Freddie Onslow

Freddie has experience across Chambers’ practice areas, including in particular commercial and commercial employment litigation.

Freddie has appeared unled in the High Court (QBD and Chancery Division) seeking urgent injunctive relief; in applications in the Chancery Division; in week-long trials in the employment tribunal; in an LCIA arbitration and in applications in the Circuit Commercial Court.

As part of a team of counsel, she has appeared in the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division and arbitrations (LMAA and LCIA), including in lengthy trials. She has substantial experience of injunctions and speedy trials. Her recent work includes:

Representing the Man Group in Public Institution for Social Security of Kuwait v Man Group, concerning allegations of large-scale bribery.

Acting for Aon in ongoing litigation against Howden, arising out of Howden’s recruitment of Aon employees.

Acting for a multi-national hedge fund in an LCIA arbitration concerning misuse of its confidential information.

Acting in a multi-phase LMAA arbitration claim for damages of c. US$250m following the shipment of a dangerous cargo.

Krishna v Gowrie and others – a 6-week trial, in which Freddie acted for the petitioners / claimants in an unfair prejudice petition involving allegations of asset stripping from a joint venture.

Freddie has a particular interest in scientific and technical disputes given her background in materials science.

Freddie is a co-author of The Encyclopaedia of International Commercial Litigation, Anthony Coleman & Simon Bryan (Ed) and has contributed to Supperstone, Goudie and Walker (ed), Judicial Review (6th edition, 2018), Chapter 15: European Union Law.