William Day
Call: 2016
Practice Overview
William has a wide-ranging commercial litigation and arbitration practice, with particular specialisms in banking, insurance, commercial fraud and insolvency/restructuring disputes. He regularly appears in complex cross-border matters involving jurisdiction and governing law issues. As well as an extensive interlocutory and trial practice, William has significant appellate experience having been instructed in over a dozen appeals to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
William was named as one of The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2026, which noted his practice for “frequently involving eye-watering sums of money and tricky points of law”. He was previously instructed in The Lawyer Top 20 Cases / Top 10 Appeals for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
William is ranked in six practice areas in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500: commercial dispute resolution (“a class act”), banking and finance (“a real star”), financial services (“an absolute intellectual powerhouse”), insurance (“a highly compelling advocate”), civil fraud (“a really effective junior”), and insolvency/restructuring (“a phenomenal barrister”). He is particularly noted in the current editions for his abilities as a lead advocate (“cool as a cucumber against the most eminent opposition in court”), the quality of his written work (“absolutely superb”), his intellectual strength (“brilliant on the law”), dedication to his cases (“a formidable amount of energy and endurance”), and his teamwork (“pragmatic, commercially minded and a pleasure to work with”).
William’s current instructions include acting for:
- Liberty Steel in a $400m credit insurance coverage dispute arising out of the collapse of Greensill Bank
- VTB Bank in a £200m contested restructuring concerned with the interface between insolvency and Russian sanctions
- the liquidators of Arena TV in a £265m claim in connection with a major asset based lending fraud
- Libyan Foreign Bank in a $102m guarantee claim against Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance
- Bernie Ecclestone, defending a £64m claim by Felipe Massa over the circumstances of Lewis Hamilton’s 2008 F1 title win
Alongside practice, William is Fellow in Law and Associate Professor at Downing College, Cambridge. He has published widely on commercial law, and his work has been cited with approval by the Courts on a number of occasions including in the Supreme Court’s landmark decisions in Pakistan International Airline Corp v Times Travel [2021] UKSC 40 and Barton v Gwyn-Jones [2023] UKSC 3, and the Privy Council’s decision in Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd v Ivanishvili [2025] UKPC 53.
William was previously a solicitor at Allen & Overy, during which time he was also seconded to act as a judicial assistant in the Chancery Division and to the in-house litigation team at a major investment bank.
Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
William is instructed in a range of high value and hard-fought commercial disputes in the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division, the Commercial Circuit Court, in LCIA, ICC, SCC, SIAC and ICSID arbitrations, and offshore (including in the DIFC and ADGM). He is ranked as a leading junior for commercial dispute resolution in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 which have described him as “exceptionally bright and intellectually brilliant”, “absolutely superb. He is very, very clever, user-friendly and really easy to work with”, and “unsurprisingly, given his academic pursuits, ferociously clever and the hardest working junior I have ever instructed”.
William’s commercial practice is wide-ranging and encompasses banking, insurance, commercial fraud and insolvency/restructuring disputes and with a particular emphasis on cross border disputes, as set out further below.
