Richard Keen QC is regularly instructed in the Commercial Court; in the Inner House (the Court of Appeal in Scotland) and in the Supreme Court in a range of Commercial and Public Law cases. He is highly regarded for his advocacy particularly in complex commercial litigation and cases involving extensive expert evidence in areas including science, engineering and economics. He is also instructed in matters of insurance, company law and civil fraud. He was instructed for the contractors insurance and reinsurance interest in respect of the Piper Alpha disaster. He led the defence of Lamin Fhimah at the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah in respect of the Lockerbie Pan Am bombing. More recently he acted for Weir Group plc in the claims and prosecution arising out of breaches of the UN Iraq sanctions.

Selected Cases

• Tullis Russell Ltd v Inveresk plc & Inveresk plc v Tullis Russell Ltd [2010] UKSC 19
• Autolink Concessionaires (M6) Plc v Amey Construction Limited and Others [2009] CSIH 14
• Petition Robertson in re RM (Supplies) Ltd [2010] CSOH 23
• Commonwealth Oil and Gas Corporation v Baxter 2009 SC 156
• Clarke v Fennoscandia Bank plc 2008 SC (HL) 122