Practice Overview
David Fisher has a strong commercial practice both in the UK and offshore and is an excellent and experienced trial and appellate advocate. David is frequently briefed as lead counsel against senior silks. Over the last 14 years David has been instructed in a string of commercial claims, including several shareholder disputes, in the Eastern Caribbean, primarily in the BVI. In that time he has been retained as lead counsel in several trials (at first instance and in the Court of Appeal) against senior UK silks. The exceptional experience that he has gained, from appearing before a range of specialised judges and against able and experienced advocates in jurisdictions that apply the same law as in the UK, makes him an obvious choice to represent clients in complex commercial litigation in the UK.
David is flexible and imaginative in advising on strategy and tactics. In recent substantial litigation in the BVI, David was briefed only shortly before the trial. He got on top of the case in 3 weeks and demolished the Claimant's case on the facts in cross examination, leading to a virtually unappealable judgment in his client's favour.
In legal argument, David reduces the issues to the simplest level to achieve maximum impact on the tribunal, particularly appellate courts.
David is also an experienced, effective and creative mediation advocate. Representing a defendant to a substantial claim, David advised on the viability of administration and a pre-pack, which would have left the claimant empty handed, and achieved an advantageous settlement for his client.