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Christopher Monaghan has a busy commercial practice across chambers’ core areas, with a particular interest in insurance, banking, regulatory issues and matters relating to sports and art. Much of his work involves issues involving the conflict of laws.
Christopher graduated first in his year at undergraduate level. Before coming to the Bar, Christopher completed the BCL at the University of Oxford and the LLM at Harvard Law School. He also worked as a full-time Judicial Assistant at the United States District Court, Central District of California. Alongside his practice, Christopher is a Teaching Fellow at University College London.
COVID-19 / business interruption insurance
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice on business interruption policies responding to COVID-19-related losses.
Civil fraud disclosure orders
Assisting (during pupillage) with an application for an order for the production of documents under the Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction.
Supreme Court appeal
Assisting (during pupillage) with the preparation of written and oral submissions to the Supreme Court involving the operation of private law rights between governments and the relationship with public international law.
Aviation insurance dispute
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice on aviation insurance policies from events arising from the Ukraine war.
Conflict of laws
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice in relation to conflict of laws issues that arose in a cross-border dispute.
Advising on a potential judicial review application relating to the acts of a local authority.
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice on a potential review application concerning the impact of an entity’s conduct on an individual’s human rights under the Human Rights Act.
Assisting (during pupillage) with an application to bring a representative claim under CPR 19.4 for class action litigation and advice on the effects of the Supreme Court decision in Google LLC v Lloyd [2021] UKSC 50; [2021] 3 W.L.R. 1268.
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice on an insurance dispute involving high value artwork that was damaged during restoration.
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice in relation to multiple aircraft leases and follow-on sales.
Assisting with research and advice concerning liability arising from breaches of an aircraft purchase agreement (as a pupil).
Assisting with advice on aircraft insurance policies and whether the policies respond to event arising from the Ukraine war (as a pupil).
Assisting with drafting skeleton arguments for trial on a dispute arising between an airline and supplier (as a pupil).
Assisting (during pupillage) with trial preparation for a dispute arising from breaches of an ISDA Master Agreement.
Assisting (during pupillage) with drafting pleadings for a dispute related to foreign exchange swap contracts.
Assisting (during pupillage) with research and hearing preparation for issues concerning a swaps transaction with an Italian local authority and associated conflict of laws issues.
Assisting with a party’s application for an order to produce documents under the Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction (as a pupil).
Assisting with research and advice on issues concerning a large scale fraud by the company’s previous directors and auditor (as a pupil).
Assisting (as a pupil) with advice in relation to the effect of the Insolvency Act 1986 on contractual termination rights upon the insolvency of a company.
Assisting (as a pupil) with research and advice concerning the treatment of preferential creditors under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Assisting (as a pupil) with trial preparation for a dispute concerning the exercise of call and put options under a share purchase agreement.
Assisting (as a pupil) with drafting written opening submissions for a trial concerning the alleged undervaluation of shares purchased pursuant to a share purchase agreement.
Assisting (as a pupil) with drafting advice concerning the treatment of fines levied by the Financial Reporting Council.
Assisting (as a pupil) with drafting advice on the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017 and whether a company was required to register with HMRC.
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice on business interruption policies responding to COVID-19-related losses.
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice on aviation insurance policies from events arising from the Ukraine war.
Assisting (during pupillage) with advice on D&O cover concerning with an insurance policy responds to fines levied by a regulator.
Assisting (during pupillage) with research on contractual discretion clauses for international arbitration proceedings.
Assisting (during pupillage) with research and advice on privilege issues arising from an ATE insurance policy.
Assisting (during pupillage) with drafting a skeleton argument in preparation for a regulatory hearing conducted by the SRA.
Assisting (during pupillage) with drafting advice concerning the potential professional negligence of a firm when it provided legal advice.
Assisting (during pupillage) with research and advice in relation to the correctness of historical legal advice given to a company.
Drafted advice for a premier league football club concerning a potential judicial review application.
Seeking urgent injunctive relief against the British Boxing Board of Control, including producing advice on the court’s supervisory jurisdiction over sport governing bodies.
Advising a Premier League football club in respect of the FIFA Stadium Safety and Security Regulations, FA Crowd Management Measures and the Sports Grounds Safety Authority.
Advising a Premier League football club concerning a judicial review application.
Advising sports professionals (including a World Boxing Association titleholder) in relation to Anti-Doping Regulations and the potential impact on their licences.
Following the successful completion of their pupillages Christopher Monaghan, Ian Simester and Kit…
George Hack
Team Leader
+44 (0)207 842 3762
Click here to email
Sam Ismail
Team Leader's Assistant
+44 (0)20 7842 3799
Click here to email
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