• Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter [2022] QB 1: Patrick acted, led by Charles Kimmins KC and Sean Snook, in the Court of Appeal for the Defendant bank in this important case concerning the application of the deliberate concealment provisions of the Limitation Act 1980.

• A v B (ongoing): Patrick currently acts, against a silk, for the claimant in a multi-million pound arbitration in which it is alleged that the claimant was induced by fraud to enter a share swap agreement.  Raises complex issues of fraud, unjust enrichment, and the equity to rescind.
• Clearcourse & Ors v Jethwa & Ors: Acted for the claimant in obtaining a short-notice freezing injunction in a dispute arising from a share sale agreement.  The case settled on favourable terms shortly thereafter.
• Jafar v Abraaj Holdings and Ors: Acted, as junior to Stephen Atherton KC and Sarah Tresman, for two of the Fund Parties in two related claims brought in the Cayman Islands arising out of the well-publicised demise of the Abraaj Group, and the actions of its former CEO, Arif Naqvi.  The second claim was a fraud and unjust enrichment claim brought by businessman Abdulhameed Jafar in respect of US$300m worth of loans made to two companies within the Group prior to their liquidation.
• Steenbok & Others v Formal Holdings & Ors CL-2021-000321: Acting, led by Andrew Ayres KC, for the Claimants in this dispute in which it is alleged that the former CEO of the Steinhoff Group fraudulently procured companies in the group to make payments (i) on a false basis and (ii) that were ultimately a means of enriching himself and his associates.
• Acting, led by Andrew Fulton KC, for an indirect shareholder in, and lender to, a major care-home business in a dispute with the majority shareholders, raising issues of fraudulent breach of fiduciary duty and the application of contractual buy-out provisions.
• Acting, led by Andrew Ayres KC, for the former director of a major hardware company in respect of allegations of fraudulent breach of fiduciary duty made by the company’s administrators.
• Lendy Ltd (in administration) v Brooke and others: Patrick currently acts, led by Tony Beswetherick, for the administrators of a Company that has brought claims alleging fraudulent misappropriation against its (former) directors, and successfully obtained proprietary and worldwide freezing injunctions after a without notice hearing.
• Nitron v Barington Alliance LLP and others: obtained, with Luke Pearce, a worldwide freezing order on behalf of a major US commodities trader against an English LLP and associated persons and entities
• Re Gerald Smith: assisting enforcement receivers in respect of the recovery of a very large confiscation order (c.US$80 million).
• Assisting, during pupillage, Philip Edey KC and Andrew Fulton KC in relation to Fundo Soberano De Angola v dos Santos and others [2018] EWHC 2199 (Comm).

Patrick previously undertook pupillage at Erskine Chambers, the leading company law set, and so regularly acts in cases raising company law or insolvency issues. Recent cases include:

• Abraaj Holdings ( in official liquidation) v The GHF Group Limited: Patrick acted, led by Stephen Atherton KC and Sarah Tresman, for the defendant to this transaction avoidance action, valued at US$109m, in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.  The case settled prior to the conclusion of the trial in January 2024.
• Acting, led by Andrew Fulton KC, for an indirect shareholder in, and lender to, a major care-home business in a dispute with the majority shareholders, raising issues of fraudulent breach of fiduciary duty and the application of contractual buy-out provisions.
• Steenbok & Ors v Formal Holdings & Ors CL-2021-000321: Acting, led by Andrew Ayres KC, for the Claimants in this dispute in which it is alleged that the former CEO of the Steinhoff Group fraudulently procured companies in the group to make payments (i) on a false basis and (ii) that were ultimately a means of enriching himself and his associates.
• Acted, led by Andrew Ayres KC, for the former director of a major hardware company in respect of allegations of fraudulent breach of fiduciary duty made by the company’s administrators.
• Lendy Ltd (in administration) v Brooke and others: Patrick currently acts, led by Tony Beswetherick, for the administrators of a Company that has brought claims alleging fraudulent misappropriation against its (former) directors, and successfully obtained proprietary and worldwide freezing injunctions after a without notice hearing.
• Re ARDN: acting, with Tony Beswetherick, for the petitioning shareholders in respect of an acrimonious dispute arising from a project for the development of drone technology. Successfully secured the appointment of provisional liquidators over the company after a ‘without notice’ application.

