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“Rupert has one of the best legal minds at the Bar; in addition, he has a commercial mindset and is extremely responsive and user friendly. He is a brilliant advocate, both in written and oral advocacy. He is very quick on his feet, and is an excellent drafter of advice and court documents.”
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Rupert Allen has a broad commercial practice with particular expertise in banking, financial services, aviation and professional negligence disputes. He has extensive experience in high-value and complex commercial litigation, including large-scale international disputes involving parallel proceedings in foreign jurisdictions and difficult issues of jurisdiction and foreign law, as well as applications for injunctions such as freezing and search orders (including urgently and without notice).
Rupert is also frequently instructed in the most difficult and sensitive professional disciplinary cases and other regulatory investigations and proceedings (particularly in relation to solicitors and accountants and matters concerning financial services and the aviation industry). He regularly appears in high-profile and complex tribunal proceedings, High Court appeals, and judicial reviews.
Various Shareholders v Standard Chartered Plc
Acting for SC plc in complex and high value proceedings brought by shareholders under s.90 and s.90A of FSMA 2000 alleging that published information misled the market regarding the involvement of SC plc in historic sanctions breaches. The claim was due to be tried over 6 months from October 2026, but settled in late 2025. Rupert appeared as lead counsel in the Court of Appeal on an appeal against the refusal of Michael Green J to dispense with disclosure of documents that were subject to restrictions on disclosure under US law: [2025] EWCA Civ 1581.
JP Morgan International Finance Ltd v WeRealize.com Ltd
Acting for JP Morgan in a high-profile shareholders’ dispute with WeRealize.com Ltd relating to its investment in Viva Wallet, a Greek fintech company. The claims raised complex and novel issues of US banking regulation concerning investments by US banks in foreign companies. Dame Claire Moulder DBE determined a number of issues at an expedited trial in May 2024 ([2024] EWHC 1437 (Comm)) and the Court of Appeal heard an appeal in December 2024 with judgment being given in January 2025 ([2025] EWCA Civ 57).
This was followed by an expedited trial of a claim brought by WRL and the WRL-nominated directors of Viva Wallet for anti-suit relief in respect of proceedings brought by JPM in Greece that was heard by Foxton J in June 2025 ([2025] EWHC 1842 (Comm)).
VTB Capital (in Administration) v Republic of Mozambique
Acting for VTB Capital against the Republic of Mozambique in the 12 week Commercial Court “tuna bonds” trial in autumn 2023. The claim raised numerous complex and novel issues of both English and Mozambican law concerning the authority of the former Minister of Finance to issue sovereign guarantees on behalf of the Republic in respect of loans to state owned entities of more than USD 2 billion and the Republic’s entitlement to claim state immunity in respect of VTB’s claims for repayment under those guarantees and for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy. VTB and the Republic settled their dispute after trial but before judgment was given.
Airbus v Qatar Airways
Acting for Airbus in defending the widely reported claims brought by Qatar Airways relating to alleged premature surface degradation on the A350 aircraft. Rupert was instructed as the most senior junior in a large team of counsel. The highly complex dispute raised numerous difficult technical issues concerning international aviation regulation and aircraft design. The case was proceeded from the first CMC in early 2022 on an expedited timetable, leading up to a trial in summer 2023, before it settled in February 2023.
Solicitors Regulation Authority v Soophia Khan
Acting for the SRA in numerous sets of proceedings arising out of its long-running and high-profile regulatory enforcement process against Soophia Khan. These proceedings have included a claim to enforce a section 44B production notice leading to a contested trial; applications for orders to enforce Ms Khan’s obligations to deliver up documents following an intervention; contempt proceedings (both at first instance and on appeal) which resulted in Ms Khan being committed to prison for 6 months; an application for an injunction to restrain Ms Khan from unlawfully carrying on reserved legal activities; proceedings brought by Ms Khan to challenge the intervention; and disciplinary proceedings which culminated in Ms Khan being struck off the Roll of Solicitors.
Rupert regularly acts in administrative and public law disputes, including judicial reviews, with particular experience in the context of professional and financial services regulation and statutory compensation schemes. Rupert also frequently advises public bodies on the scope of their powers.
R (Moniak) v Financial Ombudsman Service [2023] EWHC 333 (Admin)
Acting as sole counsel for Barclays Bank as the interested party in a judicial review by a customer of a decision by FOS to refuse to reconsider a complaint on the basis of new evidence.
