George Leggatt QC

George Leggatt is an experienced advocate who practises extensively in the field of commercial law, including commercial fraud, banking, financial services, insurance and reinsurance, professional liability, product liability, shipping, technology, sale of goods and international trade, conflict of laws and arbitration law. He also sits as an arbitrator in commercial disputes and is a Deputy High Court Judge.

His work in the last year has included a long trial in the Commercial Court of a claim alleging mis-selling by Barclays Bank of complex credit derivative products; cases in the Court of Appeal about a transfer of shares under a repo agreement and about the vicarious liability of a religious order for acts of child abuse committed by members of the order; trade mark litigation in the Chancery Division; a case in the Commercial Court about the nature of a liability insurance policy; appearing in the European Court of Justice (Grand Chamber) and in the Supreme Court in the case of O'Byrne v Aventis Pasteur regarding the time limit for product liability claims; and acting as counsel or arbitrator in various international arbitrations.