David Lord

Awards and Achievements

Member: Chancery Bar Association
COMBAR

David read Law at Bristol before coming to the Bar.
He has also been called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands.

Please contact the clerks (clerks@3sb.law.co.uk) for a full CV.

Professional reputation

Recommended as a leading junior in insurance and reinsurance in Legal 500 2008, and listed for insurance and commercial dispute resolution in Chambers & Partners 2008.

Practice

David's practice comprises Chancery and Commercial Litigation with a particular emphasis on Insurance and Reinsurance, Company and Insolvency and Media and Entertainment.

A lot of his work has an international element and he is currently involved in cases in the Caribbean and the Far East.

David was heavily involved in the Lloyd’s litigation in the 1990s acting on behalf of the Names. He then became involved in the arbitrations that arose following the personal accident spiral and is currently involved in a number of High Court actions and arbitrations representing Lloyd’s syndicates, corporate insurers and reinsurers and brokers.

David was involved in the litigation that arose in relation to British & Commonwealth and Barings.

He currently acts for the reinsurers of T&N Limited, which is currently in administration, and the subject of complicated insolvency proceedings both here and in the USA.

He also currently acts for Mr Cherney in relation to the dispute with Mr Mr Deripaska and for Prince Jefri in relation to his long running dispute with the Brunei Investment Agency.

David has also acted for a number of high profile sports stars, musicians and actors as well as corporate entities involved in the media and entertainment industry.

Notable recent cases

• Cherney v Deripaska [2008] EWHC 1530 (an application for permission to serve out of the jurisdiction in proceedings between Russian oligarchs in which the Judge concluded that there was a risk that Mr Cherney would not recieve a fair trial in Russia)
• Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Hakkisan finance Corp Ltd and Myrzaly Ltd BVIHCV2006/0307 (substantial litigation in the BVI that has resulted in 2 judgments delivered on 31st July 2008 and 7th August 2008 concerning applications for compliance with requests for information from a receiver and to discharge receivership orders and freezing orders and strike out of the claims)
• His Royal Highness Prince Jefri Bolkiah v The State of Brunei Darrussalam and Anr [2007] UKPC 62 (The Privy Council decided that the Chief Justice of Brunei was correct not to recuse himself from hearing the proceedings and therr were no grounds for granting a stay on the basis that threr could not be a fair hearing of the application to enforce the Settlement Agreement)
• His Royal Highness Prince Jefri Bolkiah v The State of Brunei Darrussalam and Anr [2007] UKPC 63 (The Privy Council decided that Prince Jefri had no reasonably arguable defence to the claim by the Brunei Investment Agency to enforce a Settlement Agreement reached on 12 May 2000)
• Aspinall's Club Ltd v Fouad Al-Zayat [2007] EWCA 1001 (The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal of Mr Al-Zayat and held that on a proper analysis of the provisions of section 16 Gaming Act 1968 Mr Al-Zayat had defences with reasonable prospects of success and summary judgment should not have been entered against him)
• Anglo American Insurance Co v Lloyd's Syndicates [2007] EWHC (Comm) (an appeal from an arbitration award concerning aggregation of defence costs and liability claims)
• Amedeo Hotels Ltd Partnership & Ors v Zaman & Ors [2007] EWHC (Comm) 295 (an aplication to discharge a worldwide freexing order made pursuant to section 25 Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 on the grounds of material non-disclosure)
• Konkola Copper Mines & Anr v Coromin Ltd & Anr [2006] EWCA Civ 5 (An application for a stay of proceedings against Reinsurers on jurisdictional and case management grounds)
• Freakley & Ors v Centre Re & Anr [2006] 1 WLR 2863 House of Lords (an apppeal concerning whether claims handling costs amounted to administration expenses)
• Centre Re and Munich Re v Curzon Insurance Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 115 (an appeal concerning the construction of an insurance and a reinsurance policy and the Third Party (Rights Against Insurers) Act 1930)
• British Horseracing Board v Victor Chandler International Ltd [2005] EWHC 1074 (an action concerning the supply of racehorsing data to the BHB, through the Press Association to bookmakers)
• Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Plc v Dornoch Ltd & Ors [2004] EWHC 803 (an action concerning the construction of a claims control clause in a reinsurance policy which is currently being appealed to the Court of Appeal)
• Feasey v Sun Life & Pheonix, Steamship Mutual v Feasey [2003] EWCA Civ (an avoidance action which also involved consideration of the Life Assuance Act 1774 and insurable interests generally)
• Chandler v Buffham [2002] EWHC 1426 (an action whereby Victor Chandler (the bookmaker) attempted to prevent the use of confidential letters in a Panarama programme)
• Akinola v Heath [2002] EWHC 2062 (Ch) (an action to determine who owned the copyright in the highly successful dance song "The Key, The Secret")

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