William’s other commercial litigation experience includes:
- acting in a dispute over the proper construction of a clean-tech licensing agreement (Actinon Pte Ltd v Char Biocarbon Inc [2026] EWHC 94 (Comm))
- acting in litigation arising out of the sale of private equity continuation fund (Cedar Mundi (Holding) v Cedar II [2025] EWHC 1302 (Comm) and [2025] EWHC 1930 (Comm))
- acting for Bernie Ecclestone defending £64m claim over the circumstances of Lewis Hamilton’s 2008 F1 title win (Massa v Formula One Management Ltd [2025] EWHC 3064 (KB))
- acting in various commission claims, including arising from the financing and development of 22 Bishopsgate, the tallest building in the City of London (Middle East Real Estate v Lipton Rogers [2023] EWHC 1104 (Ch)) and a high value Premier League sponsorship deal (Winlink v Liverpool FC [2020] EWHC 2271 (Comm)
- acting for claimant seeking injunctive relief and damages arising from acquisition of accountancy business (Davis & Co v Alam and Alam [2020] EWHC 3284 (Comm))
- acting in a dispute over the proper construction of restrictive covenants (Medenta Finance v Hitachi Capital [2019] EWHC 323 (Comm) and [2019] EWHC 516 (Comm))
Arbitrations in which William has been instructed include the following:
- SCC Arbitration (ongoing) – acting for FSTE 250 company in $7m dispute arising from natural gas venture in the Middle East
- ICC Arbitration (ongoing) – acting for petrocarbon trading company in dispute arising from $13m liquified petroleum distribution network
- ICC Arbitration (2024) – acting for major investment bank in £1bn dispute with fund vehicles over equity raise opportunity
- ICC Arbitration (2021-2023) – acting for leading Central European food manufacturer in €37m breach of tax warranty claim under share purchase agreement
- ICSID Arbitration (2020-2023) – acting for investor in Romania’s largest insurance company in claim against the Romanian state in connection with its special administration and liquidation
- LCIA Arbitration (2020) – acting for shareholder in well-known beverage company in private equity dispute arising from exercise of £15m put option
- LCIA Arbitration (2022-2023) – acting for two leading Middle Eastern banks in a $500m dispute concerning security arrangements for sharia-compliant financings
- ICC Arbitration (2019) – acting for claimant in £4m gas field project dispute raising issues of termination, frustration, damages, and restitution for total failure of consideration
- SIAC Arbitration (2018) – acting on an arbitration raising issues of proof of foreign law and recognition of foreign judgments.
Insurance & Reinsurance
William acts in a variety of complex and high value insurance claims including issues of fair presentation, coverage and aggregation across a range of insurance lines. He is ranked as a leading junior for insurance and reinsurance in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 which have described him as “simply brilliant. He is fantastically bright”, and “a highly compelling advocate whose courtroom gravitas far exceeds his level of call”.
William is a committee member of the British Insurance Law Association Young Professionals and was shortlisted as Financial Services and Insurance Junior of the Year for the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023.
William has been instructed in many of market-leading business interruption insurance claims arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic including:
- Gatwick Investment Ltd & Ors v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe & Ors [2026] UKSC 14
- Bath Racecourse & Ors v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 153, [2025] 2 All ER (Comm) 528 and [2025] EWHC 1870 (Comm), [2025] Bus LR 2872
- Liberty Retail & Ors v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe & Ors [2024] EWHC 124 (Comm), [2025] Lloyd’s Rep IR 82
- London International Exhibition Centre plc v RSA & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 1026, [2025] Bus LR 366 and [2023] EWHC 1481 (Comm)
- Stonegate v MS Amlin & Ors [2022] EWHC 2548 (Comm), [2023] Lloyd’s Rep IR 672
William has also been instructed by reinsurer Fidelis in Russian Aircraft Litigation – Operator Policy Claims in $9bn+ proceedings brought by aircraft owners/lessors following alleged seizure of aircraft in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine (10 week trial listed for 2026) and is presently acting for Liberty Steel in Greensill Bank v Zurich & Ors, a $400m credit insurance coverage dispute arising out of the collapse of Greensill Bank (a 12 week trial listed for 2027).
Banking, Finance & Financial Services
William has a wealth of experience in investment and commercial banking and finance disputes. He has been instructed to act for numerous banks including Barclays, RBS, NatWest, Lloyds and HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Libyan Foreign Bank and VTB Bank as well as a range of other financial institutions. He is ranked as a leading junior for banking and finance in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 which have described him as “an absolute superstar”, with “written and oral advocacy [that] is truly exceptional”, “dynamic and unflappable, even in the trickiest of situations”, and “great to work with”.
