Date of Birth:

28^th July 1949

Year of Call:

1972

Queen’s Counsel :

1992

Academic Qualifications:

LLB (Bristol)

Appointed Recorder:

1992

Appointed to Sit as a
Deputy High Court Judge:
[QBD and ChD]

1998

Other Appointments:

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Nominated representative of the Chambers Membership of the London Court of International Arbitration and Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, TECBAR approved Adjudicator, Trained Mediator and member of ADR Chambers

Professional Affiliations:

Professional Negligence Bar Association, COMBAR, London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association, TECBAR

Practice Profile

Christopher Moger has a general commercial practice with a particular emphasis on insurance and professional negligence work. He is also standing Leading Counsel to the Gaming Board for Great Britain. He sits as a Deputy High Court Judge and is an FCIArb.

Tribunals

His practice is predominantly in the Commercial Court, the QBD and the Technology and Construction Court. He also has extensive experience of the Court of Appeal and in arbitrations.

Examples of his Current & Recent Cases Include:

Instructed in an arbitration in Hong Kong involving international sales of goods.

Advising the captive insurer of a building society in relation to the recoverability of reinsurance premiums upon cancellation of its reinsurance protection programme.

Claim against insurers and brokers on bankers Blanket Bond cover. Issues included scope of professionals duties and response of policy cover to French Courts findings about directors liabilities.

Advising and representing a major chemical group in relation to claims based on alleged dioxin pollution emanating from its incinerator stack.

Advising a major British insurer on and drafting policy terms designed to meet problems caused by the millennium bug.

Advising US manufacturer on its rights under an international distributorship agreement entered into for the promotion of a new product into the European market.

Advising and representing R.W. (Tiny) Rowland (and subsequently his estate) in relation to claims (i) against (inter alia) Dieter Bock arising out of the latter’s acquisition of Mr Rowland’s shares in Lonrho and in contempt proceedings against Mr Bock and (ii) against Mohamed Fayed arising out of the invasion of Mr Rowland’s safe deposit box at Harrods.

Acting in a claim for £15m arising from alleged breaches of accounting and other warranties on a company sale. The case went to trial on the effect of the expert accountant’s determination of contested issues arising out of the accounts.

Acting in relation to numerous claims to an overall value of £10 million giving rise to 3 sets of proceedings based on breaches of the accounting warranties on a company sale and other accounts related causes of action under the sale agreement.

Represented the defendant insurance brokers in a claim relating to a fire in commercial premises. The issues raised included the ambit of stock and business interruption insurance cover and quantum arguments based on analysis of stock, accounting records and trading prospects.

Recently concluded a High Court trial concerning a professional negligence claim against valuers arising out of the collapse of The Queens Moat House Hotels Group. This case raised important and complex duty of care and damages issues and involved novel issues as to the application of the principles in the BBL and Nykredit cases.

Represented a paint manufacturer in relation to claims arising out of allegedly defective paint supplied for use in a contract for the construction of a power station. The case included difficult questions of the scope of the duty of case and its interrelationship with contractual duties, and scientific issues relating to the chemistry of paint.

Mediation

In July 2000 accredited by Notre Dame Law School, London as a certified mediator in Alternative Dispute Resolution as sponsored by ADR Chambers (UK) Limited.