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Matthew Bradley KC is a leading barrister in commercial disputes.
“Absolutely excellent on his feet” “A very strong silk” “An outstanding litigator, whose manner and advocacy in court are just right.” (Chambers & Partners / Legal 500)
The legal directories rank him as a leader in the fields of (1) commercial disputes (2) civil fraud (3) commercial chancery & (4) product liability law.
Additional areas of focus include arbitration, offshore work and professional negligence disputes. Increasingly engaged in cross-border fraud matters, much of his work is international in nature, often involving conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues. He speaks French, German and Spanish. He relishes being in court, has extensive trial advocacy experience and often appears at short notice on freezing injunction and Norwich Pharmacal applications.
Further legal directory commendations include:
Advocacy – “An exceptional advocate, with a flair for cross-examination; he really knows how to tease a response from a witness”; “an excellent advocate who knows how to read a courtroom”; “An assassin in cross-examination and clearly bound for the very highest echelons of the Bar”.
Analysis – “intellectually very strong and a good strategic thinker who always puts his client’s objectives front and centre”; “His advice is absolutely brilliant. You can give him a very complicated set of facts and he just takes control and guides you through what you need to do”; “innovative”.
Paperwork – “a wordsmith, both in settling pleadings and penning correspondence”; “[his] advice is amazingly coherent and concise”; “turns stuff around really, really quickly and his paperwork is great”; “strong on paper with an eye for detail”.
Working Style – “a pleasure to work with”; “a really responsive, affable barrister […] commercial in his outlook […] will bend over backwards to get things done.”; “impresses with his enthusiasm and his willingness to go the extra mile.”; “very much works in partnership with the instructing solicitor”.
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Matthew is experienced in Commercial Court, QBD, Chancery, Companies Court and TCC proceedings, as well as in arbitrations conducted both ad hoc and under specified institutional rules. His commercial cases often involve group / multi-party actions. Most of his cases straddle various areas of law, including commercial contract, the economic torts, civil fraud, company law and the law of fiduciary duties. His wide sector experience extends to aviation, energy/natural resources and banking disputes.
Matthew has long been recognised as a leading practitioner in commercial disputes. Comments from the directories include:
Matthew regularly appears in and advises on disputes embracing all aspects of commercial contract law. He provides clear advice on the proper construction of contracts and is experienced in litigating matters spanning the whole range of contractual law, across a variety of business contexts. He has acted in a large number of claims alleging misrepresentation.
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Matthew is experienced in work with an international dimension involving conflicts of laws and jurisdictional issues.
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Matthew is regularly instructed in claims relating to loans, guarantees and other forms of security and which arise more generally from the financial services sector.
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In recent years Matthew has built up a significant body of experience in the energy sector. His expertise spans the construction and operation of traditional oil & gas infrastructure facilities, but he also has significant experience in the renewables sector. Matthew’s experiences of product liability cases involving highly technical evidence stand him in good stead when acting in and advising on energy matters.
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Matthew has extensive experience of urgent High Court injunction proceedings seeking to restrain the alleged abuse of confidential information / breaches of restrictive covenants across various industry contexts, including recruitment, financial services and the insurance sector. His work in this area draws on and complements his knowledge and experience of economic torts claims and of claims involving breach of directors’ duties.
Matthew is ranked for his work in this area, which forms a central part of his practice and in which he acts in some of the most significant cases around.
He is well used to the complexities and evidential challenges of fraud claims, and has a particular interest and experience in claims in conspiracy and the economic torts more generally. He is experienced in obtaining and resisting (often at short notice) the forms of interim relief commonly associated with claims in fraud, including freezing injunctions and Norwich Pharmacal orders.
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Matthew has long been recognised as a leading practitioner in commercial chancery and company law disputes.
He is experienced in chancery litigation involving the collapse of business relationships and regularly acts in and advises on partnership disputes under the Partnership Act 1890 and unfair prejudice petitions under s.994 of the Companies Act 2006. He is well versed in matters relating to the alleged misconduct of directors and associated allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, and relief arising from board-room bust-ups in all their many forms.
Matthew has a particular niche in employee/shareholder claims involving directors, and is experienced in bringing shareholder actions in the High Court in tandem with employment tribunal proceedings.
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Matthew has wide experience of domestic and international arbitrations, conducted both ad hoc and under specified institutional rules.
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Matthew’s product liability work is broad-ranging and encompasses:
Featured Product Liability Cases
Matthew has long been recognised as a leader in product liability work. Comments from the legal directories include:
Matthew is experienced in professional liability and negligence claims, particularly those involving solicitors, independent financial advisors, valuers, surveyors and insurance brokers.
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Matthew’s experiences in commercial chancery matters and international commercial matters serves him well in offshore litigation, an area in which he has acquired significant experience in recent years.
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Matthew is a member of the International Bar Association and of C5, and is attuned to the cultural sensitivities which arise when working for clients from around the globe, and in particular the Asian and CIS markets.
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