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About
Provided by Craig Morrison KC
Practice Areas
Craig Morrison KC practises in all areas of commercial litigation and arbitration. He was appointed King’s Counsel in March 2023, having been a leading junior. He is described in the directories as a “genuine superstar”.
Craig has acted in some of the most high-profile commercial disputes of the last decade, including the Ingenious Litigation, Libyan Investment Authority v. Société Generale and UBS v. KWL. He has acted unled in substantial High Court trials, arbitrations and in the Court of Appeal. He is an experienced cross-examiner of both factual and expert witnesses.
In 2020 he was nominated as Banking Law Junior of the Year by Chambers & Partners and as Commercial Litigation Junior of the Year by Legal 500. He earlier appeared as one of Legal Week’s “Stars at the Bar”, being described as “one of the outstanding intellects at the junior Bar; he has a remarkable ability to master law and facts and to present them in a clear and persuasive way.”
Before coming to the bar Craig studied law at Cambridge University, where he graduated first in his year. He subsequently studied at Harvard University and taught commercial law at Cambridge.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Craig Morrison KC frequently handles a wide array of financial and commercial litigation, and has additional expertise in the insurance and energy spaces. He has a fine grasp of cases involving fraud disputes and swap misrepresentations.
Craig Morrison KC is a strong barrister with expertise in commercial litigation, banking and arbitration. He is often instructed in claims concerning allegations of dishonesty, conspiracy and bribery.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is personable and provides a brilliant level of service."
"Extremely clever, thoughtful, a pleasure to work with and a great team player."
"Craig is clever, diligent and commercial."
"Craig is a pleasure to work with. His enormous intellect coupled with a great client manner makes him an asset to any team."
"Craig is extremely clever, thoughtful and a pleasure to work with."
"Craig is impressively phenomenal on every call, yet wears it so lightly. He is so lovely to work with and just absolutely wonderful."
"He is a super silk in the making – clever, diligent and commercial."
"Craig is excellent. He's extremely clever and thoughtful, a pleasure to work with, a team player, and I expect him to become an outstanding silk."
"He is personable and provides a brilliant level of service."
"Extremely clever, thoughtful, a pleasure to work with and a great team player."
"Craig is clever, diligent and commercial."
"Craig is a pleasure to work with. His enormous intellect coupled with a great client manner makes him an asset to any team."
"Craig is extremely clever, thoughtful and a pleasure to work with."
"Craig is impressively phenomenal on every call, yet wears it so lightly. He is so lovely to work with and just absolutely wonderful."
"He is a super silk in the making – clever, diligent and commercial."
"Craig is excellent. He's extremely clever and thoughtful, a pleasure to work with, a team player, and I expect him to become an outstanding silk."
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