Henry King
Call Date
1998
Practice Areas
Henry King has a broad commercial and civil practice.
Recommendations (Practitioners' Guides)
Recommended by Chambers and Partners 2008 in Commercial Dispute Resolution
Education
Inns of Court School of Law - Outstanding
City University Diploma in Law - Distinction
Oxford University - Double first in Classics
Prizes & Scholarships
Inner Temple: Princess Royal Scholarship, Major Scholarship
Oxford University: Hertford Scholarship, Gaisford Prize
Balliol College, Oxford: Brakenbury Scholarship, Coolidge Award
Other Qualifications
Chartered Accountant (ACA)
Recent Practice
Arbitration
Acted (with Simon Browne-Wilkinson QC and Edward Levey) for the defendant in an international multi-million pound telecommunications dispute.
Acted (with Stephen Moriarty QC) in AEGIS Ltd. v European Re [2003] 1 W.L.R. 1041 (duty of confidentiality in arbitrations: appeal to the Privy Council from the Court of Appeal of Bermuda).
Banking & Finance
Acted for the Bank of England in the 22 month trial before Tomlinson J of Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England [2006] EWHC 816 (Comm).
Acting for and advising merchant and clearing banks in a variety of disputes and recovery proceedings.
Commercial Litigation
Acting in a wide variety of trials and applications ranging from County Court to Court of Appeal, including acting (with Anthony Boswood QC and Bankim Thanki QC) for the vendor in a £30m breach of warranty claim on the sale of an insurance company (Eastgate v LMG [2002] 1 WLR 642, CA), (with David Waksman QC) for the vendor in a £7m breach of warranty claim, (with Timothy Howe QC) in multi-million £ litigation by a major UK retailer against a computer software supplier, (with Bankim Thanki QC) for a FTSE 100 company in defence of an action for unlawful conspiracy, (with David Waksman QC) for a defendant company in the Commercial Court to a claim for conspiracy and for a declaration that the termination of a sub-licence was void, (with Thomas Beazley QC) in a claim for damages resulting from breach of a share sale agreement.
Company Law
Experience of CA s359 and s459 applications.
Costs
Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England [2006] EWHC 816 (Comm): Trial judge's jurisdiction to give a reasoned judgment ordering indemnity costs not ousted by an offer by the paying party to pay them.
Insurance & Reinsurance
Advising both insurers and insured, including acting (with Michael Crane QC) on behalf of the insured in Commercial Court litigation against underwriters and broker.
Professional Negligence
Acted in advisory capacity with Michael Brindle QC and Craig Orr in the Barings' auditors' negligence litigation.
Experience of cases involving engineers, solicitors, tax advisers, licensed conveyancers, auditors, valuers and insurance brokers.
Regulatory Work (including Financial Services)
Currently acting (with Simon Browne-Wilkinson QC) for the Joint Disciplinary Scheme in relation to Ernst & Young's audit of Equitable Life.
Notable Cases
The Bank of England's defence to the allegations of misfeasance in public office brought by the Liquidators of BCCI, culminating in Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England [2006] EWHC 816 (Comm)
AEGIS Ltd. v. European Re [2003] 1 W.L.R. 1041 (Privy Council)
Eastgate v LMG [2002] 1 WLR 642 (CA): Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978: meaning of "same damage".
Publications
Contributor to The Law of Privilege (ed. Thanki) (2006, Oxford University Press)
Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings (15th ed, 2004, Sweet & Maxwell) - specialist contributor on Restitution.
Commercial Court Procedure (2nd ed, 2001, Sweet & Maxwell) - contributing editor
The Professional Negligence section in Bullen Leake & Jacob’s Precedents of Pleadings
Languages
French
Other Qualifications:
Chartered Accountant (ACA)