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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquires@20essex.uk
t: +44 20 8133 3810

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

enquires@20essex.uk
t: +45 36988379

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquires@20essex.uk
t: +44 20 8133 3810

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

enquires@20essex.uk
t: +45 36988379

Timothy Young KC

Timothy Young KC

Silk: 1996 Call: 1977

Timothy’s principal area of practice is international trade, embracing shipping, commodities, insurance, the carriage and sale of goods, banking and related disciplines.

He appears principally in the High Court and Court of Appeal and before various international arbitration tribunals, in relation to all manner of trading and financial disputes.

Timothy also acts as an arbitrator, either sole or as a member of a panel. He accepts appointments under the rules of the LMAA, ICC, LCIA, SIAC and ad hoc, if required. Timothy is on the panel of arbitrators of the ICC, LCIA and SIAC.

Much of his work is in arbitration and therefore, by definition, confidential unless the cases reach the courts. However, the key cases below, from several jurisdictions, give a taste of Timothy’s work.

Timothy was awarded “Best Shipping Silk 2016″ by Chambers and Partners.

 

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Timothy has a fine mind and is a good lateral thinker. He comes up with points that no one has thought of.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

He's always able to think outside the box and come up with thoughts, ideas and strategies.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Timothy has been at forefront of commodities disputes for decades and he is a good cross-examiner who thinks outside the box.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

He is easy to work with, adaptable and a pleasure to work with.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Timothy is really delightful to deal with.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

His main strength is his willingness to “think outside the box” and take on board difficult arguments.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

He is easy to deal with and open to ideas. Timothy is our go-to man for complex dry shipping questions.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

Hugely knowledgeable and creative lawyer. Boundless energy. Indomitable opponent. Brilliant advocate.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

Tim is vastly experienced with a fantastically analytical and legally creative mind. Fun and lively to work with. He carefully builds up the case and pursues it with decisive cool and calm, and also deftly adjusts course at times depending on the apparent perception of the argument by the tribunal.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023: The English Bar

Mr Young is warm, friendly to work with and the first choice of our firm for difficult cases.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

He has a brilliant mind and never misses a point. Wonderful use of language and turn of phrase. Tenacious and highly persuasive as an advocate.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

Timothy is a go-to person when it comes to complex and difficult cases.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

Creative, resilient and willing to fight difficult cases.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022: The English Bar

He is tremendously easy to work with.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

A very inventive mind, he is the patron saint of lost causes.

Chambers UK Bar 2021

He is knowledgeable, hardworking and conscientious. I have no hesitation recommending his services.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

He is a very smooth advocate and is brilliant overall.

Chambers UK Bar 2021

He has a long history as an effective advocate.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

He is very experienced and extremely knowledgeable.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

A popular choice for Singapore dry shipping cases.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

An unflappable and dogged performer with years of experience behind him.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

An excellent choice for any tribunal – he has a good understanding of the commercial mores of the parties. 

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020: The English Bar

He has encyclopaedic knowledge of commodities and the shipping sector.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

A superb strategist who is always able to see the bigger picture.

Chambers UK Bar 2019

For commercial cases, Tim Young is probably as good as it gets.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

An old hand who is extremely effective and a good advocate.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

Always a pleasure to work with. His advice is clear and commercial. As an advocate he is vastly experienced and totally committed.

Chambers UK Bar 2019

Knowledgeable, hardworking and conscientious.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

He is very experienced and extremely knowledgeable.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

He is incredibly experienced and knowledgeable about commercial shipping matters.

The Legal 500 2018

Absolutely superb, a clever advocate with encyclopaedic knowledge of the commodities and shipping sectors.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2018

If I need a huge legal brain to get me out of a hole, I go to Tim Young. He is unique, extraordinarily bright and fun to use.

Chambers UK Bar 2017

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