Timothy Ballingal Senior Associate

Senior Associate

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Tim acts on a broad range of commercial litigation matters for international and domestic clients, with a particular focus on financial services and corporate disputes.

Tim has successfully acted for clients in large-scale complex litigation in the Court of Appeal, Privy Council, Competition Appeal Tribunal and in LCIA international arbitration.

His practice includes advising in relation to English law aspects of overseas proceedings, as well as in complex cross-border proceedings brought in the English Courts. In addition to advising financial institutions, multi-national corporates, funds, trust companies and high-net-worth individuals, Tim also has valuable in-house experience having been seconded to the litigation and investigations team of a major UK bank.

Tim is a member of the Financial Services Lawyers Association.

Expertise

Recent work

Major international bank

Advising the trust business of a major international bank in relation to various High Court and overseas litigation concerning the offshore trusts under its administration, including in relation to claims for fraud, negligence and breach of duty.

Roskilde bank of Denmark

Advising Roskilde Bank in its successful defence of this landmark mis-selling (subordinated debt) claim, both at trial and in the Court of Appeal.

Complex securitisation dispute

Advising on a dispute about the effect of a complex securitisation transaction in light of one party’s insolvency, governed by the LCIA Arbitration rules and involving foreign applicable law.

Professional negligence claim

Advising the executors of an estate in relation to a multi-million pound tax-related professional negligence claim.

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In depth

Remoteness control: Supreme Court rules on burden of proof and contractual losses in negligence

Christopher Charlton , Timothy Ballingal, Madeleine Brown 27 Feb 2024

The UK Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Ltd [2024] UKSC 6 has important implications in a wide range of cases where economic...