Alistair is a commercially minded junior and has a broad practice spanning general commercial litigation, arbitration, shipping and international trade, civil fraud, insurance, and banking.
He also has experience of a wide array of issues that can arise at an interlocutory stage, including anti-suit injunctions and challenges to jurisdiction. Alistair regularly appears in the Court of Appeal and High Court.
Alistair has recently co-authored a paper in response to a government public consultation on the United Kingdom’s future legal framework for imposing and implementing sanctions, upon leaving the European Union.
He is a team player who is equally comfortable acting as sole counsel or as a member of a large team.
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Example cases
- Sebastian Holdings Inc (by its Receivers) v Vik and others (Court of Appeal of the Turks and Caicos Islands, 03/18): successful application to dismiss offshore proceedings brought by English receivers.
- Daniels v Lloyds Banking Group plc [2018] EWHC 660 (Comm): successful claim for shares due to former group chief executive, Eric Daniels under long term incentive plan.
- Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc and another [2018] EWCA Civ 2011: challenge to the court’s jurisdiction over committal proceedings (with Duncan Matthews QC and Charlotte Tan).
- Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc and another [2017] EWHC 913 (Comm): application for a stay of detailed assessment proceedings pending a challenge to a non-party costs order in the European Court of Human Rights (with Duncan Matthews QC and Charlotte Tan).
- A Singapore Company v a US Company: acted for the successful owners in a multi-million dollar LMAA arbitration concerning a charterparty dispute (with Julian Kenny QC and Michael Collett QC).
- A Singapore Company v a Russian Company: c.US$3.5 million GAFTA appeal (with Michael Collett QC).
Commercial litigation and arbitration
- Daniels v Lloyds Banking Group plc [2018] EWHC 660 (Comm) – successful claim for shares due to former group chief executive, Eric Daniels, under Long Term Incentive Plan.
- Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc. and anor [2016] EWHC 322 (Comm) and [2017] EWHC 459 (Comm) – challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction over committal proceedings (with Duncan Matthews QC and Charlotte Tan).
- Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc. and anor [2017] EWHC 913 (Comm) – application for a stay of detailed assessment proceedings pending a challenge to a non-party costs order in the European Court of Human Rights (with Duncan Matthews QC and Charlotte Tan).
- Great Prosperity Shipping Inc. v Xiamen C&D Commodity Trading Co. Ltd. – successful application for an anti-suit injunction in a cargo claim context (with Julian Kenny QC).
- A Singapore Company v a US Company – acted for the successful Owners in a multi-million dollar LMAA arbitration concerning a charterparty dispute (with Julian Kenny QC and Michael Collett QC).
- An English Company v a Delaware Company – LCIA arbitration in the automotive sector (with Christopher Newman).
- Sole counsel in a number of general commercial claims, including a claim by a well-known supermarket against a supplier and a claim by a regional law firm against its IT consultants.
Shipping
- A Singapore Company v a US Company – acted for the successful Owners in a multi-million dollar LMAA arbitration concerning a charterparty dispute (with Julian Kenny QC and Michael Collett QC).
- Great Prosperity Shipping Inc. v Xiamen C&D Commodity Trading Co. Ltd. – successful application for an anti-suit injunction in a cargo claim context (with Julian Kenny QC).
- Sole counsel in a number of ongoing LMAA arbitrations, including cargo claims (grain and chemical cargoes) and a demurrage dispute.
- Sole counsel in a High Court claim against a warehouse for water damage to cargo.
Commodities and sale of goods
- Sole counsel in an ongoing dispute concerning an allegedly defective consignment of chemicals.
- Sole counsel in a sale of goods dispute involving conflicting jurisdiction clauses.
Civil fraud
- Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc. and anor [2016] EWHC 322 (Comm) and [2017] EWHC 459 (Comm) – challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction over committal proceedings (with Duncan Matthews QC and Charlotte Tan).
- Instructed as sole counsel to advise on evidence in a dispute involving a fraudulently-procured investment in a cosmetics company and breach of fiduciary duty by a joint venture partner.
Insurance
Alistair is building a growing practice acting for insurers in property damage cases, often involving complex questions of expert evidence. Alistair is also instructed as sole counsel in a High Court claim raising complicated issues of the law of subrogation. During his studies, Alistair was a winner of the British Insurance Law Association Moot.
Banking and finance
- Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc. and anor [2016] EWHC 322 (Comm), [2017] EWHC 459 (Comm) and [2017] EWHC 913 (Comm) – Alistair is instructed (with Duncan Matthews QC and Charlotte Tan) by Alexander Vik in this high-profile dispute arising out of the trading activities of Sebastian Holdings Inc.
Private international law
- Great Prosperity Shipping Inc. v Xiamen C&D Commodity Trading Co. Ltd. – successful application for an anti-suit injunction in a cargo claim context (with Julian Kenny QC).
- A Singapore Company v a US Company – application for an anti-suit injunction from LMAA arbitrators in a multi-million dollar shipping dispute (with Julian Kenny QC and Michael Collett QC).
- Deutsche Bank AG v Sebastian Holdings Inc. and anor [2016] EWHC 322 (Comm) and [2017] EWHC 459 (Comm) – challenge to the Court’s jurisdiction over committal proceedings (with Duncan Matthews QC and Charlotte Tan).
Public and international law
- Deutsche Bank AG v SHI [2017] EWHC 913 (Comm) – application for stay of domestic proceedings pending claim to European Court of Human Rights.
- Judicial review in the education sector, with discrimination elements.
