Simon Adamyk

Simon has substantial experience of acting in high value and complex heavyweight cases, usually with an international element and often involving foreign systems of law (whether within Europe or further afield).

His cases include the following:

• He appeared (unled) in the multi-billion pound Equitable Life litigation. This was one of the most contentious and highly-reported cases of the decade.
• He acted extensively in at least seven of the individual proceedings in the multi-billion dollar BTA Bank fraud litigation in the BVI and London, one of the largest cases of the year according to The Lawyer. In several of these cases he was instructed unled, notwithstanding the exceptional amounts involved. He appeared both in England and the BVI (including in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2011] EWHC 202 (Comm), [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 10).
• He was instructed in First Tokyo Index Trust v Morgan Stanley, a part of the Maxwell litigation and a heavyweight piece of commercial litigation.
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Bitel v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel litigation, a claim for over $600 million. He attended court twice in the Isle of Man (both at first instance and on appeal) and also appeared in the Privy Council (AK Investment CJSC v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd [2011] UKPC 7, [2012] 1 WLR 1804).
• He appeared in the heavyweight Oracle Fund litigation, a claim pleaded for nearly $200 million. He attended court twice in The Bahamas (at first instance and in the Court of Appeal) and also appearing in the Privy Council (FFSB Ltd (formerly Fortis Fund Services (Bahamas) Ltd) v Seward & Kissel LLP [2007] UKPC 16).
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Lamane dispute in the BVI, appearing both at first instance (in the Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands) and on appeal to the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean.
• He acted extensively in the long-running and hotly-contested Re Estate of C litigation in Jersey, a dispute over a $1 billion estate raising issues spanning numerous jurisdictions (see eg. Garnham v PC; Re the Estate of C, 15 ITELR 720).
• He appeared in the Aziz litigation in England, an exceptionally high value matrimonial dispute centred on a £1.1 billion trust and company structure, which involved points of English company law and trusts law, Manx law, Gibraltar law, Cayman Islands law and EU law, and which made international headlines.
• He had extensive involvement in the long-running and closely-fought Pirrwitz v AI/PI litigation in Jersey, which culminated in two three-week trials and numerous interim hearings along the way.
• He acted extensively in the Teekay v Diamond Pacific litigation, led by a silk from Brick Court Chambers, involving shares in a shipping company valued at nearly $60 million.
• He was instructed by two global solicitors’ firms (by the Cayman office of one and the Hong Kong office of the other) in relation to a $2.2 billion shareholders’ dispute in the Cayman Islands over a well-known global company and which threatened the very existence of the company.
• He advised a defendant in a third party claim which had been brought against him in relation to various high value ($150 million) frauds which had been perpetrated on a bank by several of its employees.
• He advised a Luxembourg company in relation to a freezing injunction which had been obtained against it for more than £1.1 billion by a consortium of foreign banks.
• He advised a Florida law firm in relation to a multi-million dollar claim seeking to prevent the disposition of various high-value sports cars. The underlying claim was based in Brazil but involved companies in Florida, Italy and the British Virgin Islands, with parallel proceedings in several jurisdictions.
• He advised an investment company owned by an East Asian investor in relation to a dispute and suspected fraud by agents concerning the sale and purchase of a high-rise city centre commercial building.
• He advised a successful BVI AIM-listed plc in an international dispute concerning one of its wealthy former directors, which raised issues of British Virgin Islands company law and contract law, English company law and contract law, Monaco law, and international enforcement.
• He advised in a series of disputes regarding the hostile multi-million pound takeover of an LSE-listed English plc by a BVI company, which raised allegations of breaches of fiduciary duty, a threatened petition for the just and equitable winding-up of the target company, defamation, and alleged breaches of the Takeover Code and the Companies Act.
• He advised extensively in relation to a multi-million pound dispute concerning the earn-out and earn-up provisions of a share purchase agreement relating to a supplier of security products to a number of well-known household name stores in the UK, USA, Europe and East Asia.
• He advised a major high street bank in a multi-million pound international claim arising out of a major fraud perpetrated on a foreign bank.
• He acted for the Italian liquidators of the famous Italian football club, Venezia, on the international enforcement of a substantial (€4 million) judgment obtained against the debtor in the Italian courts as a result of the debtor’s alleged fraud.
• He advised in a substantial claim in the British Virgin Islands for the equitable winding-up of a substantial BVI company, which was the holding company of a large and high value international group of companies with subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands, United States and (ultimately) China.
• He advised a Bahraini company in a dispute with two Saudi Arabian corporate conglomerates concerning a major corporate joint venture franchise in the Middle East and North Africa.
• He advised a well-known national courier company in a dispute with another well-known national logistics company over the termination of a major contract for the supply of postal and courier services.
• He appeared successfully for the claimant purchaser in the week-long trial of a dispute over the purchase of proposed development land in Argentina which formed part of a polo club, involving extensive issues of Argentine contract law, company law and property law.
• He advised the directors of a plc whose wholly-owned subsidiary had been placed into administration and then into liquidation, in relation to a substantial disputed inter-company loan of more than £12 million which was said to be owing to the parent company.
• He advised an Italian investor in a breach of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation claim for several million dollars against an English company (part of a group valued at $1 billion) and its managing director.
• He has appeared in high value international commercial arbitrations in Paris, London and Dubai.
• He has been instructed jointly by both opposing sides in various commercial disputes as part of alternative dispute resolution to produce either an expert determination of the matters in dispute or a joint non-binding opinion as a private early neutral evaluation (ENE) to assist in settlement negotiations.
• He successfully represented the claimants in a complex international dispute regarding the trust funds of two Cypriot trusts which own investment companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama, with Swiss broking accounts, Seychelles and Cypriot nominees, and substantial failed investments in Greece. The case involved allegations under Cypriot law of deceit, breach of trust, dishonest assistance in a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duties, and negligence, and also allegations of breach of contract and various torts under Swiss law. The claimants succeeded in obtaining a worldwide freezing order against the defendant for in excess of £15 million, and they also successfully resisted a challenge to the jurisdiction of the English courts on the ground of forum non conveniens (Al Assam v Tsouvelekakis [2022] EWHC 2137 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 2111 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 451 (Ch), [2022] WTLR 787).
• He advised a Cayman company extensively in relation to a multi-billion dollar fraud in which a British Virgin Islands company in which it is a shareholder is said to have been involved, and has also advised in relation to a related unfair prejudice claim, a multi-million dollar breach of warranty claim and fraudulent misrepresentation claim.
• He advised a former monarch in relation to a high value claim involving allegations of harassment, defamation and breach of privacy.
• He advised a Canadian and Antiguan billionaire in his claim in Antigua & Barbuda for defamation against the international news and information giant, Reuters. The claim involved novel points of the interpretation of the Eastern Caribbean Electronic Litigation Rules when applied to proceedings served out of the jurisdiction, the exact status of Claim Forms after their expiry, and when a party will be held to have submitted to the jurisdiction. Simon attended two hearings before the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, and assisted in settling an application to the Privy Council for leave to appeal.
• He advised an Italian company in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute regarding an English international joint venture company which owned the IP for a household-name international clothing brand, and in relation to the operation of a Europe-wide licence for the manufacture and distribution of that brand.
• He advised an international development company with headquarters in the UK on a multi-million dollar dispute with a foreign European government concerning the supply of a substantial amount of heavy equipment sourced from around Europe.
• He successfully represented the claimant (led by Michael Booth KC) in a multi-million pound claim for breach of warranties and payment under an indemnity in respect of the sale of a company providing military training courses. The case involved complex issues of breach of warranty, knowing breach, accounting issues, and intricate calculations of quantum for loss of profits. It involved over 1,600 pages of expert evidence. The case culminated in a 12-day trial in the Commercial Court, following which (in a substantial 737 paragraph judgment) the claimant was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)). Simon then went on to represent the client (unled) in its application for consequential orders, and again was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 2491 (Comm)), including obtaining an award of indemnity costs, an order for interest at an increased rate of 8% over base, and an order for the immediate payment of £1.2 million on account of costs (Learning Curve (NE) Group Ltd v Lewis [2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)).
• He advised a Dutch company in relation to its dispute with a Lithuanian company, a Cypriot company and an English company concerning the repayment of a substantial sum held as electronic money by an Authorised Electronic Money Institution.
• He advised in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute in relation to a company formed to take advantage of business property relief, raising issues of just and equitable winding-up, unfair prejudice and derivative claims.
• He advised a Cayman Islands shareholder in relation to a potential multi-million pound claim for professional negligence against solicitors in drafting a share purchase agreement and shareholders’ agreement relating to a BVI company with a claimed value in excess of $11 billion.
• He appeared before the Court of Appeal (led by John Wardell KC) in a non-party appeal by a witness. The appeal was against critical findings of dishonesty and perjury made against that witness in the lengthy judgment by the Commercial Court in a claim involving the setting-side on the grounds of fraud of an arbitration award for more than $11 billion (Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 715). The case attracted international media attention both in the legal field and generally.
• He advised one of the shareholders and directors on the structure and constitution of a BVI company and its application for a licence to practise in the BVI.
• He advised and represented a United Arab Emirates investment company owned by a senior member of the Abu Dhabi royal family in a Dubai arbitration brought under the DIFC-LCIA Rules. The claim was bought by a Maltese company seeking over $30 million damages and commission payments. The case raised complex questions of English law, Maltese law and Dubai law, and involved contested expert evidence from Maltese lawyers. Simon also advised on matters relating to an appeal to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts.
• He advised a high net worth Mexican businessman and two of his overseas companies in their claim against an international art gallery. The claim relates to the purchase of more than $18 million of modern and contemporary works of art by artists such as Andy Warhol, Picasso, Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse. The dispute concerns the alleged over-valuation by the gallery of those works by more than $10 million.

