Commercial Dispute Resolution

He is fantastic.

He is among the absolute legends of the Commercial Bar.

Elizabeth Jones is among the best of the best. She is an outstanding member of the Bar in every respect.

A master strategist who also has complete command of the detail. The foundations of her submissions are always rock-solid.

She is the crème de la crème of the Commercial and Chancery Bar. Excellent is too weak a word for her.

A tactical genius with a prodigious capacity for absorbing and retaining detail. She drives the team to produce their best work, but is also pleasant and fun to work with.

Jonathan Adkin is one of the best. He is extremely clever and very good with the law.

Always available, extremely clever and someone who goes for the killer point, he's a bulldozer of an advocate. In terms of contactability, he's a dream silk.

Jonathan is a masterful advocate and an excellent leader.

He has fantastic judgement, and clients love him.

A great leader, a great team player and a technically brilliant barrister. He is a brilliant fraud practitioner whose advocacy is very effective.

James is a deep thinker.

James displayed considerable strategic thinking and was not afraid of putting forward his own views even where these differed from those of more senior team members. His written work was very strong.

James Mather is hugely cerebral and wonderful to work with. He has been a longstanding instruction for me because he is so good.

James Weale is a KC in all but name. He is a fiercely intelligent and incredibly versatile advocate whose oral advocacy is particularly impressive. His strategic vision is second to none.

James is a great advocate and a very fine cross-examiner.

John is down to earth, super responsive and commercially minded. He has great judgement and balances the risks and benefits of a matter in a concise manner.

John has a way of presenting to the court which judges really respond to. He rolls his sleeves up and gets stuck in to documents and drafting.

He is without peer among silks advising on LLP and partnership law.

A very able advocate with an excellent style, he is very intelligent and presents things in a way clients like.

John is hard-working, and has both razor-sharp intelligence and an incisive eye for detail. He is an excellent all-rounder.

He is a very effective advocate.

Lance Ashworth has the relatively rare combination of being a first-class brain and a high-quality advocate. He is very responsive and very aware of the bigger picture in complex matters.

Marc is really thriving and has had a lot of victories in the last year. Recently, he was a standout in the Supreme Court in terms of his advocacy.

Marc Delehanty is always a pleasure to work with. His written work is superb, he's excellent on his feet and he understands clients.

Marc is incredibly hard-working, and his client-handling skills are superb. He enjoys being part of the team, and he is brilliant fun.

Dan is a genius and a top expert on unfair prejudice.

He is very good technically.

Daniel Lightman is an extremely intelligent advocate who provides cutting-edge and practical legal analysis of complex corporate disputes.

He is excellent in his cross-examination.

He is pleasure to work with – accessible, very intelligent and fastidious. He is also good with clients and can break things down into digestible bits of information.

Justin is very hands-on, prepared to get involved in the detail and very good on strategy.

A problem-solver and a polished written advocate who is very creative, highly responsive and impressively client-friendly.

Justin is accessible, really easy to work with and very good on his feet. He's got that nice balance of being really smart and incredibly eloquent.

Paul Adams' written advocacy is fantastic; he is really creative.

Paul has excellent tactical instincts and the acumen to tackle the most complex and knotty legal issues.

Paul Adams is a good person to work with. He is very responsive, and he is a very bright and reflective man.

Rupert has a deep knowledge of commercial disputes, particularly those relating to the Middle East. He has got real experience and gravitas, but wears it lightly.

He works extremely well with the client and solicitor team.

Rupert Reed is really the father figure of the DIFC bar. He is an excellent and smooth advocate.

Very calm and tremendously experienced, he thinks really strategically and doesn't waste time. He has very good client-handling skills.

Simon Hattan has a wonderfully clear mind and stays calm whatever happens. He is always a very reassuring presence.

Zoe is incredibly bright and tenacious. She isn't scared of anybody, and she will tell you straight out when she thinks that there is something wrong with your case.

Zoe is firm but charming. Her written work is very impressive, and she produces it quickly.

Zoe has a strong advocacy style and is excellent in cross-examination. Hers is a highly forensic approach.

Dan goes toe to toe with far more senior KCs and excels. His advocacy is superb, and he is the kind of guy you want on your team.

Dan is very good on his feet.

Dan has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law and a memory that puts us all to shame. He memorised everything presented in court. With clients, he adapts his style to gain their confidence.

David Blayney is a very clever and forensically brilliant barrister. He did one of the finest cross-examinations of an expert I've ever heard.

Extremely able, highly technical and cerebral in his approach, David is the person to go to for a monstrous case. Unflappable and dignified, he really holds the attention of the court.

Emma Hargreaves is amazing and great to work with. She is a very clear oral advocate who has excellent drafting skills.

Emma Hargreaves drove the drafting of the defence under tight time pressures. She was good at managing dense amounts of data and being flexible as needed.

Emma Hargreaves is an incredibly careful barrister who is terrifyingly good.

Stephen Doherty is very easy to work with and very commercial. I find him to be excellent – he matches and often surpasses the KCs he works with.

Stephen Doherty is an excellent advocate who has committed to the DIFC region. His cross-examination is something to behold – he dominates.

In every aspect, Stephen has provided us with an advantage over our opponent, from availability and comprehension of the key legal turning points to case preparation and delivery at trial.

Matthew is technically excellent, has a brilliantly sharp mind and shows amazing attention to detail. He can identify and think of solutions to problems before they have even occurred to the opponent.

Matthew Morrison is excellent; he's the best counsel we use. His content is excellent, and his client work is superb, as is his cross-examination in the courtroom.

Matthew Morrison has a very calm, reassuring manner. He is unflappable.