William’s instructions for banks include acting for:
- Libyan Foreign Bank in a $102m guarantee claim against Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance (Commercial Court, ongoing)
- a major investment bank in a £1bn dispute with fund vehicles over equity raise opportunity (ICC Arbitration (2024))
- Close Brothers in the landmark motor finance litigation (Hopcraft v Close Brothers [2024] EWCA Civ 1282)
- Deutsche Bank in a €500m foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives dispute (Fiesta Hotels and Resorts v Deutsche Bank [2024] EWHC 1340 (Comm) and [2024] EWHC 1340 (Comm), settled before 10 week trial listed in 2025)
- Dubai Islamic Bank in a $400m Islamic financing dispute in the Abu Dhabi Global Markets Court (NMC Healthcare v Dubai Islamic Bank [2023] ADGMCFI 0017 and [2023] ADGMCFI 0020)
- Lloyds Bank in a £150m claim by the former owner of the high street chain Jaeger arising from the circumstances of its administration (Tillman v Lloyds Bank and Better Capital (Commercial Court, settled))
- JP Morgan in dispute over inflation-linked bonds (Metlife v JP Morgan Chase Bank [2016] EWCA Civ 1248 and [2015] EWHC 463 (Comm), whilst at Allen & Overy)
Other instructions in banking and finance disputes include acting for:
- a CFD broker in a £40m dispute with lender, including obtaining discharge of freezing injunction (Apollo XI v Nexedge Markets [2025] EWHC 1488 (KB)) and recovering loan to affiliate CFD broker (Nexedge Markets v Trex Global [2025] EWHC 3425 (Comm))
- a claimant group in a £1.3bn mis-selling claim in connection with the Eclipse / Disney film finance schemes (the Eclipse Litigation [2022] EWHC 227 (Comm), [2022] Costs LR 325 and [2022] EWHC 1843 (Comm))
- Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant in $80 million dispute under credit agreements affected by US sanctions (Banco San Juan v Petroleos de Venezuela [2020] EWHC 2937 (Comm), [2021] 2 All ER (Comm) 590 and [2021] EWCA Civ 610)
- Evalon as cash manager and agent bank in securitisation note dispute (Credit Suisse Asset Management v Titan 2006-1 [2016] EWCA 1293 and [2016] EWHC 969 (Ch), whilst at Allen & Overy)
William has also acted and advised in a number of letter of credit and performance bond disputes, including acting in Heytex v Unity Trade Capital [2022] EWHC 2488 (Ch) (dispute over alleged exclusion or effect of UCP 600 terms); Litasco v Banque El Amana [2025] EWHC 312 (Comm) (dispute over effect of alleged foreign law illegality); and Aggreko v Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp & Ors (injuncting payment under performance bonds, unreported, but see here).
William is highly experienced in financial services regulation and has been instructed by the Financial Conduct Authority, including in Financial Conduct Authority v Synergy Land Group [2023] EWHC 1130 (Ch), Financial Conduct Authority v 24HR Trading Academy [2020] EWHC 1455 (Ch), [2021] EWHC 648 (Ch) and [2023] EWHC 1130 (Ch) and Financial Conduct Authority v Biilz UK (Upper Tribunal, 2024). He is again ranked as a leading junior in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 and has been described as an “absolute intellectual powerhouse”, having “excellent judgement and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law”, and “often junior of choice for the FCA”.
Commercial Fraud
William is regularly instructed in commercial fraud claims, typically arising in a finance or insolvency context, and often with a cross-border element. He has considerable experience in interlocutory work that frequently arising in fraud cases, including obtaining and opposing freezing injunctions and search orders. He is ranked as a leading junior for civil fraud work in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 which have described him as “a star of the Bar”, “very clever and strategic, but also superb to work with”, “particularly user-friendly, very hands-on, extremely bright and demonstrates equanimity on high-profile cases”, and “something of an inspiration in court”.