Simon is an experienced commercial litigator with an international practice.  He has attended court in The Bahamas, the Isle of Man and the BVI, and has appeared twice in the Privy Council.  He has been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the BVI.

He regularly deals with cases involving tens or hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions, of pounds.  Simon appeared (unled) in the multi-billion pound Equitable Life litigation (one of the most contentious cases of the decade) and has acted in a stream of major high value disputes, including the huge BTA Bank litigation in the BVI and London (one of the largest cases of the year according to The Lawyer) and a number of high value and hotly contested disputes in Jersey.

The value which he brings to clients is widely recognised: he is “a mighty intellect and brings piercing analysis and meticulous attention to detail to his work” (Legal 500), he “enjoys a stellar practice” (Chambers Global), “his mastery of complex factual background is hugely impressive” (Legal 500) and he is “a major boost to any legal team” (Chambers UK Bar).

His cases include the following:

• He appeared (unled) in the multi-billion pound Equitable Life litigation. This was one of the most contentious and highly-reported cases of the decade.
• He acted extensively in at least seven of the individual proceedings in the multi-billion dollar BTA Bank fraud litigation in the BVI and London, one of the largest cases of the year according to The Lawyer. In several of these cases he was instructed unled, notwithstanding the exceptional amounts involved. He appeared both in England and the BVI (including in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2011] EWHC 202 (Comm), [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 10).
• He was instructed in First Tokyo Index Trust v Morgan Stanley, a part of the Maxwell litigation and a heavyweight piece of commercial litigation.
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Bitel v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel litigation, a claim for over $600 million. He attended court twice in the Isle of Man (both at first instance and on appeal) and also appeared in the Privy Council (AK Investment CJSC v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd [2011] UKPC 7, [2012] 1 WLR 1804).
• He appeared in the heavyweight Oracle Fund litigation, a claim pleaded for nearly $200 million. He attended court twice in The Bahamas (at first instance and in the Court of Appeal) and also appearing in the Privy Council (FFSB Ltd (formerly Fortis Fund Services (Bahamas) Ltd) v Seward & Kissel LLP [2007] UKPC 16).
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Lamane dispute in the BVI, appearing both at first instance (in the Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands) and on appeal to the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean.
• He acted extensively in the long-running and hotly-contested Re Estate of C litigation in Jersey, a dispute over a $1 billion estate raising issues spanning numerous jurisdictions (see eg. Garnham v PC; Re the Estate of C, 15 ITELR 720).
• He appeared in the Aziz litigation in England, an exceptionally high value matrimonial dispute centred on a £1.1 billion trust and company structure, which involved points of English company law and trusts law, Manx law, Gibraltar law, Cayman Islands law and EU law, and which made international headlines.
• He had extensive involvement in the long-running and closely-fought Pirrwitz v AI/PI litigation in Jersey, which culminated in two three-week trials and numerous interim hearings along the way.
• He acted extensively in the Teekay v Diamond Pacific litigation, led by a silk from Brick Court Chambers, involving shares in a shipping company valued at nearly $60 million.
• He was instructed by two global solicitors’ firms (by the Cayman office of one and the Hong Kong office of the other) in relation to a $2.2 billion shareholders’ dispute in the Cayman Islands over a well-known global company and which threatened the very existence of the company.
• He advised a defendant in a third party claim which had been brought against him in relation to various high value ($150 million) frauds which had been perpetrated on a bank by several of its employees.
• He advised a Luxembourg company in relation to a freezing injunction which had been obtained against it for more than £1.1 billion by a consortium of foreign banks.
• He advised a Florida law firm in relation to a multi-million dollar claim seeking to prevent the disposition of various high-value sports cars. The underlying claim was based in Brazil but involved companies in Florida, Italy and the British Virgin Islands, with parallel proceedings in several jurisdictions.
• He advised an investment company owned by an East Asian investor in relation to a dispute and suspected fraud by agents concerning the sale and purchase of a high-rise city centre commercial building.
• He advised a successful BVI AIM-listed plc in an international dispute concerning one of its wealthy former directors, which raised issues of British Virgin Islands company law and contract law, English company law and contract law, Monaco law, and international enforcement.
• He advised in a series of disputes regarding the hostile multi-million pound takeover of an LSE-listed English plc by a BVI company, which raised allegations of breaches of fiduciary duty, a threatened petition for the just and equitable winding-up of the target company, defamation, and alleged breaches of the Takeover Code and the Companies Act.
• He advised extensively in relation to a multi-million pound dispute concerning the earn-out and earn-up provisions of a share purchase agreement relating to a supplier of security products to a number of well-known household name stores in the UK, USA, Europe and East Asia.
• He advised a major high street bank in a multi-million pound international claim arising out of a major fraud perpetrated on a foreign bank.
• He acted for the Italian liquidators of the famous Italian football club, Venezia, on the international enforcement of a substantial (€4 million) judgment obtained against the debtor in the Italian courts as a result of the debtor’s alleged fraud.
• He advised in a substantial claim in the British Virgin Islands for the equitable winding-up of a substantial BVI company, which was the holding company of a large and high value international group of companies with subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands, United States and (ultimately) China.
• He advised a Bahraini company in a dispute with two Saudi Arabian corporate conglomerates concerning a major corporate joint venture franchise in the Middle East and North Africa.
• He advised a well-known national courier company in a dispute with another well-known national logistics company over the termination of a major contract for the supply of postal and courier services.
• He appeared successfully for the claimant purchaser in the week-long trial of a dispute over the purchase of proposed development land in Argentina which formed part of a polo club, involving extensive issues of Argentine contract law, company law and property law.
• He advised the directors of a plc whose wholly-owned subsidiary had been placed into administration and then into liquidation, in relation to a substantial disputed inter-company loan of more than £12 million which was said to be owing to the parent company.
• He advised an Italian investor in a breach of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation claim for several million dollars against an English company (part of a group valued at $1 billion) and its managing director.
