Niranjan Venkatesan

One Essex Court Chambers

Niranjan has a broad commercial practice. In recent years, he has acted (on numerous occasions) in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal and has also been involved in complex, high-value litigation in the High Court and in international arbitration. Before coming to the Bar, he read and taught law at Oxford where he was a Vinerian, Eldon and Rhodes scholar.

Current or recent cases include: Goldman Sachs International v Novo Banco SA [2018] 1 WLR 3683 (Supreme Court); Tiuta v De Villiers [2017] 1 WLR 4627 (Supreme Court); Arcadia Petroleum v Bosworth [2019] IL Pr 22 (Supreme Court and CJEU); BAT Industries plc v Sequana [2019] EWCA Civ 112 (Court of Appeal, 5-day hearing); Société Générale v Goldas [2019] 1 WLR 346 (Court of Appeal); for the successful respondent in a c. $2 billion LCIA arbitration; for one of the defendants in a c. $1 billion Commercial Court claim arising out of the development of an oilfield in Nigeria; for the defendant in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal following a successful jurisdiction challenge to a claim worth c. $1 billion; the Tesco shareholders' litigation in the Financial List.

He is also called to the Indian Bar (non-practising) and is able to advise on matters of Indian law.

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Section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967 allows a claimant to claim damages for non-fraudulent

Q&A

This Q&A considers, in the context of section 2(1) of the Misrepresentation Act 1967, whether a misrepresentation would be treated as an innocent misrepresentation if the representor proves that they had reasonable grounds for believing it to be true and in what circumstances it is possible to claim damages for negligent misrepresentation.

Dispute Resolution