
•Mercy v Standard Chartered [2024] EWCA Civ. 674, now the leading authority on pleading fraud allegations in ‘information imbalance’ cases.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Shail Patel KC is a highly regarded practitioner whose strong background in financial services has gained him a growing reputation for investment and shareholder group actions. He specialises in investor fraud and prospectus claims under Sections 90 and 90A of FSMA.
Shail Patel KC has developed a robust insurance practice that focuses particularly on professional indemnity and disputes involving a significant element of fraud. He is additionally experienced in litigation involving financial lines insurance. He acts for both insurers and policyholders.
Shail Patel KC specialises in high-end commercial disputes, including significant professional negligence and related insurance cases. He has advised on cases concerning property investments, trusts and tax advice, and regularly acts for both claimant and defendant parties. He has appeared in a number of significant cases in the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very strong on shareholder disputes, and particularly good on cases regarding misleading statements in prospectuses."
"Shail is a real heavyweight in the market. User-friendly, commercial, astute and a brilliant advocate with a winning mentality – he really has got it all."
"Shail is good on his feet, proving assured and well paced in his delivery."
"Shail has a brilliant ability to thoughtfully analyse the points at issue and provide succinct solutions and advice."
"Shail is an excellent barrister. He is a delight to work with - charming, sensitive to client needs and dynamic."
"Shail is absolutely outstanding."
"Shail is very responsive, succinct and on top of things."
"Shail is very good on the technical stuff, both in insurance and professional negligence. He's also easy and pleasant to work with, which is almost as important as the technical skill."
"Shail is the kind of counsel who you can be in choppy waters with and brings calm seas. He coordinates everything to get to the key problems and figures out how to solve them."
"On complex, heavy disputes, Shail grasps vast amounts of information very quickly and really gets to the crux of a claim. He is astoundingly clever and a real tactician."
"He is very strong on shareholder disputes, and particularly good on cases regarding misleading statements in prospectuses."
"Shail is a real heavyweight in the market. User-friendly, commercial, astute and a brilliant advocate with a winning mentality – he really has got it all."
"Shail is good on his feet, proving assured and well paced in his delivery."
"Shail has a brilliant ability to thoughtfully analyse the points at issue and provide succinct solutions and advice."
"Shail is an excellent barrister. He is a delight to work with - charming, sensitive to client needs and dynamic."
"Shail is absolutely outstanding."
"Shail is very responsive, succinct and on top of things."
"Shail is very good on the technical stuff, both in insurance and professional negligence. He's also easy and pleasant to work with, which is almost as important as the technical skill."
"Shail is the kind of counsel who you can be in choppy waters with and brings calm seas. He coordinates everything to get to the key problems and figures out how to solve them."
"On complex, heavy disputes, Shail grasps vast amounts of information very quickly and really gets to the crux of a claim. He is astoundingly clever and a real tactician."
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