• He has appeared in high value international commercial arbitrations in Paris, London and Dubai.
• He has been instructed jointly by both opposing sides in various commercial disputes as part of alternative dispute resolution to produce either an expert determination of the matters in dispute or a joint non-binding opinion as a private early neutral evaluation (ENE) to assist in settlement negotiations.
• He successfully represented the claimants in a complex international dispute regarding the trust funds of two Cypriot trusts which own investment companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama, with Swiss broking accounts, Seychelles and Cypriot nominees, and substantial failed investments in Greece. The case involved allegations under Cypriot law of deceit, breach of trust, dishonest assistance in a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duties, and negligence, and also allegations of breach of contract and various torts under Swiss law. The claimants succeeded in obtaining a worldwide freezing order against the defendant for in excess of £15 million, and they also successfully resisted a challenge to the jurisdiction of the English courts on the ground of forum non conveniens (Al Assam v Tsouvelekakis [2022] EWHC 2137 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 2111 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 451 (Ch), [2022] WTLR 787).
• He advised a Cayman company extensively in relation to a multi-billion dollar fraud in which a British Virgin Islands company in which it is a shareholder is said to have been involved, and has also advised in relation to a related unfair prejudice claim, a multi-million dollar breach of warranty claim and fraudulent misrepresentation claim.
• He advised a former monarch in relation to a high value claim involving allegations of harassment, defamation and breach of privacy.
• He advised a Canadian and Antiguan billionaire in his claim in Antigua & Barbuda for defamation against the international news and information giant, Reuters. The claim involved novel points of the interpretation of the Eastern Caribbean Electronic Litigation Rules when applied to proceedings served out of the jurisdiction, the exact status of Claim Forms after their expiry, and when a party will be held to have submitted to the jurisdiction. Simon attended two hearings before the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, and assisted in settling an application to the Privy Council for leave to appeal.
• He advised an Italian company in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute regarding an English international joint venture company which owned the IP for a household-name international clothing brand, and in relation to the operation of a Europe-wide licence for the manufacture and distribution of that brand.
• He advised an international development company with headquarters in the UK on a multi-million dollar dispute with a foreign European government concerning the supply of a substantial amount of heavy equipment sourced from around Europe.
• He successfully represented the claimant (led by Michael Booth KC) in a multi-million pound claim for breach of warranties and payment under an indemnity in respect of the sale of a company providing military training courses. The case involved complex issues of breach of warranty, knowing breach, accounting issues, and intricate calculations of quantum for loss of profits. It involved over 1,600 pages of expert evidence. The case culminated in a 12-day trial in the Commercial Court, following which (in a substantial 737 paragraph judgment) the claimant was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)). Simon then went on to represent the client (unled) in its application for consequential orders, and again was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 2491 (Comm)), including obtaining an award of indemnity costs, an order for interest at an increased rate of 8% over base, and an order for the immediate payment of £1.2 million on account of costs (Learning Curve (NE) Group Ltd v Lewis [2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)).
• He advised a Dutch company in relation to its dispute with a Lithuanian company, a Cypriot company and an English company concerning the repayment of a substantial sum held as electronic money by an Authorised Electronic Money Institution.
• He advised in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute in relation to a company formed to take advantage of business property relief, raising issues of just and equitable winding-up, unfair prejudice and derivative claims.
• He advised a Cayman Islands shareholder in relation to a potential multi-million pound claim for professional negligence against solicitors in drafting a share purchase agreement and shareholders’ agreement relating to a BVI company with a claimed value in excess of $11 billion.
• He appeared before the Court of Appeal (led by John Wardell KC) in a non-party appeal by a witness. The appeal was against critical findings of dishonesty and perjury made against that witness in the lengthy judgment by the Commercial Court in a claim involving the setting-side on the grounds of fraud of an arbitration award for more than $11 billion (Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 715). The case attracted international media attention both in the legal field and generally.
• He advised one of the shareholders and directors on the structure and constitution of a BVI company and its application for a licence to practise in the BVI.
• He advised and represented a United Arab Emirates investment company owned by a senior member of the Abu Dhabi royal family in a Dubai arbitration brought under the DIFC-LCIA Rules. The claim was bought by a Maltese company seeking over $30 million damages and commission payments. The case raised complex questions of English law, Maltese law and Dubai law, and involved contested expert evidence from Maltese lawyers. Simon also advised on matters relating to an appeal to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts.
• He advised a high net worth Mexican businessman and two of his overseas companies in their claim against an international art gallery. The claim relates to the purchase of more than $18 million of modern and contemporary works of art by artists such as Andy Warhol, Picasso, Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse. The dispute concerns the alleged over-valuation by the gallery of those works by more than $10 million

Simon is an experienced commercial litigator with an international practice.  He has attended court in The Bahamas, the Isle of Man and the BVI, and has appeared twice in the Privy Council.  He has been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the BVI.

He regularly deals with cases involving tens or hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions, of pounds.  Simon appeared (unled) in the multi-billion pound Equitable Life litigation (one of the most contentious cases of the decade) and has acted in a stream of major high value disputes, including the huge BTA Bank litigation in the BVI and London (one of the largest cases of the year according to The Lawyer) and a number of high value and hotly contested disputes in Jersey.

The value which he brings to clients is widely recognised: he is“a mighty intellect andbrings piercing analysis and meticulous attention to detail to his work”(Legal 500), he“enjoys a stellar practice”(Chambers Global),“his mastery of complex factual background is hugely impressive”(Legal 500) and he is“a major boost to any legal team”(Chambers UK Bar).