William frequently deals with claims involving allegations of fraud in banking and insolvency instructions, set out in earlier and later sections. Other commercial fraud instructions include:
- acting for the liquidators in a £265m claim in connection with a major asset-based lending fraud perpetrated by the former directors of the Arena TV group (Arena Television v Bank of Scotland & Ors [2025] EWHC 3036 (Comm))
- acting for Chinese food conglomerate in $1bn fraud claim arising from acquisition of Chilean salmon farm business (Joyvio Group & Ors v Moreno & Ors [2024] EWHC 2493 (Comm))
- acting in fraud claim against a private equity fund and its partners for alleged misrepresentations as to the nature of the fund and its investor base (Boettcher v Xio & Ors [2023] EWHC 801 (Comm) and [2023] EWHC 1163 (Comm))
- acting for Indian financial services company defending £50m claim arising out of the Wirecard fraud (Manek v 360 One WAM & Ors [2023] EWHC 710 (Comm) and [2023] EWHC 985 (Comm))
- acting for investment bank and liquidators in a $1bn multi-jurisdictional asset tracing exercise from an alleged fraudulent default under precious metals facilities (Harrington & Charles & Ors v Mehta & Ors [2021] EWHC 1566 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 2960 (Ch) and [2023] EWHC 2420 (Ch))
- acting in a $10m fraud claim to rescind various business introducer agreements allegedly entered into in breach of fiduciary duty (Banque Havilland v Mazurier & Ors (Supreme Court of the Bahamas, settled))
Company & Insolvency Law
William is regularly instructed by insolvency officeholders and creditors on high value and complex insolvency and restructuring matters. He is ranked as a leading junior for insolvency and restructuring in both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 and has been described as “a star junior barrister”, “phenomenal”, “just a natural” with “an excellent intellect and a great, easy going way about him” and “confident advocacy and a masterful grip of the legal issues”.
William has acted and advised on a number of significant schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans including:
- VTB Capital – acting for VTB Bank in respect of VTB Capital’s proposed scheme of arrangement, involving complex issues as to the inter-relation of insolvency and sanctions law (ongoing)
- Argo Blockchain [2025] EWHC 3257 (Ch) and [2025] EWHC 3395 (Ch) – acting for retail advocate at sanction hearing for mid-market restructuring plan of a financially-distressed Nasdaq-listed crypto miner, involving cross-class cram-down
- Fossil Global Services [2025] EWHC 3058 (Ch) – acting for retail advocate in $182.5m restructuring plan of US-headquartered Fossil fashion accessories group
- Thames Water [2025] EWCA Civ 475, [2025] EWHC 338 (Ch) and [2025] EWHC 369 (Ch) – acting pro bono in public interest intervention by Charlie Maynard MP at sanction hearing and on appeal in respect of restructuring plan involving £3bn bridge finance for UK’s largest water and sewerage company
- Petrofac [2025] EWHC 859 (Ch) – acting for opposing creditor at convening hearings in $900m restructuring of listed petrocarbon services company
- Morses Club [2023] EWHC 705 (Ch) – acting for customer advocate at convening hearing in scheme of arrangement of doorstep loans provider
- Amigo II [2022] EWHC 549 (Ch) and [2022] EWHC 1318 (Ch) – acting for customer advocate at convening and sanctions hearing in £112m scheme of arrangement of consumer finance group, Amigo
William has been instructed in a range of disputes and court proceedings arising from complex liquidations, administrations and bankruptcies including:
- IBP Markets – acting for liquidators of investment fund in CASS claim in respect of the investment bank special administration of IBP Markets (Chancery Division, trial listed for 2027)
- VTB Capital – acting for VTB Bank in parallel Chancery Division and Administrative Court proceedings, involving complex issues as to the impact of sanctions on conduct of administration ([2025] EWHC 3359 (Admin), currently on appeal)
- NMC Healthcare – acting for various Middle Eastern banks in respect of the NMC Healthcare administration, including litigation on the effect of an ADGM DOCA and defending a $2bn fraudulent trading claim (ADGM, settled)