• Brightwaters Energy Limited v Eroton Exploration and Production Company Limited [2026] EWHC 296 (Comm): Patrick acted for the applicants before Robin Knowles J and Butcher J, and obtained the appointment of receivers by way of equitable execution over oil revenues receivable by the respondent, which owed in excess of US$16.5m to the applicant under a Nigerian judgment debt.
• Fiesta Hotels and Resorts SL & Ors v Deutsche Bank AG & Ors [2024] EWHC 1422 (Comm): Patrick appeared (against a silk) for the respondent, Saranac Partners, in successfully resisting Deutsche Bank’s application for a non-party disclosure order.
• MYF Maximus v DNB Bank et al: Led by Duncan Matthews KC in a US$90m dispute before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, arising from a Finance consortium’s allegedly improper exercise, as mortgagee, of a power of sale over shares in a Cayman entity.

• Jafar v Abraaj Holdings and Ors: Acted, as junior to Stephen Atherton KC and Sarah Tresman, for two of the Fund Parties in two related claims brought in the Cayman Islands arising out of the well-publicised demise of the Abraaj Group, and the actions of its former CEO, Arif Naqvi.  The second claim was a fraud and unjust enrichment claim brought by businessman Abdulhameed Jafar in respect of US$300m worth of loans made to two companies within the Group prior to their liquidation.

• ADM v GHI & others [2024] EWCA Civ 33: Patrick acted, led by Lawrence Akka KC, for the successful Claimant in this important case, in which the Court of Appeal confirmed the Court’s power to commit directors for a company’s contempt, after the new CPR Part 81.

• ADM v GHI & others [2023] EWHC 135 (Comm): Patrick acted, led by Lawrence Akka KC, for the successful Claimant in a committal application, arising out of breaches of an asset disclosure order. The First Defendant company was fined £75,000, and the Second Defendant, who was responsible for the First Defendant’s breaches as its director, was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment.

• Cerno Limited v Petrofac Services Limited  CL-2021-000357: acting, led by Lawrence Akka KC, for the claimant in this claim for an unpaid, eight figure invoice for IT consultancy services (specifically, the assessment and reduction of the Defendant’s underlicensing exposure to a large software provider). Issues include construction of the consultancy agreement, a cross-claim in fraudulent misrepresentation, and detailed technical questions concerning the extent to which the defendant was under-licensed. Appeared as sole counsel both in the first CMC before Knowles J, and a second CMC before Butcher J fixed to address issues of disclosure and expert evidence, among others.
• Acting, with Thomas Raphael KC, for a substantial African oil company in a dispute arising out of an anti-suit injunction and consequent contempt proceedings, which was now been referred to LCIA arbitration.
• Acting, led by Andrew Fulton KC, for an indirect shareholder in, and lender to, a major care-home business in a dispute with the majority shareholders, raising issues of fraudulent breach of fiduciary duty and the application of contractual buy-out provisions.
• In an LCIA arbitration: acting, led by Michael Collett KC, for a major Chinese petrochemical company in an US$85million dispute raising complex issues of agency and insolvency law.
• Vodafone v TOT HC2017-000399: Acting, with Thomas Raphael KC, for Vodafone in this multi-million pound High Court dispute, raising complex jurisdictional and limitation issues. The case subsequently settled on favourable terms.
• Mobile Telecommunications Company v HRH Prince Hussam: appeared, led by Thomas Raphael KC, for MTC on Prince Hussam’s application, under the new paragraph 21 of PD51U, for inspection of documents allegedly mentioned in a witness statement ((2019] EWHC 2968 (Comm)) and on Prince Hussam’s application for the setting aside of an order for the extension of time under s.79 Arbitration Act 1996 ([2019] EWHC 3109 (Comm)).
• In the matter of an LCIA Arbitration: acting, led by Lawrence Akka KC and Rupert Hamilton, for the Defendant in a +US$100m IT arbitration.
• Re ARDN: acting, with Tony Beswetherick, for the petitioning shareholders in respect of an acrimonious dispute arising from a project for the development of drone technology. Successfully secured the appointment of provisional liquidators over the company after a ‘without notice’ application.
• Folgender Holdings Ltd v Letraz Properties Ltd [2019] EWHC 2131 (Ch): acted, led by Julian Kenny KC, for a property developer in a dispute concerning the grant of a charge over luxury property in London.