He has wide experience of dealing with international issues and heavy cases including:

• He appeared (unled) in the multi-billion pound Equitable Life litigation. This was one of the most contentious and highly-reported cases of the decade.
• He acted extensively in at least seven of the individual proceedings in the multi-billion dollar BTA Bank fraud litigation in the BVI and London, one of the largest cases of the year according to The Lawyer. In several of these cases he was instructed unled, notwithstanding the exceptional amounts involved. He appeared both in England and the BVI (including in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2011] EWHC 202 (Comm), [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 10).
• He was instructed in First Tokyo Index Trust v Morgan Stanley, a part of the Maxwell litigation and a heavyweight piece of commercial litigation.
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Bitel v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel litigation, a claim for over $600 million. He attended court twice in the Isle of Man (both at first instance and on appeal) and also appeared in the Privy Council (AK Investment CJSC v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd [2011] UKPC 7, [2012] 1 WLR 1804).
• He appeared in the heavyweight Oracle Fund litigation, a claim pleaded for nearly $200 million. He attended court twice in The Bahamas (at first instance and in the Court of Appeal) and also appearing in the Privy Council (FFSB Ltd (formerly Fortis Fund Services (Bahamas) Ltd) v Seward & Kissel LLP [2007] UKPC 16).
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Lamane dispute in the BVI, appearing both at first instance (in the Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands) and on appeal to the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean.
• He acted extensively in the long-running and hotly-contested Re Estate of C litigation in Jersey, a dispute over a $1 billion estate raising issues spanning numerous jurisdictions (see eg. Garnham v PC; Re the Estate of C, 15 ITELR 720).
• He appeared in the Aziz litigation in England, an exceptionally high value matrimonial dispute centred on a £1.1 billion trust and company structure, which involved points of English company law and trusts law, Manx law, Gibraltar law, Cayman Islands law and EU law, and which made international headlines.
• He had extensive involvement in the long-running and closely-fought Pirrwitz v AI/PI litigation in Jersey, which culminated in two three-week trials and numerous interim hearings along the way.
• He acted extensively in the Teekay v Diamond Pacific litigation, led by a silk from Brick Court Chambers, involving shares in a shipping company valued at nearly $60 million.
• He was instructed by two global solicitors’ firms (by the Cayman office of one and the Hong Kong office of the other) in relation to a $2.2 billion shareholders’ dispute in the Cayman Islands over a well-known global company and which threatened the very existence of the company.
• He advised a defendant in a third party claim which had been brought against him in relation to various high value ($150 million) frauds which had been perpetrated on a bank by several of its employees.
• He advised a Luxembourg company in relation to a freezing injunction which had been obtained against it for more than £1.1 billion by a consortium of foreign banks.
• He advised a Florida law firm in relation to a multi-million dollar claim seeking to prevent the disposition of various high-value sports cars. The underlying claim was based in Brazil but involved companies in Florida, Italy and the British Virgin Islands, with parallel proceedings in several jurisdictions.
• He advised an investment company owned by an East Asian investor in relation to a dispute and suspected fraud by agents concerning the sale and purchase of a high-rise city centre commercial building.
• He advised a successful BVI AIM-listed plc in an international dispute concerning one of its wealthy former directors, which raised issues of British Virgin Islands company law and contract law, English company law and contract law, Monaco law, and international enforcement.
• He advised in a series of disputes regarding the hostile multi-million pound takeover of an LSE-listed English plc by a BVI company, which raised allegations of breaches of fiduciary duty, a threatened petition for the just and equitable winding-up of the target company, defamation, and alleged breaches of the Takeover Code and the Companies Act.
• He advised extensively in relation to a multi-million pound dispute concerning the earn-out and earn-up provisions of a share purchase agreement relating to a supplier of security products to a number of well-known household name stores in the UK, USA, Europe and East Asia.
• He advised a major high street bank in a multi-million pound international claim arising out of a major fraud perpetrated on a foreign bank.
• He acted for the Italian liquidators of the famous Italian football club, Venezia, on the international enforcement of a substantial (€4 million) judgment obtained against the debtor in the Italian courts as a result of the debtor’s alleged fraud.
• He advised in a substantial claim in the British Virgin Islands for the equitable winding-up of a substantial BVI company, which was the holding company of a large and high value international group of companies with subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands, United States and (ultimately) China.
• He advised a Bahraini company in a dispute with two Saudi Arabian corporate conglomerates concerning a major corporate joint venture franchise in the Middle East and North Africa.
• He advised a well-known national courier company in a dispute with another well-known national logistics company over the termination of a major contract for the supply of postal and courier services.
• He appeared successfully for the claimant purchaser in the week-long trial of a dispute over the purchase of proposed development land in Argentina which formed part of a polo club, involving extensive issues of Argentine contract law, company law and property law.
• He advised the directors of a plc whose wholly-owned subsidiary had been placed into administration and then into liquidation, in relation to a substantial disputed inter-company loan of more than £12 million which was said to be owing to the parent company.
• He advised an Italian investor in a breach of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation claim for several million dollars against an English company (part of a group valued at $1 billion) and its managing director.
• He has appeared in high value international commercial arbitrations in Paris, London and Dubai.
• He has been instructed jointly by both opposing sides in various commercial disputes as part of alternative dispute resolution to produce either an expert determination of the matters in dispute or a joint non-binding opinion as a private early neutral evaluation (ENE) to assist in settlement negotiations.
• He successfully represented the claimants in a complex international dispute regarding the trust funds of two Cypriot trusts which own investment companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama, with Swiss broking accounts, Seychelles and Cypriot nominees, and substantial failed investments in Greece. The case involved allegations under Cypriot law of deceit, breach of trust, dishonest assistance in a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duties, and negligence, and also allegations of breach of contract and various torts under Swiss law. The claimants succeeded in obtaining a worldwide freezing order against the defendant for in excess of £15 million, and they also successfully resisted a challenge to the jurisdiction of the English courts on the ground of forum non conveniens (Al Assam v Tsouvelekakis [2022] EWHC 2137 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 2111 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 451 (Ch), [2022] WTLR 787).
• He advised a Cayman company extensively in relation to a multi-billion dollar fraud in which a British Virgin Islands company in which it is a shareholder is said to have been involved, and has also advised in relation to a related unfair prejudice claim, a multi-million dollar breach of warranty claim and fraudulent misrepresentation claim.
• He advised a former monarch in relation to a high value claim involving allegations of harassment, defamation and breach of privacy.
• He advised a Canadian and Antiguan billionaire in his claim in Antigua & Barbuda for defamation against the international news and information giant, Reuters. The claim involved novel points of the interpretation of the Eastern Caribbean Electronic Litigation Rules when applied to proceedings served out of the jurisdiction, the exact status of Claim Forms after their expiry, and when a party will be held to have submitted to the jurisdiction. Simon attended two hearings before the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, and assisted in settling an application to the Privy Council for leave to appeal.
• He advised an Italian company in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute regarding an English international joint venture company which owned the IP for a household-name international clothing brand, and in relation to the operation of a Europe-wide licence for the manufacture and distribution of that brand.
• He advised an international development company with headquarters in the UK on a multi-million dollar dispute with a foreign European government concerning the supply of a substantial amount of heavy equipment sourced from around Europe.
• He successfully represented the claimant (led by Michael Booth KC) in a multi-million pound claim for breach of warranties and payment under an indemnity in respect of the sale of a company providing military training courses. The case involved complex issues of breach of warranty, knowing breach, accounting issues, and intricate calculations of quantum for loss of profits. It involved over 1,600 pages of expert evidence. The case culminated in a 12-day trial in the Commercial Court, following which (in a substantial 737 paragraph judgment) the claimant was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)). Simon then went on to represent the client (unled) in its application for consequential orders, and again was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 2491 (Comm)), including obtaining an award of indemnity costs, an order for interest at an increased rate of 8% over base, and an order for the immediate payment of £1.2 million on account of costs (Learning Curve (NE) Group Ltd v Lewis [2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)).
• He advised a Dutch company in relation to its dispute with a Lithuanian company, a Cypriot company and an English company concerning the repayment of a substantial sum held as electronic money by an Authorised Electronic Money Institution.
• He advised in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute in relation to a company formed to take advantage of business property relief, raising issues of just and equitable winding-up, unfair prejudice and derivative claims.
• He advised a Cayman Islands shareholder in relation to a potential multi-million pound claim for professional negligence against solicitors in drafting a share purchase agreement and shareholders’ agreement relating to a BVI company with a claimed value in excess of $11 billion.
• He appeared before the Court of Appeal (led by John Wardell KC) in a non-party appeal by a witness. The appeal was against critical findings of dishonesty and perjury made against that witness in the lengthy judgment by the Commercial Court in a claim involving the setting-side on the grounds of fraud of an arbitration award for more than $11 billion (Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 715). The case attracted international media attention both in the legal field and generally.
• He advised one of the shareholders and directors on the structure and constitution of a BVI company and its application for a licence to practise in the BVI.
• He advised and represented a United Arab Emirates investment company owned by a senior member of the Abu Dhabi royal family in a Dubai arbitration brought under the DIFC-LCIA Rules. The claim was bought by a Maltese company seeking over $30 million damages and commission payments. The case raised complex questions of English law, Maltese law and Dubai law, and involved contested expert evidence from Maltese lawyers. Simon also advised on matters relating to an appeal to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts.
• He advised a high net worth Mexican businessman and two of his overseas companies in their claim against an international art gallery. The claim relates to the purchase of more than $18 million of modern and contemporary works of art by artists such as Andy Warhol, Picasso, Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse. The dispute concerns the alleged over-valuation by the gallery of those works by more than $10 million.

