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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

UK Bar 2026

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Practice Areas

Francis specialises in complex, high-value professional indemnity, commercial insurance and commercial litigation. He has extensive experience in England and Wales and overseas in acting for professional clients and their professional indemnity insurers. He also acts for private individual and corporate clients in commercial disputes and in claims brought against professionals both in this jurisdiction and in commonwealth countries.

He appears regularly in the High Court and Appellate Courts and many of his cases are widely reported in the leading texts.

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Professional Negligence - London (Bar)

Band 1
Band 1

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Francis Bacon centres his practice on professional negligence cases and insurance coverage disputes, particularly those with an element of fraud. He often takes on high-value solicitors' negligence claims with significant international aspects, and routinely acts unled.

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  • Francis Bacon is a safe pair of hands.

    Professional NegligenceUK Bar
  • Francis Bacon is fantastic.

    Professional NegligenceUK Bar
  • Francis Bacon is a first-class counsel and a go-to for many lawyers' claims for solicitors and insurer clients.

    Professional NegligenceUK Bar

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