- Brake v The Chedington Court Estate – acting in long-running related bankruptcy and partnership liquidation proceedings, now leading authorities on standing to make insolvency applications, on section 283A of the Insolvency Act 1986, on unfair prejudice in the context of standalone moratoriums, and on rights of confidence/privacy in the insolvency context (see, e.g., [2023] UKSC 29, [2023] 1 WLR 3035; [2022] EWCA Civ 1302, [2022] EWCA Civ 235 and [2020] EWCA Civ 1491, [2021] BusLR 577; see also [2020] EWHC 1810 (Ch), [2020] 4 WLR 113; [2021] EWHC 670, [2021] 4 WLR 71 and [2021] EWHC 671; [2021] EWHC 2308 (Ch); and [2023] EWHC 1560 (Ch))
- Bell Pottinger – acting for liquidators and latterly Manolete in claims against former partners of well-known PR firm for excess drawings (Chancery Division, settled)
- Patley Wood Farm v Kicks – acting for creditors challenging trustee in bankruptcy decision-making as perverse ([2023] EWCA Civ 901, [2022] EWHC 2973 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 3118 (Ch) and [2022] EWHC 3257 (Ch))
- Core VCT – acting for liquidators of private equity funds resisting an application for removal from office, and obtaining information and documents from third parties under sections 234 to 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 ([2020] EWCA Civ 1207, [2021] PNLR 10 and [2019] EWHC 540 (Ch) and [2019] EWHC 701 (Ch))
- Mediterranean Insurance and Reinsurance – acting for administrators of an insolvent insurance undertaking long tail liabilities seeking court directions to make distributions to creditors, and move into liquidation
- Lehman Brothers International (Europe) – acting for major Lehman Brothers creditor in the ‘Waterfall I’ application ([2014] EWHC 704 (Ch), [2015] Ch 1, whilst at Allen & Overy)
William also has experience of Takeover Panel proceedings, having acted for an investment bank in Re Asia Resource Minerals (PS/2015/15) concerning a concert party reverse takeover (whilst at Allen & Overy).
Conflict of Laws
Most of William’s cases are cross-border in nature, and he receives regular instructions on commercial disputes that raise complex jurisdictional and choice of law issues. William won the John Morris Prize for best performance in the conflict of laws in his postgraduate studies at Oxford.
William has extensive experience of appearing in jurisdiction challenges, including:
- acting in appeal concerned with the construction and effect of an asymmetric jurisdiction agreement (Manilow v Hipgnosis [2025] EWCA Civ 486)
- acting for respondent in challenge to $350m freezing injunction obtained in support of foreign proceedings (Caterpillar Financial Services Asia v Highland & Ors (Chancery Division, ongoing))
- acting for Chinese conglomerate defending forum non conveniens challenge to $1bn fraud claim served in the jurisdiction (Joyvio Group & Ors v Moreno & Ors [2024] EWHC 2493 (Comm))
- acting for German claimant defending forum non conveniens challenge by Swiss and US based defendants in proceedings served both in and out of the jurisdiction (Boettcher v Xio & Ors [2023] EWHC 801 (Comm) and [2023] EWHC 1163 (Comm))
- acting for Indian financial services company seeking to set aside permission to serve out a £50m claim arising out of the Wirecard fraud (Manek v 360 One WAM & Ors [2023] EWHC 710 (Comm) and [2023] EWHC 985 (Comm))
- acting for liquidators in forum non conveniens challenge to fraud claim commenced in the jurisdiction arising out of a major corporate default in India (Harrington & Charles & Ors v Mehta & Ors [2023] EWHC 307 (Ch))
- acting for the second to fifth defendants in jurisdiction challenge involving lis pendens and interface between the Brussels Regulation and the Insolvency Regulation (Marme Inversiones v RBS & Ors [2016] EWHC 1570 (Comm), whilst at Allen & Overy)
William has been instructed on a number of cases raising complex governing law disputes including Litasco v Banque El Amana [2025] EWHC 312 (Comm) (letter of credit dispute raising issues about recognition of foreign judgments and the effect of foreign law illegality at common law (the ‘Ralli Bros’ rule)); Banco San Juan v Petroleos de Venezuela [2020] EWHC 2937 (Comm), [2021] 2 All ER (Comm) 590 and [2021] EWCA Civ 610 ($80 million dispute about the effect of foreign law illegality at common law (the ‘Ralli Bros’ rule) and under the Rome I Regulation on English law credit agreements); and SIAC Arbitration (2018) (arbitration raising complex issues of proof of foreign law and recognition of foreign judgments).
