David Lawne

Experience

Commercial & Financial Disputes

David has played a lead role on many of our most important financial services and banking disputes since we began to diversify into this area.  Recent cases include:

• FX Claim UK collective action in respect of FX spot trading cartels
• Leeds City Council & Ors v Barclays Bank plc
• Stuart Wall v Royal Bank of Scotland
• Premier Motor Auctions v Lloyds Bank and PwC
• Graiseley Properties & Ors v Barclays Bank plc, widely recognised as a “test case” for LIBOR misrepresentation claims

Antitrust/Competition

In the area of competition law, David has acted for claimants in several follow-on cartel damages claims, including High Court claims arising from the Paraffin Wax and Marine Hose cartels.

Environmental & Product Liability

David played a key role as part of the legal team dealing with ground breaking claims as follows:

• Hausfeld acted for Save the Children in their intervention in Duarte Agostinho & 5 Others v Portugal & 32 Others before the European Court of Human Rights, highlighting the impact of climate change on children and on their right to safety/prosperous future. 
• Acting for Mums for Lungs, Students for Global Health, The Good Law Project and UK Youth Climate Coalition challenging the UK government to review its Clean Air Strategy in light of emerging links between air quality and the incidence and severity of COVID-19.