Expert resume of Gregory Mitchell KC

Barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings

Gregory suffered serious illness in March 2015 from which he is making a good recovery. He has continued in practice notwithstanding illness and has acted in substantial claims against well known banks in respect of swaps misselling and also in respect of a fraudulent banker’s reference. Gregory represented the successful defendant in December 2016 in Actial Farmaceutica LDA -v- Professor Claudio de Simone

Gregory Mitchell specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration and advisory work. He has been instructed in substantial domestic and international disputes by a wide range of clients including banks, insurance companies, property companies, insolvency practitioners, foreign lawyers, private individuals, foreign states and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. He has acted in numerous cases from commencement to trial, on appeal, and has been involved as Counsel in many mediations and arbitrations.

Gregory gave evidence on the law in January 2013 to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards on the proposals to reform banking law.  Appointed a Recorder in 2000 and a Bencher of Gray's Inn in 2005, Gregory was the former chairman of the London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association from 2015-2016.