Graeme Wood General Information Graeme Wood is a senior and experienced Barrister with a reputation as a highly effective and articulate advocate. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales by Gray's Inn in 1984 and was called to the Bar of Ireland by King's Inns Dublin in 2020. His expertise is in contract (commercial and consumer), commercial and business law, equitable claims and disputes, common law including professional and non-professional negligence and cross border law and practice including EU Law. He provides representation, drafting and advocacy in these areas. He has extensive advocacy experience before UK courts and Tribunals. He combines a high level of forensic skill and attention to detail with an ability to effectively analyse and communicate complex legal problems. He has 35 years’ PQE which included training in a leading commercial set in London (2 Essex Court now Quadrant Chambers). He was pupil to Nigel Teare (now Mr Justice Teare) who is currently the judge in charge of the commercial court. He gained a wide rane of experience in the spehre of commercail litigation and arbitratration including commercial contract disputes, banking and regulatory work, disputes in specialista areas including aviation law and the carraige of goods by sea and the law of the European Union. He was regularly involved in disputes before the higher appellate courts. He lalso has xperience working with one of Spain's leading commercial firms in Barcelona and with leading West End commercial law firm Fox and Gibbons prior to its incorporation by Dentons. He has been involved in cases at all levels in the civil court system including landmark decisions such as Leigh & Sillivan v Aliakmon Shipping, a leading authority on pure economic loss in tort. Graeme is available to provide his services to solicitors and law firms on an instructed or consultancy basis. He understands the needs and expectations of clients in his areas of specialism. He also represents limited companies and partnerships on a retained or ad hoc basis. He has full rights of audience in all courts in England and Wales. He has provided specialist seminars to both barristers and solicitors in his areas of specialism and is highly regarded as a speaker. Specialist areas of practice include; Commercial, business, banking and contract law Chancery and Equity Civil Procedure Common law Civil commercial cross border claims Enforcing foreign judgments and other orders Travel and holiday claims including Regulation 261/2004 and Montreal Convention Claims European Civil and Commercial Litigation including jurisdiction and choice of law issues Consumer Claims Applications under the Civil Procedure Rules Interim applications in domestic and cross border litigation Trial advocacy in all courts Academic Graeme is Associate Professor of European Civil and Commercial Litigation at the University of Notre Dame