Simon Bishop

Experience

Commercial & Financial Disputes

Currently, he is:

• Leading a group claim on behalf of institutional investors against an FCA regulated FTSE 250 company relating to a securities issuance, valued in excess of £100 million.
• Leading a group action by institutional investors against an LSE listed technology company.
• Acting for the claimant in a >£300 million claim against a major UK bank.
• Advising global NGOs in relation to commercial and financial services litigation caused by climate change.

Previously, he acted:

• For Trappit, the developer of an intelligent flight savings software, against GBT UK, American Express’ Global Travel Division, in claims alleging the misappropriation of the client’s software.
• For one of the third-party funders in the high-profile RBS Rights Issue Litigation.
• For the claimants in PremierMotorAuctions v PwC and Lloyds.
• Flanagan v Liontrust, the leading case on the operation of the doctrine of repudiation on LLP agreements.
• For various insolvency office holders in contested applications pursuant to the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986.
• In dozens of general commercial disputes relating to breaches of contract, intellectual property, partnership agreements, and various forms of finance and financial-hedging.

Competition / Antitrust

Simon leads the legal team (with Luke Streatfeild):

• Representing class representative Nikki Stopford in her opt-out collective claim against Google, seeking approximately £7bn in redress on behalf of tens of millions of UK consumers.

Financial Services & Banking

Currently, Simon is:

• Representing the claimant in R (on the application of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking) v The Financial Conduct Authority, in its application to challenge the lawfulness of the decision of the FCA not to establish a mechanism of redress following the exclusion of thousands of bank customers from the FCA’s compensation scheme relating interest rate swap mis-selling.
• Acting for the claimant in a > £300 million claim against a major UK bank -  with Lucy Pert. 
• Representing groups of claimants in two claims under section 90 of the Financial and Services and Markets Act 2000.
• Representing claimants in a significant group action involving retail and professional users of online trading platforms.
• Acting for a global NGO in connection with investor claims in the financial markets.
• Representing clients who lost their businesses as a result of fraud
• Acting on behalf of our client who is claiming damages as a result of forced refinancing during COVID-19.

Previously, he acted for the claimants in:

• Ardeshir Nagshineh v Bank of Scotland Plc.
• Stuart Wall v RBS.
• Ventra Investments Limited v Bank of Scotland Plc.
• Dozens of disputes relating to interest rate hedging, foreign exchange hedging, banking fraud, and banking misconduct.
• Flanagan v Liontrust, relating to the LLP structure of a significant asset management organisation.

Human Rights

Simon is part of the team:

• Representing up to 37 British gymnasts - including 4 Olympians - against British Gymnastics in relation to allegations of systemic physical and psychological abuse perpetrated by coaches, and other personnel employed by British Gymnastics, upon children as young as six.

Public Law

Simon is part of the team:

• Representing the claimant in R (on the application of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking) v The Financial Conduct Authority, in its application to challenge the lawfulness of the decision of the FCA not to establish a mechanism of redress following the exclusion of thousands of bank customers from the FCA’s compensation scheme relating interest rate swap mis-selling.
• Representing the Good Law Project in R (on the application of Good Law Project) v The Secretary of State for Social Care (with Saiger LLC as interested party), in its application to challenge the lawfulness of an award by the Government of a PPE contract for the supply of surgical gowns by a US jewellery retailer.

Environmental & Product Liability

At Hausfeld, he has: 

• Acted on behalf of Stand.earth in a first-of-its kind greenwashing complaint in France against Lululemon in relation to the retailer’s ‘Be Planet’ advertising campaign