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Email: acc@13oldsquare.com
(1999) Astbury Scolarship (Middle Temple)
Year of Call: 2000
Education Inns of Court School of Law (Very Competent)
CPE City University (Competent)
St Catherine’s College, Oxford (BA Hons. English: 2:i)
Practice
Insolvency and Company comprising of litigation involving allegations of misfeasance, wrongful and fraudulent trading, preferences, transactions at undervalue as well as company administrations, corporate and individual voluntary arrangements.
Insurance and Reinsurance comprising both contentious and non-contentious work including advising and appearing on the sanction of numerous insurance business transfer schemes.
Commercial Litigation includes complex fraud and contentious contractual issues often with an international dimension.
Recent & Notable Cases
- Koshy v Deg-Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and another [2008] EWCA Civ 27Lexi Holdings Ltd v. Luqman and Others [2007] All ER (D) 238 (Jan)Woking Ex-service Memorial Club, Working Men's Club & Institute (2006) EWHC 28/11/06 Koshy v Deg-Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and another [2006] EWHC 17
- Z1 Ltd [2006] All ER (D) 188 (Nov)
Prior to joining Chambers in 2004, Adam practised as an employed barrister at Clyde & Co. where he acted in numerous insurance and reinsurance matters often with an international dimension, including:
- litigation arising out of the major insurance fraud trial, Sphere Drake v EIU & SCB (2002);
- the first insurance business transfer scheme under the Financial Markets and Services Act 2000 WASA International & AGF Insurance Limited v WASA;
- an insurance claim arising out of investors’ allegations of the misselling of split capital investment trusts;
- the recovery of US$115 million on behalf of the Turkish Government and Italian contractors as a result of earthquake damage to the Ankara/Istanbul Highway in 1999, in the subsequent litigation in the High Court (KGM & Astaldi SPA v Generali Kent Sigorta & othrs (2002)) and in associated ICC arbitration proceedings in Zurich;
- an arbitration for a Lloyds syndicate against reinsurers, in respect of claims on its catastrophe aviation cover;
- an arbitration for a life insurer concerning a premium rebate overpayment by reinsurers amounting to £100 million.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Personal
English Literature, Art, Running, Football & Rugby Union.
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