Brick Court Chambers

Richard Blakeley KC

Richard Blakeley KC

YEAR OF CALL: 2007    YEAR OF SILK: 2024
CLERK: Luke Carvalho

‘He dismantles the other side’s case before the judge in a merciless fashion leading to conclusive wins. His intellectual ability is first-rate and he has g...
Legal 500 2023

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30/10/24

Season 1, Episode 2: Justice for Nigeria: an $11bn award obtained by fraud

30/09/24

Revealed: The cases to watch in October

01/08/24

Judgment given in Mozambique ‘Tuna Bonds’ litigation

29/07/24

Mozambique victorious in ‘Tuna Bonds’ scandal case

19/01/24

Two new silks for Brick Court

20/09/23

What’s the ‘matter’?  UK Supreme Court’s first ruling on s.9 stays under the Arbitration Act

28/07/23

Three members of Brick Court appointed to the Bar Council Money Laundering and Sanctions Working Group

16/01/23

25 members of Brick Court appear in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases for 2023

14/02/22

Divisional Court disagrees with G4S on power to add claimants before service of a Claim Form

28/07/21

Members of Brick Court provide insight into careers at the Bar

11/05/21

JP Morgan ordered to give disclosure of US-held compliance documents

26/03/21

Court rules no jurisdiction to order security for costs on an inquiry under cross-undertaking

11/03/21

Court of Appeal rules Mozambique bribery claims must proceed by way of arbitration

01/03/21

Examination under Part 71 can take place by videolink

27/10/20

Commercial Court rules in long-running jurisdiction saga

31/08/20

Court of Appeal rules on application of SAAMCO to audit negligence claims

29/07/20

UBS fails to strike out FDIC LIBOR-rigging claim  

30/04/20

High Court rules on meaning of ‘grant’ and ‘receipt’ under Commission Agreement

24/04/20

Freezing by Skype

12/02/20

35 members of Brick Court appear in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases and Top 15 Appeals of 2020

03/12/19

Claim in fraudulent misrepresentation against Ingenious VCTs dismissed as unarguable

08/10/19

Court of Appeal holds nothing in JP Morgan terms exclude the banker’s Quincecare duty

13/09/19

High Court says US secondary sanctions are a “mandatory provision of law”

28/03/19

English Court has jurisdiction in Russian joint venture clash

06/03/19

Court sets new guidance on pre-action conduct in Part 8 claims

21/02/19

JPMorgan subject to the banker’s Quincecare duty of care in $875m corruption case

31/01/19

Groundbreaking AssetCo decision finds auditor liable for trading losses caused by management fraud

16/01/19

33 members of Brick Court appear in 12 of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2019

04/12/18

Jurisdiction declined and freezing orders set aside in $2.6 billion Ukraine banking dispute

12/10/18

Commercial Court construes Lloyd’s market standard sanctions clause

26/09/18

Joint venture clash

12/09/17

Brick Court team running for Justice

05/05/17

SocGen pays over $1 billion to settle claim by Libyan Investment Authority

23/01/17

Brick Court scores the highest number of appearances in The Lawyer Top 20 Cases of 2017

11/08/16

Ofcom closes investigation into Premier League’s UK audio-visual rights sale

21/06/16

Georgia v Russian Federation II: Evidential hearing in Strasbourg

18/02/16

Bank Mellat wins in the EU Court of Justice

04/02/16

Richard Blakeley highly recommended in Stars at the Bar consultation

19/10/15

Brick Court maintains Public and Administrative Law ranking in 2015 Legal 500

03/10/15

Africa: Expanding Legal Horizons — key discussions and themes

16/06/15

Richard Blakeley named world sanctions Young Practitioner of the Year in WorldECR Awards 2015

12/03/15

How competent are competent national authorities? Court of Justice upholds sanctions imposed on German bank despite regulatory approval

05/03/15

High Court rules on limits of confidentiality clubs in context of fraud claims

23/01/15

General Court annuls sanctions imposed on Iranian Bank Tejarat

19/02/14

Court of Appeal overturns Competition Appeal Tribunal’s Order in Pay TV

21/01/14

Tamara Ecclestone loses High Court claim for conversion of supercar against Elite Performance Cars and ors

06/09/13

Restrictive measures on English bank unlawful

19/06/13

High Court rules that claims against a trade union based on the fundamental freedoms are not ‘civil and commercial’

20/03/13

General Court upholds recent sanctions against UK banks

05/02/13

Sanctions imposed on Bank Saderat Iran annulled by General Court

29/01/13

General Court annuls sanctions imposed on Iranian Bank Mellat

19/12/12

Report of Pollard Review into dropped Newsnight Savile Investigation Released

30/10/12

Berezovsky granted summary judgment: enforcement of Russian ‘indexation’ judgment contrary to English public policy

15/08/12

Competition Appeal Tribunal overturns Ofcom’s Pay TV decision

03/08/12

Case T-69/12, Case T-71/12 - EU-wide asset freeze and travel ban lifted against individuals nominated for designation by the UK

03/08/12

Case T-497/10 - Sanctions imposed on head of Iranian bank lifted after 2 year wait

24/07/12

Case C-110/12 P(R): Presidents of the Union Courts reject ‘right to life’ claim for interim relief

23/03/12

CJEU dismisses an appeal against the European Council’s decision to impose EU sanctions on Melli Bank plc

07/10/11

Masri and Consolidated Contractors litigation ends

18/04/11

High Court finds Heathrow Airport Limited to have abused its dominant position

08/07/10

ECJ rules on validity of the Fuel Quality Directive

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