R (Donegan) v Financial Services Compensation Scheme [2021] EWHC 760 (Admin) (Bourne J)
Acting for FSCS in defending a claim for judicial review concerning its decision that customers of London Capital & Finance are not eligible to receive compensation. The case raised novel issues as to the scope of the UK and EU regulatory perimeter and its application to “mini-bonds” in the context of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Directive.
R (Lewin) v Financial Reporting Council [2018] EWHC 446 (Admin), [2018] 1 WLR 2867 (Nicola Davies J)
Acting as sole counsel for the FRC on an important judicial review concerning the procedural rights of a third party to disciplinary proceedings.
SRA v Spector [2016] EWHC 37 (Admin) (DC)
Acting for the SRA (with Tim Dutton KC CBE) in a leading case regarding the circumstances in which anonymity orders can be granted in favour of respondents to disciplinary proceedings.
R (Holman Fenwick Willan) v Police Service of Scotland [2016] EWHC 1005 (Admin) (DC)
Advising and acting in judicial review proceedings in relation to the execution of a police search warrant over privileged material held by the City law firm (including an application for emergency injunctive relief to restrain the use of the documents removed by the police from the solicitors’ offices). The firm were awarded their costs on the indemnity basis with the Court describing the police’s actions as “an abuse of state power”.
R (Willford) v Financial Services Authority [2013] EWCA Civ 674 & 677 (CA)
Acting for the Financial Services Authority on an appeal concerning the extent to which its decisions to issue warning notices and decision notices under FSMA 2000 are subject to challenge by way of judicial review.
R (Coatman) v Council for Licensed Conveyancers [2012] EWHC 1648 (Admin) (King J)
Acting in judicial proceedings brought against the Council arising out of a decision to refuse to make a grant from its compensation fund.
Rupert has significant experience of commercial aviation disputes (including disputes between airlines and aircraft manufacturers, aircraft lessors and lessees, and aircraft financing) and airline regulation (including, for example, the impact of joint venture agreements and mergers on compliance with the effective control requirements for airlines under UK and EU law, and the CAA’s ATOL regime).
Airbus v Qatar Airways (2021-2023)
Acting for Airbus as part of a large team in defending the proceedings brought by Qatar Airways relating to the grounding of A350 aircraft by the Qatari regulator on the basis of alleged premature surface degradation.
Rupert successfully resisted applications by Qatar Airways for an interim injunction to compel continued supply of aircraft and a preliminary issue trial.
The proceedings were conducted on a heavily expedited timetable throughout 2022 involving numerous interim case management hearings concerning disclosure disputes, including a dispute over the application of the French Blocking Statute at which Rupert appeared as sole counsel for Airbus ([2022] EWHC 3678 (TCC)). The claims were settled in February 2023.
CIT Group v SpiceJet (2025-)
Acting for CIT Group on ongoing claims against SpiceJet for losses that it has suffered as a result of the early termination of lease agreements following events of default by the lessee.
Air Europa v BOC Aviation (2024-)
Acting for BOC Aviation in defending claims for alleged unjust enrichment brought by Air Europa to recover a commitment fee paid for the financing of pre-delivery payments on the purchase of aircraft. Having successfully resisted the claimant airline’s summary judgment application in the summer of 2024, the case is due to go trial in early 2027.
Celestial Aviation v Volga-Dnepr (2022-2025)
Acting for Celestial Aviation in proceedings against a guarantor of lessees’ obligations arising out of the termination of leases following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
This included obtaining an interim payment against the guarantor’s liabilities for c.USD200m, and resisting an application to vary the interim payment order on account of the alleged impact of sanctions on the ability of the guarantor to comply with the order ([2025] EWHC 1156 (Comm)).
Rupert has significant experience over a wide range of banking and finance matters, including heavy commercial litigation, with particular experience of financial services regulation. Rupert regularly acts for major UK and international banks (both on the retail and investment side) and he has acted in numerous disputes concerning the alleged mis-selling of financial products to both retail and professional investors (including interest rate swaps), claims concerning LIBOR manipulation, as well as claims under guarantees, mortgages and consumer credit agreements, and claims against financial institutions for breach of statutory duty under s.138D of FSMA 2000. Rupert also frequently advises on the meaning and effect of loan facility agreements, with particular experience of loan documentation based on LMA standard terms.
