Simon is a leading practitioner in business and property disputes. He is recommended by the directories for company law, commercial chancery litigation, group litigation, and restructuring and insolvency.
The directories describe Simon as “a brain and a half” and “a fearless and compelling advocate”, who is “fiercely intelligent with a deep intellect”, while “seeing him on his feet and firing on all cylinders is a pure pleasure”. He is praised as “an absolutely excellent barrister. He doesn’t miss any tricks, listens to everyone in the team and is one of the best drafts people I have worked with”.
Simon’s recent cases include:
- Yodel Delivery Network v. Corlett & Ors [2025] EWHC 3355 (Ch): £70 million dispute concerning control of the home delivery company Yodel. Simon was responsible for extensive oral advocacy during the trial, including the cross-examination of expert and factual witnesses, which Mr Justice Fancourt praised as “skilful”. Simon handled complex consequential matters, including an application to defray an interim payment order from security for costs held in court: [2026] EWHC 367 (Ch) and [2026] EWHC 1741 (Ch).
- SBP 2 Sarl v. 2 Southbank Tenant Ltd. [2025] EWHC 16 (Ch), [2025] L&TR 15: junior counsel for the claimant landlords in a forfeiture claim concerning WeWork’s flagship London premises. The case raised the issue whether an “insolvency breach” condition in the lease required a prior judicial determination of insolvency, and the validity of section 146 notices. Simon handled technical subjects in oral submissions and all consequential matters.
- Moller & Ors v. One Touch Solution Ltd (in CVL) and Hiscox Insurance Company Limited [2026] EWHC 14 (Comm): leading counsel for the claimants in a damages claim against an estate agent arising from failed investments in property developments. Judgment on liability awaited.
- A v. B [2022 to 2025]: leading counsel for 90 claimants in a £14 million claim in respect of solicitors’ negligence arising from failed investments in property developments. Simon overturned a prior arbitration award by which insurers purported to avoid liability. He secured a full recovery for his clients following a fresh arbitration and defeated an appeal to the Commercial Court.
- Morris & Ors v. Williams & Co [2024] EWCA Civ 376, [2025] Ch 34, [2025] 3 WLR 693: Leading counsel for the successful claimants in a group action against negligent solicitors, who applied to strike out the claim as an abuse of process. Simon defeated the application at first instance and on appeal. The Court of Appeal’s judgment is the leading case on using a single claim form in multi-party litigation. Simon’s articles on this subject can be found here. Simon is leading counsel for another cohort of claimants against the same defendant, with a 15-day trial listed in early 2027: Crawford & Ors v. Williams & Co.
- 4VVV Ltd. & Ors v. Spence & Ors [2023] EWHC 1 (Comm): Leading counsel for defendants to a £50 million fraud and conspiracy claim brought by 430 claimants.
- Junior counsel for the claimants in 4 forfeiture claims, which raised the issues of guarantor insolvency and whether a novel form of US corporate reorganisation infringes the rule that foreign insolvency proceedings cannot discharge an obligation governed by English law (the “Rule in Gibbs”).