Simon has wide experience of cases involving public access over land, including public rights of way, common land and town or village greens. He appeared in the Supreme Court in the leading case on statutory incompatibility in relation to town or village greens (the Lancashire and NHS Property Services case). He has also appeared at the public inquiry, at first instance and in the Court of Appeal in the leading case on the meaning of “curtilage of a building” (the Blackbushe Airport case). He has also appeared at first instance and in the Court of Appeal on one of the leading cases on the factors to be considered on an application for a public path diversion order (the Rollright case). He has appeared at various public inquiries in relation to public highways matters and commons matters. He has wide experience of advising landowners, nominating groups and local authorities in relation to assets of community value (ACVs), and he is the author of the leading textbook dedicated to the subject, Assets of Community Value: Law and Practice, which has been cited in several decisions of the High Court and First-tier Tribunal. He has also delivered seminars to the Planning Inspectorate and the Association of Commons Registration Authorities in relation to common land and town or village greens.

His cases include the following:

• R (Lancashire County Council) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; R (NHS Property Services Ltd) v Surrey County Council [2019] UKSC 58, [2021] AC 194 – Supreme Court – town or village greens – registration of land held by public authority as town or village green – statutory incompatibility between purposes for which land held by public authority and recreational use of town or village green – effect of Supreme Court decision in R (Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd) v East Sussex County Council [2015] UKSC 7
• R (Hampshire County Council) v Blackbushe Airport Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 398, [2022] QB 103 (Court of Appeal) and [2020] EWHC 959 (Admin), [2021] QB 89 (Holgate J) (the “Blackbushe Airport” case) – commons – de-registration of common land – Schedule 2 to Commons Act 2006 – meaning of “curtilage of a building” – whether entire operational land of an airport could form part of the curtilage of the terminal building
• Open Spaces Society v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2021] EWCA Civ 241, [2021] PTSR 1295 (Court of Appeal) and [2020] EWHC 1085 (Admin), [2020] PTSR 1626 (Lieven J) (the “Rollright” case) – public rights of way – footpaths and bridleways – public path diversion orders under section 119 Highways Act 1980 – whether statutory list of material considerations was exhaustive list
• R (Pereira) v Environment and Traffic Adjudicators [2020] EWHC 811 (Admin), [2020] 4 WLR 134 (Fordham J) – public highways – penalty charge notices – footway parking – pavement parking – parking on own land – “road to which public has access” – whether public needs to have factual and lawful access – implied licence for public to gain access when owner’s car not parked there
• R (Comber) v (1) Hampshire County Council and (2) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Claim No. CO/762/2020 (Lieven J) – commons – Broxhead Common – judicial review – alleged mistake by commons registration authority in removing common land from register decades ago – section 19 Commons Act 2006 – Commons Registration Act 1965 – nature of required mistake
• Comber v Hampshire County Council – Simon successfully represented Hampshire County Council (as commons registration authority) at the hearings of two applications seeking to amend the register of common land for the area near Broxhead Common in Hampshire under section 19 of the Commons Act 2006
• Open Spaces Society v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2022] EWHC 3044 (Admin) (Sir Ross Cranston) (the “Barking Tye” case) – commons – consent for restricted works on common land under section 38 Commons Act 2006 – relationship between application under section 38 for consent to carry out restricted works on common land and application under section 16 for de-registration and exchange of common land – need to consider potential alternatives to proposed works
• Marshall v Arun District Council [2017] UKFTT CR-2016-0025 (GRC) – assets of community value – nominating group – hotel exception
• Hamna Wakaf Ltd v London Borough of Lambeth [2016] UKFTT CR-2015-0026 (GRC) –assets of community value – nominating group – future use test
• Simon acted for the London Borough of Lambeth in relation to applications to register the Undercroft on the Southbank in London as a town or village green and as an asset of community value, which attracted widespread media attention and were eventually settled following the intervention of the Mayor of London
• Simon has advised numerous landowners, nominating groups and local authorities on a wide variety of issues in relation to assets of community value (ACVs)
• Simon has advised numerous parties in relation to common land, town or village greens and public rights of way

Simon regularly deals with cases involving tens or hundreds of millions, and sometimes billions, of pounds. His practice is extremely international. He has attended court in The Bahamas, the Isle of Man and the British Virgin Islands, has appeared in the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean, has appeared in the Supreme Court in England, and has appeared (twice) in the Privy Council. He has had significant involvement in a number of substantial cases in Jersey, and has also been called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.