William is also highly experienced in arguing cases governed by foreign law, including where there is conflicting expert evidence as to the content and effect of foreign law. Recent examples include disputes governed by Chilean, French, German, Indian, Lebanese, UAE, Mauritanian, Russian and Saudi Arabian law.
Publications
William has published over 40 chapters, articles, notes and reviews in books and in journals including the Cambridge Law Journal and the Law Quarterly Review on a range of commercial law subjects.
Books
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 at 25, edited with Janet O’Sullivan and Louise Merrett (Hart, 2026)
Mandatory and Default Rules in Contract and Commercial Law, edited with Jonathan Morgan, Katy Barnett and Andrew Robertson (Hart, 2026)
Borderlines in Private Law, edited with Julius Grower (OUP, 2024)
Key Ideas in Commercial Law (Hart, 2023)
Landmark Cases in Private International Law, edited with Louise Merrett (Hart, 2023)
Challenging Private Law: Lord Sumption on the Supreme Court, edited with Sarah Worthington (Hart, 2020)
Chapters & Journal Articles
‘A Marex-cess: too much tort (and not enough insolvency)’, with Lord Justice Foxton (2027) 143 Law Quarterly Review (forthcoming)
‘Managing Risk in International Commercial Litigation’ in P Rogerson et al (eds), Principle and Pragmatism in Private International Law: Essays for Richard Fentiman (forthcoming)
‘False Statements, Omissions and Dishonest Delay, with Rose Edwards, in A Kramer KC and P de Verneuil Smith KC, Securities Litigation (forthcoming)
‘Security for costs: time to rethink the Dumrul undertaking’, with Ian Wilson KC (2026) 142 Law Quarterly Review 342
‘Section 1 of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999’ in The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 at 25 (above)
‘Default Rules in Contract Formation’ in Mandatory and Default Rules in Contract and Commercial Law (above)
‘Credit brokers as fiduciaries, and consequences for lenders’, with Julius Grower (2025) 40 Journal of International Banking & Financial Law 75 (Part 1) and (2025) 40 Journal of International Banking & Financial Law 80 (Part 2)
‘Interpretation’, with Adam Kramer KC, in M Chen-Wishart and P Saprai (eds), Research Handbook on The Philosophy of Contract Law (Edward Elgar, 2025)
‘Unjust Enrichment | Contract’ in Borderlines in Private Law (above)
‘The insolvency of financial services firms’ (2024) 17 Corporate Rescue & Insolvency 133
‘Shades of Frustration’ in E Peel and R Probart (eds), Shaping the Law of Obligations: Essays in Honour of Professor Ewan McKendrick KC (OUP, 2023)
‘The Eleftheria’ in Landmark Cases in Private International Law (above)
‘In restraint of restraint of trade’ [2022] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 134
‘Justifications for and Limitations on Interventions by Undisclosed Principals’ in PS Davies and Tan CH (eds), Intermediaries in Commercial Law (Hart, 2022)
‘Recent travails of fraudulent misrepresentation’ [2021] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 636
‘Reliance: a comparison between the common law and s90A FSMA’, with Peter de Verneuil Smith KC (2021) 36 Journal of International Banking & Financial Law 389
‘Contracts, illegality and comity: Ralli Bros revisited’ (2020) 79 Cambridge Law Journal 64
‘Variation and Waiver’ in Challenging Private Law: Lord Sumption on the Supreme Court (Hart, 2020)
‘Proprietary Restitution’ in Challenging Private Law: Lord Sumption on the Supreme Court (Hart, 2020) (with Sarah Worthington)
‘Disproportionate Penalties in Commercial Contracts’ in PS Davies and M Raczynska (eds), The Contents of Commercial Contracts: Terms Affecting Freedoms (Hart, 2020)
‘A mistaken turn in the law of contractual misrepresentation’, with Paul S Davies [2019] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 390
