Nicholas Broomfield

Nick has a broad commercial practice that includes: commercial, financial and banking disputes; insurance and professional liability claims; the law of trusts, property, estates and restitution; and civil fraud.

Nick is an experienced trial and appellate advocate with a reputation for his excellent legal analysis and he is often instructed in high-profile, complex, litigation either on his own or as part of a larger counsel team. His notable cases include appearing as junior counsel in the Supreme Court for the successful parties in both Re North East Property Buyers and Matthew v Sedman and in the Court of Appeal for the successful parties in Mortgage Express v Lambert, Kuznetsov v Amazon Services Europe Sarl and Bate v Aviva.

Nick is ranked in the legal directories as a leading junior in the fields of Professional Negligence (Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Lexology (formerly WWL)), Insurance and Reinsurance (Legal 500) and Banking & Finance (Legal 500), where he has been described in recent years as: “a star of litigation”, “exceptionally bright, tactically astute, very easy to work with [and] great with clients”, “ferociously bright as well as very hard-working”, “[having] excellent analysis and strategic insight”, “absolutely unflappable, an extremely calming presence for the clients and legal team. Thinking three or four stages into the future, he can see the chess pieces moving ahead of him” and “an excellent tactician and offers sound commercial advice … very good on paper and an excellent advocate on his feet … really tenacious in cross-examination.”