• Riverstone Services Ltd and Ors v New India Assurance Company: acting, as sole counsel, for the Claimant in High Court dispute worth c. US$1.6 million, arising from an insurance claim made under a marine hull break-up policy.

• Advising a quantity surveyor in respect of the carriage of a cargo of caissons from Spain to Scotland.

Patrick has a busy shipping practice. Recent instructions include:

• SSI Excellent:  Patrick is instructed, as junior to Thomas Raphael KC, in this s.69 appeal relating to the proper interpretation of the cl8 of the Inter-Club Agreement.  The appeal follows on from a 5-day hearing in June 2025, before a panel of three LMAA arbitrators.
• An LMAA Arbitration:  Patrick is instructed to act for the charterers in this c.US$4m chain arbitration  arising from the unavailability of transshipment vessels at a loadport in West Africa.   Issues raised concern the scope of a charterer’s obligation to load cargo and force majeure.
• The Alion [2025] EWHC 368 (Comm): Patrick appeared, led by Michael Collett KC, for the owners in this summary judgment application, under which the shipowner alleged that cargo claims brought by the claimants were time-barred under the terms of the bills of lading.  The case raised issues of the interaction of Art III r6 and r8 of the Hague Rules, contractually incorporated under a ‘Clause Paramount’, and other contractual time-bar provisions, including a provision regulating when suit is deemed to have commenced.
• Fastfreight v Bulk Trident [2023] EWHC 105 (Comm): Patrick acted, as sole counsel against a silk, in this appeal under s.69 of the Arbitration Act 1996, concerning the proper interpretation of an anti-deduction clause under a time charter and the decision of Bingham J in The Lutetian [1982] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 140. Patrick continues to represent the charterers in the underlying arbitration.
• An Ad-Hoc arbitration: Patrick acted, led by Julian Kenny KC for the successful buyers in a dispute concerning the sale of a c.US$40million superyacht. The case involved a successful, urgent application to Court for an injunction under s.44 of the Arbitration Act 1996, and disputes arising from the MOA concerning, amongst other things, the defence of tender and the availability of specific performance.
• Arnold v Halcyon Yachts [2022] EWHC 2858 (Admlty): Patrick acted for the successful defendant in a 4-day High Court trial, involving multiple factual and expert witnesses, arising out of the trans-Atlantic delivery of a yacht.
• Rhine Shipping DMCC v Vitol SA CL-2021-000186: Patrick currently acts, led by Philip Edey KC, for the claimant shipowners in this multi-million dollar charterparty dispute, raising complex res inter alios acta issues arising from oil trading hedge arrangements.
• An LMAA arbitration: Patrick currently acts, as sole counsel against a silk, for the defendant shipbuilder in this multi-million dollar dispute concerning the alleged repudiation of a contract for the construction and delivery of a luxury yacht.
• An LMAA arbitration: Patrick acted, led by Michael Ashcroft KC, for the successful sellers in a substantial, five-day LMAA commodities arbitration in June 2021.  The claim concerned the validity of loadport certificates of quality, allegations of off-spec cargo, and complex quantum issues arising from the buyer’s re-sale of the cargo.

• Cerno Limited v Petrofac Services Limited  CL-2021-000357: Acting, led by Lawrence Akka KC, for the claimant in this claim for an unpaid, 8 figure invoice for IT consultancy services (specifically, the assessment and reduction of the Defendant’s underlicensing exposure to a large software provider).  Issues include construction of the consultancy agreement, a cross-claim in fraudulent misrepresentation, and detailed technical questions concerning the extent to which the defendant was under-licensed. Appeared as sole counsel both in the first CMC before Knowles J, and a second CMC before Butcher J fixed to address issues of disclosure and expert evidence, among others.
• An LCIA Arbitration: Acted, led by Lawrence Akka KC and Rupert Hamilton, for a major software supplier in its tripartite, 9-figure dispute with its counterparty and sub-contractor relating to the provision of allegedly defective data-storage software used across a very large number of government entities.