Recent work highlights

• Acting for the Consumers’ Association (Which?) as intervener in Philipp v Barclays Bank UK Plc [2022] EWCA Civ 318, an APP fraud case in which the Court of Appeal decided unanimously that the duty of care identified in Barclays Bank Plc v Quincecare Ltd could apply to an individual customer’s instructions and not just an agent’s, including where they are a victim of APP fraud.
• Defeating a worldwide freezing order against an offshore business that was said to have received stolen cryptocurrency, and having the claim successfully discontinued against his client.
• Acting for the defendant bank in Playboy Club London Ltd v Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA [2018] UKSC 43, a negligence claim brought by the Club relating to a bank reference which was successfully defended in the Supreme Court.
• Acting for the claimant in Property Alliance Group Limited v The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC [2016] EWHC 3342 (Ch), a claim alleging the mis-selling of swaps, LIBOR manipulation and the misconduct of RBS’s Global Restructuring Group.
• Representing a joint venture corporate partner in an LCIA arbitration concerning a US$750 million investment in a Nigerian oil and gas company.

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