Various Shareholders v Standard Chartered (2025-)
Acting for SC plc in complex and high value proceedings brought by shareholders under s.90 and s.90A of FSMA 2000 alleging that published information misled the market regarding the involvement of SC plc in historic sanctions breaches. The claim was due to be tried over 6 months from October 2026, but settled in late 2025. Rupert appeared as lead counsel in the Court of Appeal on an appeal against the refusal of Michael Green J to dispense with disclosure of documents that were subject to restrictions on disclosure under US law: [2025] EWCA Civ 1581.
JP Morgan International Finance Ltd v WeRealize.com Ltd [2024] EWHC 1437 (Comm) (Dame Claire Moulder DBE), [2025] EWCA Civ 57 (CA) ), [2025] EWHC 1842 (Comm) (Foxton J)
Acting for JP Morgan in a high-profile shareholders’ dispute with WeRealize.com Ltd relating to its investment in Viva Wallet, a Greek fintech company. The claims raised complex and novel issues of US banking regulation concerning investments by US banks in foreign companies.
Acting (with Rosalind Phelps KC) expedited trial of a claim brought by WRL and the WRL-nominated directors of Viva Wallet for anti-suit relief in respect of proceedings brought by JPM in Greece that was heard by Foxton J in June 2025.
Macdonald Hotels v BOS [2025] EWHC 32 (Comm) (HHJ Pelling KC)
Acting for BOS in a claim for alleged losses in excess of £100 million arising out asset sales following a series of substantial refinancing transactions. The claim raised issues concerning the circumstances in which good faith obligations arise in a banking context and the extent of those duties. The 7 week trial of the claim took place in late 2024.
VTB Capital (in Administration) v Republic of Mozambique (2023-2024)
Acting for VTB Capital against the Republic of Mozambique in the 12 week Commercial Court “tuna bonds” trial in autumn 2023. The claim raised numerous complex and novel issues of both English and Mozambican law concerning the authority of the former Minister of Finance to issue sovereign guarantees on behalf of the Republic in respect of loans to state owned entities of more than USD 2 billion and the Republic’s entitlement to claim state immunity in respect of VTB’s claims for repayment under those guarantees and for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy. VTB and the Republic settled their dispute after trial but before judgment was given.
IFC v Bank Audi (2025)
Acting for International Finance Corporation on its claim for repayment of US$150 million of subordinated loans made to a Lebanese bank.
Deutsche Bank v Comune di Busto Arsizio [2021] EWHC 2706 (Comm) [2022] EWHC 219 (Comm) (Cockerill J)
Acting for DB on its claim to establish the enforceability of interest rate swaps entered into by the defendant Italian local authority. The case raised novel issues of Italian law arising out of the 2020 decision of the Italian Court of Cassation in Banco Nazionale del Lavoro v Cattolica. Cockerill J dismissed the local authority’s defences in a judgment handed down in October 2021. This follows Rupert’s involvement between 2014 and 2017 at first instance and the Court of Appeal in the long-running litigation between Dexia and the Comune di Prato raising similar issues. see [2015] EWHC 1746 (Comm); [2016] EWHC 2824 (Comm); [2017] EWCA Civ 428, [2017] 1 CLC 969 Rupert has also since acted in various other sets of proceedings relating to the validity of interest rate swap transactions entered into by Italian local authorities, including (with Sonia Tolaney KC) on the appeal from Foxton J in Banca Intesa SanPaolo SpA v Comune di Venezia [2022] EWHC 2586, which was allowed by the Court of Appeal in December 2023 (see [2023] EWCA Civ 1482) and the jurisdiction dispute between Deutsche Bank and Comune di Savona (see [2018] EWCA Civ 1740).
Meng v HSBC [2021] EWHC 342 (QB), [2022] QB 71 (Fordham J)
Acting as sole counsel for HSBC in resisting an application for disclosure of documents under the Bankers Books Evidence Act for use in high profile extradition proceedings in Canada involving a senior Huawei executive.