Simon’s record includes acting in a stream of major high value and heavyweight cases, including:

• He appeared (unled) in the multi-billion pound Equitable Life litigation. This was one of the most contentious and highly-reported cases of the decade.
• He acted extensively in at least seven of the individual proceedings in the multi-billion dollar BTA Bank fraud litigation in the BVI and London, one of the largest cases of the year according to The Lawyer. In several of these cases he was instructed unled, notwithstanding the exceptional amounts involved. He appeared both in England and the BVI (including in JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2011] EWHC 202 (Comm), [2011] 2 All ER (Comm) 10).
• He was instructed in First Tokyo Index Trust v Morgan Stanley, a part of the Maxwell litigation and a heavyweight piece of commercial litigation.
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Bitel v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel litigation, a claim for over $600 million. He attended court twice in the Isle of Man (both at first instance and on appeal) and also appeared in the Privy Council (AK Investment CJSC v Kyrgyz Mobil Tel Ltd [2011] UKPC 7, [2012] 1 WLR 1804).
• He appeared in the heavyweight Oracle Fund litigation, a claim pleaded for nearly $200 million. He attended court twice in The Bahamas (at first instance and in the Court of Appeal) and also appearing in the Privy Council (FFSB Ltd (formerly Fortis Fund Services (Bahamas) Ltd) v Seward & Kissel LLP [2007] UKPC 16).
• He acted extensively in the heavyweight Lamane dispute in the BVI, appearing both at first instance (in the Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands) and on appeal to the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean.
• He acted extensively in the long-running and hotly-contested Re Estate of C litigation in Jersey, a dispute over a $1 billion estate raising issues spanning numerous jurisdictions (see eg. Garnham v PC; Re the Estate of C, 15 ITELR 720).
• He appeared in the Aziz litigation in England, an exceptionally high value matrimonial dispute centred on a £1.1 billion trust and company structure, which involved points of English company law and trusts law, Manx law, Gibraltar law, Cayman Islands law and EU law, and which made international headlines.
• He had extensive involvement in the long-running and closely-fought Pirrwitz v AI/PI litigation in Jersey, which culminated in two three-week trials and numerous interim hearings along the way.
• He acted extensively in the Teekay v Diamond Pacific litigation, led by a silk from Brick Court Chambers, involving shares in a shipping company valued at nearly $60 million.
• He was instructed by two global solicitors’ firms (by the Cayman office of one and the Hong Kong office of the other) in relation to a $2.2 billion shareholders’ dispute in the Cayman Islands over a well-known global company and which threatened the very existence of the company.
• He advised a defendant in a third party claim which had been brought against him in relation to various high value ($150 million) frauds which had been perpetrated on a bank by several of its employees.
• He advised a Luxembourg company in relation to a freezing injunction which had been obtained against it for more than £1.1 billion by a consortium of foreign banks.
• He advised a Florida law firm in relation to a multi-million dollar claim seeking to prevent the disposition of various high-value sports cars. The underlying claim was based in Brazil but involved companies in Florida, Italy and the British Virgin Islands, with parallel proceedings in several jurisdictions.
• He advised an investment company owned by an East Asian investor in relation to a dispute and suspected fraud by agents concerning the sale and purchase of a high-rise city centre commercial building.
• He advised a successful BVI AIM-listed plc in an international dispute concerning one of its wealthy former directors, which raised issues of British Virgin Islands company law and contract law, English company law and contract law, Monaco law, and international enforcement.
• He advised in a series of disputes regarding the hostile multi-million pound takeover of an LSE-listed English plc by a BVI company, which raised allegations of breaches of fiduciary duty, a threatened petition for the just and equitable winding-up of the target company, defamation, and alleged breaches of the Takeover Code and the Companies Act.
• He advised extensively in relation to a multi-million pound dispute concerning the earn-out and earn-up provisions of a share purchase agreement relating to a supplier of security products to a number of well-known household name stores in the UK, USA, Europe and East Asia.
• He advised a major high street bank in a multi-million pound international claim arising out of a major fraud perpetrated on a foreign bank.
• He acted for the Italian liquidators of the famous Italian football club, Venezia, on the international enforcement of a substantial (€4 million) judgment obtained against the debtor in the Italian courts as a result of the debtor’s alleged fraud.
• He advised in a substantial claim in the British Virgin Islands for the equitable winding-up of a substantial BVI company, which was the holding company of a large and high value international group of companies with subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands, United States and (ultimately) China.
• He advised a Bahraini company in a dispute with two Saudi Arabian corporate conglomerates concerning a major corporate joint venture franchise in the Middle East and North Africa.
• He advised a well-known national courier company in a dispute with another well-known national logistics company over the termination of a major contract for the supply of postal and courier services.
• He appeared successfully for the claimant purchaser in the week-long trial of a dispute over the purchase of proposed development land in Argentina which formed part of a polo club, involving extensive issues of Argentine contract law, company law and property law.
• He advised the directors of a plc whose wholly-owned subsidiary had been placed into administration and then into liquidation, in relation to a substantial disputed inter-company loan of more than £12 million which was said to be owing to the parent company.
• He advised an Italian investor in a breach of warranty and fraudulent misrepresentation claim for several million dollars against an English company (part of a group valued at $1 billion) and its managing director.
• He has appeared in high value international commercial arbitrations in Paris, London and Dubai.
• He has been instructed jointly by both opposing sides in various commercial disputes as part of alternative dispute resolution to produce either an expert determination of the matters in dispute or a joint non-binding opinion as a private early neutral evaluation (ENE) to assist in settlement negotiations.
• He successfully represented the claimants in a complex international dispute regarding the trust funds of two Cypriot trusts which own investment companies in the British Virgin Islands and Panama, with Swiss broking accounts, Seychelles and Cypriot nominees, and substantial failed investments in Greece. The case involved allegations under Cypriot law of deceit, breach of trust, dishonest assistance in a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duties, and negligence, and also allegations of breach of contract and various torts under Swiss law. The claimants succeeded in obtaining a worldwide freezing order against the defendant for in excess of £15 million, and they also successfully resisted a challenge to the jurisdiction of the English courts on the ground of forum non conveniens (Al Assam v Tsouvelekakis [2022] EWHC 2137 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 2111 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 451 (Ch), [2022] WTLR 787).
• He advised a Cayman company extensively in relation to a multi-billion dollar fraud in which a British Virgin Islands company in which it is a shareholder is said to have been involved, and has also advised in relation to a related unfair prejudice claim, a multi-million dollar breach of warranty claim and fraudulent misrepresentation claim.
• He advised a former monarch in relation to a high value claim involving allegations of harassment, defamation and breach of privacy.
• He advised a Canadian and Antiguan billionaire in his claim in Antigua & Barbuda for defamation against the international news and information giant, Reuters. The claim involved novel points of the interpretation of the Eastern Caribbean Electronic Litigation Rules when applied to proceedings served out of the jurisdiction, the exact status of Claim Forms after their expiry, and when a party will be held to have submitted to the jurisdiction. Simon attended two hearings before the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, and assisted in settling an application to the Privy Council for leave to appeal.
• He advised an Italian company in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute regarding an English international joint venture company which owned the IP for a household-name international clothing brand, and in relation to the operation of a Europe-wide licence for the manufacture and distribution of that brand.
• He advised an international development company with headquarters in the UK on a multi-million dollar dispute with a foreign European government concerning the supply of a substantial amount of heavy equipment sourced from around Europe.
• He successfully represented the claimant (led by Michael Booth KC) in a multi-million pound claim for breach of warranties and payment under an indemnity in respect of the sale of a company providing military training courses. The case involved complex issues of breach of warranty, knowing breach, accounting issues, and intricate calculations of quantum for loss of profits. It involved over 1,600 pages of expert evidence. The case culminated in a 12-day trial in the Commercial Court, following which (in a substantial 737 paragraph judgment) the claimant was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)). Simon then went on to represent the client (unled) in its application for consequential orders, and again was overwhelmingly successful on every point ([2025] EWHC 2491 (Comm)), including obtaining an award of indemnity costs, an order for interest at an increased rate of 8% over base, and an order for the immediate payment of £1.2 million on account of costs (Learning Curve (NE) Group Ltd v Lewis [2025] EWHC 1889 (Comm)).
• He advised a Dutch company in relation to its dispute with a Lithuanian company, a Cypriot company and an English company concerning the repayment of a substantial sum held as electronic money by an Authorised Electronic Money Institution.
• He advised in a multi-million pound shareholder dispute in relation to a company formed to take advantage of business property relief, raising issues of just and equitable winding-up, unfair prejudice and derivative claims.
• He advised a Cayman Islands shareholder in relation to a potential multi-million pound claim for professional negligence against solicitors in drafting a share purchase agreement and shareholders’ agreement relating to a BVI company with a claimed value in excess of $11 billion.
• He appeared before the Court of Appeal (led by John Wardell KC) in a non-party appeal by a witness. The appeal was against critical findings of dishonesty and perjury made against that witness in the lengthy judgment by the Commercial Court in a claim involving the setting-side on the grounds of fraud of an arbitration award for more than $11 billion (Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 715). The case attracted international media attention both in the legal field and generally.
• He advised one of the shareholders and directors on the structure and constitution of a BVI company and its application for a licence to practise in the BVI.
• He advised and represented a United Arab Emirates investment company owned by a senior member of the Abu Dhabi royal family in a Dubai arbitration brought under the DIFC-LCIA Rules. The claim was bought by a Maltese company seeking over $30 million damages and commission payments. The case raised complex questions of English law, Maltese law and Dubai law, and involved contested expert evidence from Maltese lawyers. Simon also advised on matters relating to an appeal to the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts.
• He advised a high net worth Mexican businessman and two of his overseas companies in their claim against an international art gallery. The claim relates to the purchase of more than $18 million of modern and contemporary works of art by artists such as Andy Warhol, Picasso, Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali and Henri Matisse. The dispute concerns the alleged over-valuation by the gallery of those works by more than $10 million.

