Simon Croall KC is an established commercial silk and arbitrator. He has appeared in every court (including a number of times in the Supreme Court). He has been a sought-after trial advocate as well as being respected in the appellate courts. In recent years much of his work has been in the context of International Arbitrations.
Simon now predominantly accepts appointments as an arbitrator. He has been appointed as sole arbitrator, party appointed arbitrator and chair under the rules of the LCIA, LMAA and ad hoc. He has experience of arbitrations conducted under the rules of the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LMAA, LME as well as a number of commodities associations. He is also a panel member for the SCMA and AIAC.
As counsel Simon had a global practice with a depth of experience in Chinese and south east Asian disputes. This was recognised by his ranking as a leader in International Arbitration by Chambers Asia Pacific 2018 and Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guides. Simon was named one of the top 10 maritime lawyers of 2017 by Lloyd's List. Simon was nominated for Shipping Silk of the Year at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2018 and named Shipping Silk of the Year at the Legal 500 UK awards 2019. In recent years he has also been involved in a number of high profile and complex technology disputes and shipbuilding and offshore construction disputes.
Simon is particularly well known for his work in the following fields: dry shipping and commodities, commercial litigation, International Arbitration, shipbuilding, offshore construction and energy, insurance and Information Technology. He accepts appointments in disputes in these and other related fields and has particular experience of the following types of disputes:
- Large scale shipbuilding and offshore construction projects
- Large scale Information technology disputes
- A broad range of charterparty, carriage and sale of goods disputes.
- Commodities and related disputes
- Marine and non-marine insurance
As Counsel he is recommended as a leading silk Shipping and Commodities (Legal 500 UK and Asia Pacific, Chambers UK, Asia Pacific and Global editions), Energy (Legal 500 UK) and Information Technology (Chambers UK).
Further details of his practice as a barrister are available at Simon Croall KC | Quadrant Chambers.