Jeremy Brier
Born: 1980
Call: 2004 (Middle Temple)
Contact
Essex Court Chambers
24 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3EG
Tel: 020 7813 8000 Fax: 020 7813 8080
jbrier@essexcourt.net
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About
Named as one
of the top 10 Future Stars of the Bar (Legal Week, November 2008), Jeremy Brier
was described as "superbly confident, a genuine class act in the
making".
Jeremy Brier has a broad commercial practice in line with Chambers profile,
with particular experience and expertise in multi-party commercial disputes,
shipping and international trade, banking and company disputes, VAT and
international arbitration.
In 2010,
Jeremy has been involved in numerous shipping arbitrations involving
charterparty disputes, cargo claims and multi-million pound shipping disputes.
Some of
Jeremy's recent reported cases include:
- Acting for Maersk in successful Bills of Lading dispute: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S v Sonaec Villas Cen Sad Fadoul and Ors [2010] EWHC 355 (Comm)
- Bunge SA v ADM Do Brasil Ltda and others ("The Darya Radhe") [2009] EWHC 845
- Mansel Oil Ltd and Vitol S.A v Troon Storage Tankers SA [2009] EWCA Civ 425
- R (on the application of Partridge Farms) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2009] EWCA Civ 284
- Van der Giessen-De-Noord Shipbuilding Division BV v Imtech Marine & Offshore BV [2008] EWHC 2904
- Kolden Holdings v Rodette Commerce Limited and Taplow Ventures Limited [2008] EWCA Civ 10
Jeremy has
considerable experience as an advocate in the High Court, acting in all manner
of arbitrations (including LMAA, ICSID, ICC and LCIA) and at tribunal and
County Court level. He has a wide range experience in conducting trials, CMCs,
interlocutory applications, injunctions, costs hearings, appeals and summary
judgments.
Prior to his
career at the Bar, Jeremy won the World Debating Championships in 2004 and was
President of the Cambridge Union in 2001.
Education
- Center For American and International Law, Texas, USA
- Diploma in Law, City University, London
- BA (First Class Hons), Christ’s College, University of Cambridge
Languages
Italian
Areas of practice
- Arbitration
- Commercial fraud & asset recovery
- Company law
- Conflict of laws
- Employment law
- Energy & utilities
- European law
- Insurance & reinsurance
- International commercial arbitration
- International trade & transport
- Private international law
- Sale of goods & product liability
- Shipping
- Telecommunications
- VAT, IPT, Duties & Excise
