Alan Roxburgh

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Alan Roxburgh is an experienced and versatile barrister with a mainly commercial practice. His intellectual calibre, powers of analysis, command of detail, drafting skills and sound judgment have frequently been highly praised in the legal directories. He has acted in numerous high-profile and long-running cases, including three major regulatory investigations arising out of the collapse of Carillion plc; leading cases in the Supreme Court concerning the recognition of trusts and the effect of transfers in breach of trust on equitable interests (Akers v Samba Financial Group) and the law of knowing receipt (Byers v Saudi National Bank); advising former shareholders in Madoff feeder funds in relation to claims in the British Virgin Islands for the recovery of redemption proceeds (the Fairfield Sentry litigation); acting for more than a decade as counsel to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry; and acting for the defendants in the British Coal Respiratory Disease litigation. He is the author (originally with the late Mark Hapgood QC) of the chapter on Bankers in ‘Professional Negligence and Liability’.