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Professional Negligence - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Derrick Dale KC typically takes on cases involving claims against financial service providers, solicitors and barristers, and has provided counsel to City and mid-market law firms, as well as insurers. He appears in both individual and group actions, and augments his professional negligence practice with a strong reputation in banking and general commercial work.
Strengths
Derrick Dale KC is a brilliant advocate and a mastermind when it comes to complex commercial cross-border disputes.
Derrick Dale KC fights hard and takes a lot of good points. He is easy to deal with and quite fun to work with as well.
Derrick is great. His real strength is that he is incredibly personable, so clients love him and feel confident with him. He rolls his sleeves up and gets on with whatever needs to be done.
Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)
Strengths
He is very hands on, great with clients and someone with a great track record in trial.
He's incredibly diligent, very responsive, strategic and supportive of the solicitor team.
He is smooth, charming and razor sharp.
A details man who rolls up his sleeves. He is also happy to help with strategy and engage with the wider picture.
He is excellent at running points smoothly and has a fine eye for where the legal merits and commercial drivers align.
Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Derrick Dale KC is noted for his expertise in high-value and complex civil fraud claims relating to freezing injunctions, fraudulent conspiracy and fraudulent misrepresentation. He is routinely instructed as main counsel and has additional experience as an arbitrator.
Strengths
Derrick is very smart and personable.