Year of Call: 2007 Year of Silk: 2023
“Brilliant in the courtroom"
Described as “a leading light at the Bar” and “a decisive and authoritative leader”, Dan is a go-to silk across a wide range of heavyweight chancery commercial specialisms. Dan’s practice is centred on three inter-related areas – civil fraud, trust disputes and company law – and spans a range of jurisdictions notably the Cayman Islands, the BVI, Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Channel Islands.. Across the broad spectrum of his practice, Dan has developed extensive expertise in committal proceedings (representing both applicants and respondents), having acted in many of the leading civil contempt cases over the past 15 years.
Dan is consistently commended for his ability as an oral advocate: the current directories describe him as “brilliant in the courtroom” and his advocacy as “superb”. His recent appearances include appeals in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council, numerous appeals in the Court of Appeal, lengthy trials in the English High Court and overseas, arbitrations involving extensive cross-examination, and heavy interlocutory applications, including in particular for search orders, freezing orders and proprietary injunctions. Whilst Dan is a consummate trial advocate, his creativity and nimbleness on his feet make him especially sought after for appeals both in England and overseas.
Dan strives to be the complete modern silk: he leads from the front, is exceptionally hands on, always on top of the detail and colleagues and clients find him “an absolute joy to work with”.
Serle Court at London International Disputes Week 2026
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THG Plc (Respondent) v Zedra Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd (Appellant) [2026] UKSC 6
Judgment came out this morning in this appeal argued in February 2025. By a majority of 4-1 the Supreme Court... Read More
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge - BA Neuroscience (First Class, ranked joint 1st)
City University - LLB Hons. (First Class); GDL (Distinction)
Senior Scholar, Gonville and Caius College
Shelford Scholarship (2007), Lord Mansfield Scholarship (2006) and Lord Bowen Scholarship (2005), Lincoln’s Inn
City University Scholarship (2005)
The Legal 500
Shortlisted for Chancery Junior of the Year
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