Daniel Kessler

Daniel practises all areas of commercial chancery law, with a particular interest in company law, insolvency law and commercial litigation.

He has appeared twice as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, representing the successful appellants in Bone v Williamson [2024] 1 WLR 3235 and in Burton v Ministry of Justice [2025] K.B. 66. He appears both led and unled in the High Court, County Court and (via his civil Proceeds of Crime practice) in the Magistrates’ and Crown Court.

Daniel has written a guide to insolvency law for litigants in person, ‘Insolvency Law Made Clear’. He was appointed to the Attorney General’s ‘B’ Panel of Counsel in September 2025.

Before coming to the Bar, Daniel worked as an economist for five years, including working as an Economic Advisor at the Competition and Markets Authority and a Senior Associate in the Financial Conduct Authority. He maintains his interest in cases with an economic or financial element.

Recent significant cases include an unfair prejudice petition in the British Virgin Islands; an application to suspend an out of court administration; and a $150m fraud claim concerning allegations of sanctions breaches in Iran.

Balliol College, Oxford (BA Hons, PPE)

University College London (MSc, Economics)

Called to the Bar, 2018; Middle Temple Queen Mother Scholarship

Called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands, 2021

Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel, 2022

Attorney General’s B Panel of Counsel, 2025

Chancery Bar Association, Commercial Bar Association