National Bank of Kazakhstan v BNYM SA/NV [2017] EWHC 3374 (Comm) (Popplewell J), [2018] EWCA Civ 1390 (CA), [2020] EWHC 916 (Comm) (Teare J)
Acting for BNYM in complex multi-jurisdictional litigation arising out of the freezing of the US$22 billion of assets held by BNYM’s London branch as custodian for NBK in response to garnishment orders obtained by creditors of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Belgian and the Netherlands. The trial before Teare J in March 2020 was the first fully remote trial to be heard in the Commercial Court during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Ventra Investments v BOS [2017] EWHC 199 (Comm) (Sara Cockerill QC), [2019] EWHC 2058 (Comm) (Richard Salter KC)
Acting for BOS in defending a substantial damages claim concerning alleged LIBOR manipulation, misrepresentation and negligence in relation to the sale of interest rate swaps and the subsequent realisation of an investment property portfolio by administrative receivers.
Netherlands v Deutsche Bank [2018] EWHC 1935 (Comm) (Robin Knowles J), [2019] EWCA Civ 771 (CA)
Acting for Deutsche Bank against the Netherlands in important Financial List proceedings regarding the correct interpretation of the widely-used international standard form ISDA Credit Support Annex. The dispute concerned DB’s liability to pay “negative interest” on cash collateral put up against derivatives exposures.
Libyan Investment Authority v Goldman Sachs International [2016] EWHC 2530 (Ch) (Rose J)
Acting for GSI in defending the claims of the Libyan Investment Authority to set aside USD 1.2 billion of equity derivative trades for alleged undue influence. The trial of the claim took place over 7 weeks in the summer of 2016.
GSO Credit v Barclays Bank [2016] EWHC 146 (Comm) (Robin Knowles J)
Acting for Barclays in a dispute concerning the meaning and effect of the LMA Standard Terms for distressed debt trades in relation to the sale of a Surety Bonds Facility. The trial which took place in October 2015 and was one of the first in the Financial List.
Rupert is frequently instructed, both as sole counsel and as part of a larger team, on the most complex and high value commercial disputes in the English courts. Many of Rupert’s commercial matters have a strong cross-border dimension and they often also raise difficult issues of jurisdiction and foreign law, as well as technical expert evidence on financial, economic or scientific matters.
Various Shareholders v Standard Chartered (2025-)
Acting for SC plc in complex and high value proceedings brought by shareholders under s.90 and s.90A of FSMA 2000 alleging that published information misled the market regarding the involvement of SC plc in historic sanctions breaches. The claim was due to be tried over 6 months from October 2026, but settled in late 2025. Rupert appeared as lead counsel in the Court of Appeal on an appeal against the refusal of Michael Green J to dispense with disclosure of documents that were subject to restrictions on disclosure under US law: [2025] EWCA Civ 1581.
Pecten v Azimut (2025-)
Acting for Azimut on its defence of claims in relation to alleged breaches of a non-disclosure and non-circumvention agreement in relation to an investment in an Italian corporate.
BT Plc v Telereal Securitised Property Trustee (2024-)
Acting () for Telereal in defending claims for corrective construction and implication of terms in relation to a rent adjustment mechanism in a complex property securitisation.
Macdonald Hotels v BOS [2025] EWHC 32 (Comm) (HHJ Pelling KC)
Acting for BOS in a claim for alleged losses in excess of £100 million arising out asset sales following a series of substantial refinancing transactions. The claim raised issues concerning the circumstances in which good faith obligations arise in a banking context and the extent of those duties. The 7 week trial of the claim took place in autumn 2024.
JP Morgan International Finance Ltd v WeRealize.com Ltd [2024] EWHC 1437 (Comm) (Dame Claire Moulder DBE), [2025] EWCA Civ 57 (CA), [2025] EWHC 1842 (Comm) (Foxton J)
Acting for JP Morgan in a high-profile shareholders’ dispute with WeRealize.com Ltd relating to its investment in Viva Wallet, a Greek fintech company. The claims raised complex and novel issues of US banking regulation concerning investments by US banks in foreign companies. The expedited trial before Dame Claire Moulder DBE took place over 5 days in May 2024 and the appeal was hard over 3 days in December 2024.
Acting (with Rosalind Phelps KC) expedited trial of a claim brought by WRL and the WRL-nominated directors of Viva Wallet for anti-suit relief in respect of proceedings brought by JPM in Greece that was heard by Foxton J in June 2025.
