England - London Bar

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Fraud: civil

Brick Court Chambers

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Brick Court Chambers continues to impress with its members' involvement in an array of high-profile cases, offering ‘huge strength in depth for fraud work’. Members of the set continue to be involved in "tuna bonds" scandal litigation concerning the fraudulent and corrupt procurement of sovereign guarantees worth $2bn, with Richard Blakeley KC, newly appointed silk as of March 2024, representing the Republic of Mozambique in proceedings against Credit Suisse, VTB and Privinvest Group companies; Ben Woolgar and Frederick Wilmot-Smith acting for the Privinvest defendants; and Stephen Midwinter KC, Laura Newton, and Tom Wood instructed by banks that provided syndicated lending to Mozambique. Tim Lord KC, leading a team including Thomas Plewman KC, represents Ziyavudin Magomedov and his companies in relation to high-value disputes around the world arising out of an alleged conspiracy to carry out a corporate raid of assets belonging to the former tycoon, who is currently serving a prison sentence in Russia.. Fred Hobson KC and Richard Blakeley KC took silk in March 2024.

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Témoignages

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'Paul Dennison is always available and great at finding solutions.'
'Tony Burgess and Paul Dennison lead a high-quality team with approachability, warmth, real skill and a deep knowledge of their chambers and its caseload.
'The clerks are excellent, in particular Ellie Sanders and Luke Carvalho.'
'The clerks are second to none. Tony Burgess and Paul Denisson are stars, and the clerks room is friendly and efficient.'
'Brick Court is always exceptional in every way, from its most senior KC to its most junior junior.'
'Excellent chambers that is amongst the best.'
'Brick Court is a chambers with huge strength in depth for fraud work and great expertise.'
'Members of the set are absolutely brilliant - commercially savvy and generally incredibly bright.'

Avocats

Leading silks

Absolutely at the top of his game. A brilliant tactician.'

very able and effective cross-examiner.'

Vernon Flynn KC

He always has the ear of the judge. He speaks with charm and eloquence and is nimble on his feet. His powers of persuasion are extraordinary.'

Roger Masefield KC

Simon Salzedo KC

Simon is a grand master on his feet. He is technically brilliant, extremely easy to work with and hugely responsive.'

His advocacy inspires confidence - he is thoughtful, measured, precise, persuasive and completely robust and resolute.'

Daniel Jowell KC

An elegant oral advocate, who has a good sense of what the court is looking for and the ability to deliver it.'

Stephen Midwinter KC

A ferocious cross-examiner and a go-to silk for complex civil fraud cases.'

Michael Bools KC

An imperturbable and authoritative advocate.'

Alec has great clarity of mind and always provides sound advice.'

Harry Matovu KC

A silk with intellectual rigour who can get the court eating out of his hands.'

Fionn Pilbrow KC

His advocacy is engaging and clear, and he is particularly user-friendly, both with clients and solicitors.'

Thomas Plewman KC

He is an excellent tactician and a talented advocate.'

A super advocate who nails the right points quickly.'

2024 Silks

Richard Blakeley KC

Richard is incredibly bright and focused, as well as tough and resilient. He is also calm and confident under pressure.'

Fred is the full package: clever, personable and engaging.'

2023 Silks

Richard Eschwege KC

tenacious and tough advocate, who is willing to take the fight to opponents.'

Craig Morrison KC

He is an assured, eloquent and persuasive advocate.'

2025 Silks

Edward Harrison KC

Edward is calm under pressure, utterly unflappable and brings razor-sharp clarity to the most challenging of fraud cases. He is a silk in waiting.’

Meilleurs Juniors

Laura is extremely intelligent, elegant on paper and a polished advocate. Absolutely superb.'

She is a star civil fraud barrister. Very intelligent, methodical and has very sound judgement.'

Exceptionally easy to work with, not fazed by anything and extremely quick to identify key issues.'

Geoffrey Kuehne

A real workhorse, who is brilliant at mastering the most complex sets of facts and presenting them to a court in a concise and compelling way.'

He has the ability to get to the essence of a case and to find points which the judges will find of interest.’

Sarah Bousfield

She is a very sound barrister.'

He has an outstanding legal brain.'

Kyle's ability to combine a first-class intellect with an affable and easy-going manner makes him a joy to work with.'

A composed advocate who takes sensible positions and defends them.'

Georgina Petrova

She is incredibly quick at absorbing complex facts and getting to the heart of the dispute.'

She's an excellent junior - very strong technically and very hard working, with a good eye for detail.'

Charlotte Tan

Rising stars

Jeunes avocats collaborateurs ou counsels qui se distinguent régulièrement par leur présence dans des dossiers importants du marché, et qui sont identifiés par le marché comme de jeunes talents à suivre.

Jessie has a very analytical eye. She is responsive, calm and clear in her advice.'

Frederick Wilmot-Smith

His intellect is just fierce. He is charming with clients and solicitors, and a real team player.'

He has a great nose for fraud litigation. A junior with great strategic insight.'