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Year of Call: 2000
Education: Hons (Oxon); CPE
Email: acc@13oldsquare.com
Areas of practice
Adam’s practice includes all aspects of chancery
and commercial law. He has particular experience and interest in
the following areas: insolvency (corporate and personal), insurance
and reinsurance, commercial fraud, company disputes and the sale
and supply of goods and services (national and international).
Recently Adam has appeared in Koshy v DEG & GVDC [2006]
EWHC 17, Z1 Ltd [2006] All ER (D) 188 (Nov) and Lexi Holdings Ltd v. Lugman and Others [2007] All ER (D) 238 (Jan), and in a number of insurance business transfer schemes,
including the first scheme under the FSMA regime involving a Lloyds
syndicate. His recent insolvency work has included matters involving
asset recovery, misfeasance, director’s disqualifications
and bankruptcy restrictions.
Prior to joining Chambers in 2004, he practised as an employed
barrister at Clyde & Co. where he acted in numerous insurance
and reinsurance matters often with an international dimension, including:
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litigation arising out of the major insurance fraud trial,
Sphere Drake v EIU and SCB (2002);
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the first insurance business transfer scheme under the Financial
Markets and Services Act 2000, WASA International & AGF
Insurance Limited v WASA International (a Swedish Company) (2002)
as well as numerous other insurance business transfer Schemes;
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an insurance claim arising out of investors’ allegations
of the misselling of split capital investment trusts;
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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;
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an arbitration for a Lloyds syndicate against reinsurers, in
respect of claims on its catastrophe aviation cover;
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an arbitration for a life insurer concerning a premium rebate
overpayment by reinsurers amounting to £100 million.
Publications
Adam gives regular seminars on insurance and
insolvency.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
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