'A very shrewd lawyer, with a great tactical overview of litigation' -
Charles Fussell is a qualified solicitor and barrister and has full rights of audience as a solicitor advocate. After practising at the bar for a few years Charles joined the commercial litigation division of Herbert Smith LLP in April 1996 where he practised as a solicitor for almost 10 years.
Charles specialises in commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on financial services, fraud related matters, professional negligence and energy disputes. In addition, Charles has also been instructed in connection with a number of high value arbitrations.
Charles often acts as counsel in his cases and regularly undertakes or assists in the drafting of pleadings and skeleton arguments.
Charles’s recent matters of note include:
- Federal Republic of Nigeria v Royal Dutch Shell Plc& Others [2020] EWHC 1315 (Comm) – an application to challenge jurisdiction under Articles 29 and 30 of the Brussels Regulation (Recast)
- Albion Energy Limited v Energy Investments Global Limited [2020] 1 Lloyds Rep. 501 – claim for damages for breach of a share purchase agreement, including a successful application for summary judgment and defeating the defendant’s application to stay proceedings under section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996;
- Kazakhstan Kagazy Plc & Others v Maksat Arip & Others – representing the defendant in a substantial claim for fraud post judgment;
- Libyan Investment Authority v Goldman Sachs International [2016] EWHC 2530 (Ch) and Libyan Investment Authority v Societe Generale & Others – assisting claimants in their substantial claims for damages;
- Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Company & Anor v Al Refai [2015] EWHC 1793 (Comm) – representing claimants, initially with Addleshaw Goddard in connection with the substantive underlying claims and subsequently in connection with enforcement proceedings concerning judgments from Bahrain;
- Kaneria v Kaneria & Ors [2014] EWHC 1165 (Ch) - successful defence of debarring application made pursuant to principles in Mitchell v Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 1537;
- Moto Mabanga v Ophir Energy Plc [2012], Popplewell J, representing claimant in substantial misrepresentation claim concerning oil and gas exploration;
- Quikclot v DBA [2011], HHJ Mackie, construction of contracts;
- Berezovsky v Abramovich [2011] EWCA Civ 153, Laws, Longmore and Stanley Burnton LJJ - tort of intimidation;
Education
BA Hons, Exeter University, 1989-1992
CPE, Westminster University, 1992-1993
Inns of Court School of Law, 1993-1994
Pupillage at One Temple Gardens, 1994-1995
Admitted to the Roll of solicitors, April 1997
Solicitor at Herbert Smith, 1996-2005
Full rights of audience as a solicitor advocate, September 2000
Bar Admissions
Called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn, November 1994