• T­riple First in law from Cambridge
• Top in the University in all three years of his law degree, plus a Starred First in his first year
• LL.M. (Harvard Law School)
• Awarded a large number of Cambridge University and College prizes and scholarships: Sweet & Maxwell Prize, George Long Prize for Roman Law (Part 1A), George Long Prize for Roman Law (Part 1B), Clive Parry Prize for International Law, David Gottlieb Prize, Slaughter & May Prize; elected to a Squire Scholarship, a Senior Harris Scholarship and to three College Scholarships; awarded College Association Prize, Law Prize (Part 1A), Law Prize (Part 1B), Law Prize (Part II) and three Prizes for Especial Distinction
• Awarded an A+ for one of his courses at Harvard Law School; and for another course the Professor who had taken the class specifically requested Simon’s permission to place his paper in the Harvard Law School Library as its standard was so high
• Awarded a Kennedy Scholarship for Harvard Law School
• Awarded Hardwicke, Mansfield and Denning scholarships by Lincoln’s Inn

• Former Treasurer and committee member of the Chancery Bar Association
• Former member of the Chancery Division Court Users’ Committee
• One of the Chancery Bar Association’s representatives for HM Court and Tribunal Service’s former “E-Working Project”
• Former committee member of Clarity, an international association promoting plain legal language

• Chancery Bar Association
• Bar Pro Bono Unit

• Good working knowledge of French

Simon is highly proficient in a number of areas of IT. He builds and repairs computers, he regularly repairs and refurbishes computers for various local charities, and he has written JavaScript and Python code (including the code for the online calculators on the New Square Chambers website). He has used his IT skills on many occasions to assist his professional and lay clients, including by harnessing Python and Excel to assist in analysing thousands of documents on disclosure, producing maps and plans to assist in the clear presentation of cases, and producing complete fully-compliant PDF bundles for hearings.

Books:

• Contributor to Lewin on Trusts (19^th edition)
• Contributor to Lewin on Trusts (20^th edition)
• Contributor to Lewin on Trusts (upcoming 21^st edition)
• Contributor to The Law of Freedom of Information (3^rd edition)
• Author of Assets of Community Value: Law and Practice (1^st edition)
• Co-author of Assets of Community Value: Law and Practice (upcoming 2^nd edition)

Articles:

• Author of a large number of articles in legal journals and online (including on Westlaw and in the Journal of Planning & Environment Law, Property Law Journal, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, Local Government Lawyer, Solicitors’ Journal, Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, and Estates Gazette)

“Simply, he is always more on top of the facts and the law than the other side. He is a punchy advocate and makes good points very well. Simon is an amazing team player, very genuinely interested in providing the best possible legal support for the client and his instructing solicitors.“

Legal 500 2026 – Commercial Litigation; Band 2

“Simon’s work is absolutely perfect, and he leaves no stone unturned. He knows his brief inside out and will think of every legal point.“

Legal 500 2026 – Property Litigation; Band 5

“Sound judgement.“

Legal 500 2026 – Company; Band 4

“A forensic attention to detail and good judgement.”

Legal 500 2026 – Agriculture; Band 4

“Simon is absolutely phenomenal. In our case, he predicted arguments the other side would make way before they were actually made. He’s also very accessible.”

“Simon is very meticulous, and his attention to detail is really second to none. He’s also great at communication, and his email structure is impeccable.”

“Simon Adamyk is very intelligent; he works very hard, and he is great value. He’s really good.”

Chambers UK Bar 2026 – Chancery: Commercial; Band 2

“No case is too difficult or demanding for Simon Adamyk. He combines a towering intellect with a phenomenal work ethic and dedication to the client. It’s a real pleasure to work with him.”

“Simon would predict arguments the other side would make way before they were actually made. He also handled the tribunal with grace.”

Chambers UK Bar 2026 – Company; Band 3

“Simon Adamyk is remarkable. I have found him incredibly impressive. He grasped the principles extremely well and was very persuasive.”

Chambers UK Bar 2026 – Agriculture & Rural Affairs; Band 3

“I regularly use Simon Adamyk as a leader on cases. He is very intelligent, he works very hard and he represents the best value at the Bar. He is really good.”

“Simon was absolutely phenomenal. He would predict arguments the other side would make way before they were actually made.”

“Simon Adamyk is very meticulous; his attention to detail is really second to none. He is great at communications, and his email structure is impeccable. It’s a pleasure working with him.”

Chambers UK Bar 2026 – Commercial Dispute Resolution; Band 3

Simon has been shortlisted for the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025 for ‘Commercial Litigation Junior of the Year’.

“Simon is dedicated, hard-working and very good at client relationships.”

“Simon is a very bright, articulate and thorough barrister, who leaves no stone unturned.”

Chambers UK Bar 2025 – Company; Band 3

“He’s very good on knotty legal issues.”

“He leaves no stone unturned.”

“Simon Adamykis a very bright, articulate and thorough barrister.”

“Simon is diligent, incredibly hard-working, friendly and responsive.”

“He is a master of his craft.”

“Simon checks all the boxes en route to clear and incisive advice.”

Chambers UK Bar 2025 – Commercial Dispute Resolution; Band 4

“Simon is very strong in the area.”

Chambers UK Bar 2025 – Agriculture & Rural Affairs; Band 3

“An engaging performer, who is great with clients, he’s totally dedicated and hard-working.”

“Simon is brilliant and particularly good on knotty legal issues.”

“He is a master of his craft.”

“Simon ticks all the boxes as a barrister and provides clear and incisive advice.”