‘Reputation in the conflict of laws’ [2019] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 1
‘‘At the expense of’ in unjust enrichment: causal, direct or intentional transfers of value?’ [2017] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 588
‘Against necessity as a ground for restitution’ [2016] Restitution Law Review 26
‘Skirting around the issue: the corporate veil after Prest v Petrodel’ [2014] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 269
Case Notes
‘Gold, banking cents and Mur’, with Mr Justice Foxton (2025) 141 Law Quarterly Review 13
‘Contractualisation of civil jurisdiction’ (2024) 140 Law Quarterly Review 513
‘Fixed and floating charges: a question of consent or control?’ (2023) 82 Cambridge Law Journal 381
‘Pleading and proving foreign law’ (2022) 81 Cambridge Law Journal 24
‘Duress and uncertainty’ (2022) 138 Law Quarterly Review 194
‘Applicable law and arbitration agreements’ (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 238
‘Remoteness in contract damages’ (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 29
‘Risks on the contract/unjust enrichment borderline’, with Graham Virgo (2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 349
‘Freedom of contract and restraint of trade’ (2020) 79 Cambridge Law Journal 11
‘Lawful act duress (again)’, with Paul S Davies (2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 7
‘Piggyback jurisdiction and the corporate veil’ (2019) 135 Law Quarterly Review 551
‘Isn’t Brexit frustrating?’ (2019) 78 Cambridge Law Journal 270
‘Further narrowing the scope of unjust enrichment’ (2019) 78 Cambridge Law Journal 24
‘Non-assignment clauses – the statutory solution’ (2019) 135 Law Quarterly Review 205
‘Restitution for wrongs: one step forward, two steps back?’ [2018] Restitution Law Review 60
‘Jurisdictional gateways in the CPR’ (2018) 77 Cambridge Law Journal 36
‘Lawful act duress’ (2018) 134 Law Quarterly Review 5 (with Paul S Davies)
‘Restitution for wrongs: one step in the right direction?’ (2017) 133 Law Quarterly Review 384
‘A pyrrhic victory for the doctrine against penalties’ [2016] Journal of Business Law 115 and 251
‘Attributing illegalities’ (2015) 74 Cambridge Law Journal 409
‘An application of Wrotham Park damages’ (2015) 131 Law Quarterly Review 218
‘Negligence and the corporate veil: parent companies’ duty of care to their subsidiaries employees’ [2014] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 454
‘Penalty clauses revisited’ [2014] Journal of Business Law 512
‘Taking balance-sheet insolvency beyond the point of no return’ (2013) 72 Cambridge Law Journal 515
Book reviews
E Bant, K Barker and S Degeling (eds), Research Handbook on Unjust Enrichment (Edward Elgar, 2020): (2021) 80 Cambridge Law Journal 414
C Mitchell and S Watterson (eds), The World of Maritime and Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Francis Rose (Hart, 2020): (2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 690
A Arzandeh, Forum (Non) Conveniens in England: Past, Present and Future (Hart, 2019): (2020) 79 Cambridge Law Journal 189
A Burrows, Thinking About Statutes: Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement (CUP, 2018): (2019) 78 Cambridge Law Journal 222
C Mitchell, P Mitchell and S Watterson (eds), Goff & Jones: The Law of Unjust Enrichment 9th edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016) and J Edelman and E Bant, Unjust Enrichment 2nd edn (Hart, 2016): [2018] Restitution Law Review 280
C Witting, Liability of Corporate Groups and Networks (CUP, 2018): (2018) 34 Journal of Professional Negligence 163
G Virgo and S Worthington (eds), Commercial Remedies (CUP, 2017): (2018) 81 Modern Law Review 378
S Degeling and J Varuhas (eds), Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit (Hart, 2017): [2017] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 606
PS Davies, Accessory Liability (Hart, 2015): (2015) 36 Legal Studies 382





