Following the successful completion of their pupillages, Wee-An Tan, Ruth Flame, Andrew Currie and Samuel Burns have become members of Chambers with effect from 1 October 2024.
They will be clerked by George Hack and Katie Halbard.
Wee-An studied Law and Economics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and graduated with First Class Honours in Law, placing 5th in his year. Before coming to the Bar, Wee-An practised as a solicitor in Linklaters’ litigation and arbitration practice and acted on a wide range of commercial and public law matters. In 2019, he was the Associate to the Honourable Justice Melissa Perry at the Federal Court of Australia.
During pupillage, Wee-An worked on commercial, administrative and regulatory disputes before courts in England and offshore, as well as arbitral tribunals. Particular highlights during pupillage include assisting with a high value dispute concerning the non-delivery of aircraft under lease agreements; advising on sanctions issues; and assisting with substantial group claims under sections 90 and 90A of FSMA 2000.
Ruth graduated with a First Class degree in Law from New College, Oxford, where she also read for the BCL. She then completed the BTC as a scholar of Lincoln’s Inn. While studying for the BTC, Ruth taught law at the University of Oxford (St Peter’s College, University College, and Balliol College) and University College London.
Particular highlights of her pupillage include acting for the defendants in a claim listed for a 7-day trial concerning payment due under an aircraft lease; assisting with drafting an advice concerning a claim against a bank for breaches of its Quincecare duty of care; and assisting with written submissions in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Cyprus concerning the recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgment.
Andrew Currie
Andrew has a doctorate in Philosophy from Oxford University and degrees in Law and in Philosophy from Melbourne University. Before coming to the Bar, Andrew was an academic at UCLA, specialising in logic, epistemology and legal philosophy. He also lectured in public and private law at Melbourne University. Before that, Andrew practised at a leading Australian law firm and was an associate to the Honourable Justice Hayne in Australia’s final appellate and constitutional court. There he worked on cases spanning commercial, public and international law.
His work during pupillage included acting for the Kuwait national pension and social security fund in bribery claims (worth c. $1 billion) brought against the fund’s former director general and a number of financial institutions; acting for the defendants in a $440 million claim brought in the Cayman Islands against a major Asian private equity group, involving allegations of conspiracy and dishonest assistance in multiple jurisdictions.
Samuel Burns
Sam received a First Class degree in History from St John’s College, Oxford, followed by a distinction in his Graduate Diploma in Law from City, University of London. Prior to coming to the Bar, he worked for a large commercial bank.
Highlights during pupillage include assisting on a $20 million+ reinsurance arbitration; researching the scope of fraudulent and wrongful trading causes of action in an offshore jurisdiction; and drafting advice on the merits of claims arising out of the acquisition of a counterfeit Picasso painting.