Chambers UK Bar 2025 – Chancery: Commercial; Band 2

“An intellectual giant.”

Legal 500 2025 – Fraud: Civil; Tier 2

“Absolutely fantastic – extremely hard-working, pays very close attention to detail, and an intellectual giant. He wins cases against more famous opponents through his attention to detail and preparation.”

Legal 500 2025 – Commercial Litigation; Tier 2

“Simon is a meticulous and impressive lawyer.”

Legal 500 2025 – Property Litigation; Tier 5

“A junior who explores every possibly avenue in a case. A self-assured and strategic barrister.”

Legal 500 2025 – Company; Tier 2

“Simon has a meticulous approach to preparation and a forensic advocacy style. His laser focus in court is popular with judges.”

Legal 500 2025 – Agriculture; Tier 4

“Phenomenally detail-driven. A very strong advocate who is amazingly well-prepared.”

Legal 500 Caribbean Guide 2024 – English Bar Offshore; Tier 1

“Simon Adamyk is doing a lot of impressive work in the space.”

Chambers UK Bar 2024 – Agriculture & Rural Affairs; Band 3

“Clever and diligent, he really investigates all angles of the case, yet still provides swift, practical advice. A very good all-rounder, he can pick up the essence of any commercial legal issue and analyse it thoroughly and effectively. He’s also unfailingly polite and very friendly.”

“His attention to detail is absolutely incredible. He’s able to dig into the brief and manage a vast volume of information very quickly.”

“I’ve never seen someone with such a level of foresight and the way he takes a judge through the evidence is so easy that it’s almost conversational.”

Chambers UK Bar 2024 – Chancery: Commercial; Band 2

“Simon really investigates all the angles of the legal problem. He gives swift practical advice and is unfailingly polite to lawyers and clients.”

“Simon is an absolute genius, who is tremendous at dealing with cases of huge complexity.”

“His analytical skills are incredible and his attention to detail is unmatched.”

Chambers UK Bar 2024 – Commercial Dispute Resolution; Band 4

“He is assiduous in every aspect of his drafting.”

“Simon leaves no stone unturned; he thinks of every point.”

Chambers UK Bar 2024 – Company; Band 3

“Simon has an meticulous approach to preparation and a forensic advocacy style. His laser focus in court is popular with judges.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2024 – Agriculture; Tier 3

“One of the brightest barristers at the Bar. Highly intelligent, meticulous in his attention to detail but always ready to give a rougher steer if required, a good advocate, and extremely easy to deal with.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2024 – Commercial Litigation; Tier 2

“Simon leaves no stone unturned; his advocacy is calm yet assertive, and he wins the day through intellect and mastery of the detail.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2024 – Company & Partnerships; Tier 3

“Very knowledgeable, unerringly accurate on the law, but with good tactical skills and a good advocate.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2024 – Fraud: Civil; Tier 2

“Simon’s real strength is his meticulous attention to detail. With that skill, he immediately puts judges and clients at ease and unnerves opponents. He is also a real delight to work with – always cheerful and understanding of the demands on the team.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2024 – Property Litigation; Tier 5

“Extremely knowledgeable and hard-working, he is an expert on issues relating to protectors and offshore trusts.”

Legal 500 Caribbean Guide 2023 – The English Bar Offshore; Tier 2

“His clear and focused style wins him the attention and confidence of the court.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2023 – Agriculture; Tier 4

“His advocacy is extremely good. He is always very thoroughly prepared and has a very strong sense of the way arguments should be pitched to appeal to the judge”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2023 – Commercial Litigation; Tier 2

“Simon leaves no stone unturned; his advocacy is calm yet assertive, and he wins the day through intellect and mastery of the detail.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2023 – Company & Partnerships; Tier 3

“He is always very thoroughly prepared and has a very strong sense of the way arguments should be pitched to appeal to the judge. He can make absolute mincemeat of silks in freezing injunction applications.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2023 – Fraud: Civil; Tier 3

“Fearless in court, and unafraid of making difficult decisions.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2023 – Property; Tier 5

“Simon is a formidable senior junior whose attention to detail, strategic thinking and turnaround times are outstanding.”

“He is exceptionally clever and highly analytical.” “Simon is simply an all-round excellent barrister.”

Chambers UK Bar & Global 2023 – Chancery: Commercial; Band 3

“He is very highly regarded by our team for his attention to detail, his intellect, his drafting and his ease with clients.”

“He is supersonically clever.” “He always provides clear advice, is very thorough, and is very user-friendly.”

Chambers UK Bar & Global 2023 – Chancery: Commercial; Band 3

“Simon is a formidable senior junior, whose attention to detail, strategic thinking and turnaround times are outstanding.”

“He is exceptionally clever and highly analytical.” “Simon is simply an all-round excellent barrister.”

Chambers UK Bar 2023 – Commercial Dispute Resolution; Band 6

“Exceptionally clever and superbly analytic, he picks up on any small detail in your case.” “An all-round excellent barrister.”

Chambers UK Bar 2023 – Company; Band 3

“He is absolutely brilliant. Literally nothing escapes him in terms of the issues in the case, and he has full mastery of all the details.”

“Ferociously intellectual, very detailed and highly methodical. He leaves no stone unturned.”

Chambers UK Bar 2022

“He is incredibly bright and an absolute go-to barrister for anything that is horrendously complicated.”

“Incredibly professional, polite and perceptive, highly intelligent and is able to untangle complex conundrums.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

“The quality of his written work is outstanding and he’s meticulous in his attention to detail. He delivers clear advice and robust advocacy time and time again.”

Chambers Global 2020

“He is phenomenally bright, and thorough and detailed in his approach.”

Chambers UK Bar 2020 – Company

“… pleasant and responsive manner. He’s good with clients in conferences and is able to explain complicated matters in language they understand.”

Chambers UK Bar 2020 – Chancery Commercial 

“Exceptionally well organised and completely on top of the detail. He really drills down into a case and is on top of every point.”

Chambers Global 2020 – Commercial Chancery Dispute Resolution

“He has an exceptional ability to grasp and elucidate the principles at the heart of any issue.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2020 – Company

“a mighty intellect and brings piercing analysis and meticulous attention to detail to his work.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2019

“enjoys a stellar practice.”

Chambers Global 2019

“his mastery of complex factual background is hugely impressive.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2019

“a major boost to any legal team.”

Chambers UK Bar 2019

“Very, very personable, extremely astute and highly intelligent.”

Chambers UK Bar 2018 – Commercial Dispute Resolution

“He is technically superb and the quality of his written work is excellent.”

Chambers UK Bar & Chambers Global 2017 – Chancery Commercial

“He has an easy and persuasive advocacy style; solicitors wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2017 – Commercial Litigation

“He has a keen analytical mind, is commercial and is very good at advising on tactics.”

Chambers UK Bar 2017 – Company

“His legal analysis is of the highest quality and he is a pleasure to work with.”

Legal 500 UK Bar 2016 – Commercial Litigation

“He is extremely intelligent and takes a very thorough and cerebral approach. He is completely on top of the detail.” “No question is too complex for him.”

Chambers UK Bar 2016 – Commercial Dispute Resolution

“His legal analysis is of the highest quality and he turns work around in tight timeframes.”

Legal 500 2016 — Company