Dispute Resolution: Commercial Chancery (Bar) | Global

3 Verulam Buildings is particularly well regarded for its handling of commercial chancery litigation involving complex elements of banking and financial services law. Members are also well versed in civil fraud and insolvency disputes, and are regularly called upon to appear in major litigation arising in several international and offshore jurisdictions. Cases of note include: Various Investors v Standard Chartered plc, a £1.5 billion banking and financial services dispute; FDIC-R v Barclays Bank, a high-value breach of competition law and breach of fraudulent misrepresentation matter; and Liverpool Football Club v Manchester City Football Club, a widely reported claim arising from alleged breaches of the Premier League's financial fair play rules.

Stuart Pullum is the director of clerking.

Selborne Chambers is a well-regarded set offering significant expertise in commercial chancery litigation. A source regards the barristers here as being "down to earth. pomposity-free and producers of work of the highest possible standard." Members are regularly instructed in civil fraud, company, partnership and general commercial disputes, as well as complex trusts and property cases. Recent cases include Ethanol Project Services Ltd (in liquidation) v Rafael Benitez, a dispute relating to the non-repayment of a loan to fund an ethanol plant in Grimsby. Members also tackled Ultramarine v Sunsail, a long-running dispute in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court concerning a diving concession at a beach resort, which was said to have been unlawfully terminated.

Paul Bunting and Darren Madle are the senior clerks.