Alexander Polley KC

Commercial dispute resolution; commercial arbitration; banking litigation; civil fraud; professional negligence.

Alex practises in the field of commercial litigation and arbitration, including banking, civil fraud, professional negligence and general commercial disputes. Recent cases include: Fiesta v Deutsche Bank (alleged derivatives mis-selling); Aabar v Glencore (FSMA section 90 and 90A claims); NMC v EY (alleged audit negligence); Tactus v Jordan [2024] EWHC 399 (Comm) and [2025] 1 WLR 1602 (reverse summary judgment on deceit and conspiracy claims following share sale, and champerty issues on purported assignment of claim); Contra v Bamford [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 683 (reverse summary judgment on contract claim); Caledonian Maritime v HCCI [2022] EWHC 164 (Ch) (reverse summary judgment on rectification claim); LA Micro v LA Micro [2022] 1 WLR 336 (equitable remedies and estoppel); PCP v Barclays [2021] EWHC 307 (Comm) (alleged deceit by bank in relation to capital raising); and Flowgroup v Co-Op [2021] Bus LR 755 (challenge to expert determination).

Educated at King’s College, Taunton; Merton College, Oxford (BA, Ancient and Modern History – first class, with proxime accessit to the Gibbs Prize in History; MPhil, Roman History – with the Ancient History Prize); Oxford Brookes University (Graduate Diploma in Law – distinction, with the Law Department CPE Prize). Called to the Bar in 2005, Inner Temple.

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