Commercial Litigation and Disputes

Commercial Litigation 

Devereux is one of the UK’s leading commercial sets with top ranked barristers in all the areas in which we practise. The excellence of our members is recognised by the main legal directories. We are proud of our reputation for high quality advocacy and advice, evidenced by our consistent involvement in some of the most prominent cases, including those heralded as the ‘Cases of the Year’ by The Lawyer magazine.

Our commercial expertise encompasses a broad range of disputes, with a particular emphasis on insurance, reinsurance, professional negligence, telecommunications, energy and natural resources, finance, tax, environmental law and High Court employment disputes. Our members have extensive experience in matters pertaining to commercial fraud and pre-emptive remedies including the freezing of assets and search orders. 

Members of Devereux are involved in all types of commercial dispute resolution, including acting before and as arbitrators and mediators, and act as experts on English law in overseas jurisdictions.

Commercial Disputes

We advise and represent clients across a broad spectrum of commercial disputes. Our extensive experience ranges from major international disputes to smaller scale matters involving individual entrepreneurs.

The work undertaken by Members of Devereux includes, for example, the construction of business sale, supply or distribution contracts, business property or secured lending disputes, investment disputes, partnership disputes, the sale or hire of goods, commercial fraud, breach of confidence, equitable remedies,  shareholder disputes, insolvency and the disqualification of directors.

Barristers with Expertise in this area

King’s Counsel


Alice Mayhew KC

Silk 2022 | Call 2001

Andrew Burns KC

Silk 2015 | Call 1993

Junior Counsel


Paul Emerson

Call 1984

Lucinda Harris

Call 2004

Laura Bell

Call 2004

Thomas Cordrey

Call 2006

Samuel Nicholls

Call 2006

Kate Balmer

Call 2009

Georgina Hirsch

Call 2009

Jesse Crozier

Call 2009

Bayo Randle

Call 2012

Marianne Tutin

Call 2013

Katya Hosking

Call 2014

Colm Kelly

Call 2015

Joshua Carey

Call 2015

Anna Greenley

Call 2009

Sam Way

Call 2016

Charlie Hill

Call 2019

Matthew Bignell

Call 2021

Aparajita Arya

Call 2021

Josh Neaman

Call 2024