VTB Capital (in Administration) v Republic of Mozambique (2023-2024)
Acting for VTB Capital against the Republic of Mozambique in the 12 week Commercial Court “tuna bonds” trial in autumn 2023. The claim raised numerous complex and novel issues of both English and Mozambican law concerning the authority of the former Minister of Finance to issue sovereign guarantees on behalf of the Republic in respect of loans to state owned entities of more than USD 2 billion and the Republic’s entitlement to claim state immunity in respect of VTB’s claims for repayment under those guarantees and for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy.
Airbus v Qatar Airways (2021-2023)
Acting for Airbus as part of a large team in defending the proceedings brought by Qatar Airways relating to the grounding of A350 aircraft by the Qatari regulator on the basis of alleged premature surface degradation. Rupert successfully resisted applications by Qatar Airways for an interim injunction to compel continued supply of aircraft (with Sonia Tolaney KC) and a preliminary issue trial. The proceedings were conducted on a heavily expedited timetable throughout 2022 involving numerous interim case management hearings concerning disclosure disputes. The claims were settled in February 2023.
Libyan Investment Authority v Goldman Sachs International [2016] EWHC 2530 (Ch) (Rose J)
Acting for GSI in defending the claims of the Libyan Investment Authority to set aside USD 1.2 billion of equity derivative trades for alleged undue influence. The trial of the claim took place over 7 weeks in the summer of 2016.
Rupert has extensive experience of acting in financial services disputes.
In addition to acting on complex and heavy commercial FSMA litigation. Rupert has particular experience of disputes concerning the operation of the FSMA regulatory and enforcement regime, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and the Financial Ombudsman Service.
Various Shareholders v Standard Chartered (2025)
Acting () for SC plc in complex and high value proceedings brought by shareholders under s.90 and s.90A of FSMA 2000 alleging that published information misled the market regarding the involvement of SC plc in historic sanctions breaches. The claim was due to be tried over 6 months from October 2026, but settled in late 2025. Rupert appeared as lead counsel in the Court of Appeal on an appeal against the refusal of Michael Green J to dispense with disclosure of documents that were subject to restrictions on disclosure under US law: [2025] EWCA Civ 1581.
R (Moniak) v Financial Ombudsman Service [2023] EWHC 333 (Admin)
Acting for Barclays Bank as the interested party in a judicial review by a customer of a decision by FOS to refuse to reconsider a complaint on the basis of new evidence.
Moon v Link Fund Solutions [2022] EWHC 3344 (Ch) (Trower J)
Acting for LFS defending claims brought by investors in the Woodford Equity Income Fund, including resisting an application for a GLO.
R (Donegan) v Financial Services Compensation Scheme [2021] EWHC 760 (Admin) (Bourne J)
Acting for FSCS in defending a claim for judicial review concerning its decision that customers of London Capital & Finance are not eligible to receive compensation.
R (Willford) v Financial Services Authority [2013] EWCA Civ 674 & 677 (CA)
Acting for the Financial Services Authority on an appeal concerning the extent to which its decisions to issue warning notices and decision notices under FSMA 2000 are subject to challenge by way of judicial review. Rupert then acted (led by Michael Green QC) in the proceedings that were subsequently brought by Mr Willford before the Upper Tribunal seeking to challenge the decision notice which had been issued by the FSA.
Enka Insaat ve Sanayi AS v OOO “Insurance Co Chubb” [2019] EWHC 3568 (Comm) Andrew Baker J)
Acting for Enka on the expedited trial of its claim for an anti-suit injunction to stop proceedings in Russia which were alleged to have been brought and maintained in breach of an agreement for arbitration in London.
Petrochemical Industries Company (KSC) v The Dow Chemical Company [2012] EWHC 2739 (Comm)
Acting in defending a claim brought under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to set aside a US$2 billion ICC arbitration award obtained by Dow against PIC. Rupert had previously advised and assisted Shearman & Sterling in connection with the conduct of the underlying ICC arbitration proceedings on behalf of Dow.
Acting on a contractual adjudication concerning the liabilities arising upon expiry of a PFI property outsourcing transaction.
Acting in an ad hoc arbitration concerning the sharing of refinancing gains in relation to a PFI property outsourcing transaction.
Acting in two sets of LCIA arbitration proceedings concerning disputes over the correct interpretation of the complex suite of documents giving effect to a very large property securitisation transaction.
