David Casement QC
Career
Born in Belfast: 1969
Educated at St Hugh's College, Oxford: MA (Oxon)
Called to the Bar: England and Wales (1992), Ireland (1995), Northern Ireland (2007).
Part-time judge: 2005
Accredited mediator: 2007
Queen's Counsel: 2008
Registered Advocate: Dubai International Financial Centre: 2008
Sport Resolutions Panel of Arbitrators: Chairpersons' List: 2009
National Anti-Doping Panel - Legal Member: 2011
Instructions accepted in the following areas:
Commercial disputes: including the resolution of contractual disputes between participants in professional sport such as clubs, players, agents and sponsors.
Company and trusts aspects of wealth management including the protection of rights and assets.
Financial services including spread betting.
Disciplinary proceedings.
Challenging the decisions of sport regulatory bodies through arbitration/court.
Breach of confidentiality and breach of privacy including injunctions against newspapers.
Recent notable cases
- Presently representing a top snooker player in disciplinary proceedings
- Presently representing a top four club in Premier League adjudication against player
- Successfully represented Charlie Adam in the highly publicised Premier League dispute between the player and Blackpool FC
- Presently representing Manchester City FC in a dispute with Paris St Germain over the transfer of Anelka
- Representing a premiership and international player against his former agent in FA Rule K arbitration proceedings
- Representing a premiership and international player against his former agent in FA Rule K arbitration proceedings
- Advising a premiership club in a dispute with its manager over his desired move to another premiership club
- Representing a premiership club in High Court proceedings against a foreign club claiming under a transfer agreement
- Anthony McGill v Gavin McCann (High Court)
- Advising several clubs on the consequences of the Sheffield United v West Ham arbitration decision
- Representing a top four club in multi-million pound sponsorship proceedings In the High Court
- Representing a premiership footballer in a spread betting dispute in the High Court
- Representing Paul Stretford in one of the largest disciplinary cases ever brought by The Football Association - High Court, Court of Appeal, arbitration, FA Disciplinary Commission and Appeal Board
- Paul Stretford v The Football Association Limited [2007] 2 Lloyds Reports 31 ( Court of Appeal - the compliance of FA arbitration rules with natural justice and the Human Rights Act)
- Proform Sports Management Limited v Proactive Sports Management Limited [2005] 1 All ER 542 (representation rights in respect of Wayne Rooney)
- Team Associates Limited v Micah Richards and SEM - FA Rule K arbitration proceedings
- Representing a premiership player in Premiership Rule S arbitration proceedings against his club
- Green Corns v Claverley Group [2007] EMLR 31 (restraining a newspaper from publishing private addresses)
What the directories say
"'is an "excellent litigator" who impresses with his "bang-on-the-mark judgement." He is "splendid with clients, a team player through and through, and very proactive.""(Chambers UK 2012)
"a strong advocate with a brilliant approach to the judiciary."(Chambers UK 2012)
"has cultivated a strong reputation for handling both regulatory and disciplinary cases across a variety of sports, but most notably football." (Chambers UK 2012)
"academically brilliant and tactically astute" and "a very effective advocate" (Chambers & Partners)
"he is a forceful advocate who connects well with judges" (Chambers & Partners)
"tipped as a "star of his generation for commercial litigation"" (Chambers & Partners)
