Introduction

Daniel joined 33 Bedford Row as a tenant in August 2024. He previously undertook his pupillage at a bespoke civil & public law set, specialising in commercial & chancery, public and media & information law; he was also seconded to a boutique complex commercial disputes firm in the City. Prior to this, Daniel worked for many years, including during university, as a commercial and financial services paralegal for a nationwide PLC.

Daniel has a broad civil practice, mainly comprising contract, commercial & chancery, commercial and residential landlord & tenant, and media & information law. He also has an expanding public law practice. Daniel has a keen interest in civil liberties and human rights, and he has also developed an expertise in the rapidly growing area of sanctions law.

Commercial

Notable cases include:

Drafting grounds of appeal and a permission to appeal, which was successful in the Court of Appeal, against Hope Capital 2 Ltd v Jones [2022] EWHC 3206 (Ch), concerning alleged negligence, misrepresentations, and undue influence by a provider of business loans on an approximately £2million secured loan agreement [Hope Capital 2 Ltd v Jones [2024] EWHC 1308(Ch)];

Drafting grounds of appeal and a permission to appeal, which was successfully settled before the Court of Appeal hearing, against Riley v Rollerteam Ltd [2023] EWHC 107 (Ch), concerning interpretation of a trust deed in protracted, high-net worth litigation, also raising issues of proprietary estoppel, and an interesting issue of judicial authorisation;

Assisting in the permission to appeal against Valeriy Drelle v Service Terminal Ltd [2024] EWHC 521 (Ch), opposing a bankruptcy order based on a foreign judgment, which was subject to a genuine and substantial dispute.

Assisting in the High Court and permission to appeal proceedings in Bailey v Barclays Bank Plc [2014] EWHC 2882 (QB) and MTR Bailey Trading Ltd v Barclays Bank Plc [2015] EWCA Civ 667 respectively, concerning a swap agreement and alleged breaches of the FCA COBS rules, which was successfully settled before the Court of Appeal hearing.

Drafting opinions and advices in relation to multi-million and billion- dollar commercial fraud litigation, including AHAB v SICL.

Public

Notable cases include:

Drafting, on behalf of Chagossian Voices, arguments for permission to judicially review the UK Government’s decision to negotiate ceding the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The Government purportedly ceased negotiations prior to the permission hearing, but subsequently included the Chagossian people within the renewed negotiations, R (Dugasse) v SoS for the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [CO/661/2023]. The permission skeleton included persuasive, freshly- analysed Article 8 and native-customary title issues to distinguish long-trodden, unsuccessful previous precedent;

Drafting a permission to appeal in Alexander- Theodotou v Solicitors Regulation Authority (appealing Alexander- Theodotou v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2023] EWHC 186 (Admin);  

Representing the parents of Sunnah Khan in pre-inquest reviews into the tragic deaths at Bournemouth Beach, drafting and raising key submissions that the Coroner quoted with approval, and subsequently highlighted in the media: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-66847403;

Assisted in drafting submissions to reopen the IOPC investigation into the tragic death of Kimberley Cameron, on behalf of her parents: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-66534878.

Media and Information

Currently led in a multi-million-pound claim against a prominent newspaper;

Drafting high value pre-action letters and particulars of claim against, among others, newspapers and other media companies for defamation and breaches of data protection law.

Sanctions

Drafting internal sanctions guidance for law firms, and carrying out risk- assessments;

Drafting various opinions and advices on the possible effect of sanctions when undertaking work on behalf of prospective clients, whistleblowing and conspiracy-related matters.

Qualifications

Cardiff University, BPTC LLM (Distinction in LLM, highest in cohort)

London School of Economics, LLB (Hons)

Awards & Prizes

Edmund- Davies BPTC Scholarship, Gray's Inn

LSE UK Undergraduate Scholarship

St John's College, Cardiff, Academic Scholarship

First place, LSE Atkin Chambers Commercial Law Moot Competition

First place, LSE Henderson Tort Law Competition

Finalist, LSE Church Court Criminal Law Moot Competition