Rupert is frequently instructed on complex, high-profile and sensitive professional disciplinary and regulatory matters. He has particular experience of the regulation of solicitors (recently acting for the SRA on both the Sophie Khan and Ryan Beckwith), accountants and auditors (advising on numerous confidential FRC investigations), and financial services professionals (in enforcement proceedings under the FSMA regime including before the Regulatory Decisions Committee and Upper Tribunal).
Rupert also frequently advises professional services firms and professionals regarding compliance with their regulatory obligations. Recent experience includes advising a law firm regarding potential conflicts of interest between existing and former clients and advising on the extent to which legal professional privilege can be asserted by law firms and solicitors during an SRA investigation.
SRA v Khan & Co (2020-2022)
Acting for the SRA as sole counsel in various related sets of proceedings:
SRA v Beckwith (2019-2020)
Acting in high-profile disciplinary proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal and the High Court concerning sexual conduct by a City solicitor with a junior colleague.
FRC v KPMG (2019)
Acting for the FRC at the sanctions hearing following admissions of misconduct in relation to the CASS audit of BNYM.
R (Lewin) v Financial Reporting Council [2018] EWHC 446 (Admin), [2018] 1 WLR 2867 (Nicola Davies J)
Acting as sole counsel for the FRC defending a claim for judicial review in which a third party to disciplinary proceedings sought restrictions on publication or redactions of a tribunal’s judgment on the grounds.
SRA v Lewis (2018)
Acting as sole counsel for the SRA in this high profile prosecution in relation to offensive messages on social media.
SRA v Spector [2016] EWHC 37 (Admin), [2016] 4 WLR 16 (Divisional Court)
Acting for the SRA in a leading case regarding the circumstances in which anonymity orders can be granted in favour of respondents to disciplinary proceedings.
SRA v Anderson (2016)
Acting as sole counsel for the SRA in disciplinary proceedings alleging dishonesty against the sole equity partner of a firm of solicitors in connection with the winding down of the form after it was unable to renew its insurance.
SRA v Brough, Chaudhary & Story (2015)
Acting as sole counsel for the SRA in disciplinary proceedings concerning the sending of offensive emails by solicitors.
Schubert Murphy v Law Society [2014] EWHC 4561 (QB) (Mitting J), [2017] EWCA Civ 1295 (CA)
Acting for the Law Society () in a case concerning whether a duty of care was owed by the regulator in relation to the registration of law firm.
SRA v Fallon (2014)
Acting as sole counsel for the SRA in a substantial and complex hearing in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal concerning allegations of dishonesty against the former sole principal of a City law firm.
SRA v Grindrod & Ors (2013)
Acting for the SRA in disciplinary proceedings concerning the involvement of solicitors in the marketing and implementation of SDLT avoidance schemes.
SRA v Munn; SRA v Cope (2013)
Acting as sole counsel for the SRA in disciplinary proceedings before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in connection with the involvement of solicitors in arrangements facilitating the unlawful conduct of litigation by debt recovery companies.
Rupert has been instructed on numerous claims against professionals, including solicitors, accountants, auditors, financial advisers and fund managers, banks, surveyors and valuers.
Acting in various claims against solicitors including disputes concerning client identification checks, the registration of charges over property, breaches of undertaking and the premature release of funds in conveyancing transactions.
Acting in various claims against accountants, including (with Mark Simpson KC), a claim concerning negligent advice regarding tax implications of a client’s non-domiciled status and another claim against an accountant involving the systematic misappropriation of funds from a client.
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Acting in various claims against auditors, including (with Mark Simpson KC) a claim concerning negligent failure to uncover a fraud in relation to the management of an offshore investment fund.
Acting in various claims against financial advisers and fund managers, including (with Tim Howe KC) a dispute between a private equity fund and its fund manager concerning an alleged negligent investment in China.
A claim against a financial adviser concerning the mismanagement of share portfolios and CFD and spread betting accounts (with John Taylor KC), and defending a private bank (as sole counsel) against a claim relating to investment advice given to a high net worth individual.
Acting in various other claims against banks including claims concerning the duties of a mortgagee in possession to repair and maintain the property, and breach of mandate.
Acting in various claims against surveyors and valuers including in relation to the valuation of property for mortgage lending.
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