Francis Bacon

Year of call: 1988

Specialist areas: professional negligence, commercial litigation, regulatory & disciplinary, insurance

Education: Keele University BA Hons Law and Economics; Loughborough University MSC Recreation Management

Appointments: Recorder 2004

• Perkin v. Lupton Fawcett [2008] PNLR 30 - loss of chance claim against solicitor.                                  
• Nationwide v. Browne Jacobson LLP: £7m lender claim - settled.
• Bank of Scotland v. Shah Solicitors and Al Ansari [2008]: £7m claim against solicitors and property developers for fraudulent breach of trust and deceit.
  
• Hunter v. Rhodes Dickson [2008] successful defence at trial of claim against valuer.

Publications and lectures

Francis lectures to solicitors, insurers, brokers and underwriters on a wide range of subjects.

Francis is recognised as one of the leading commercial juniors in professional negligence, having been ranked by both Chambers UK and The Legal 500 for many years.

"Francis Bacon's practice continues to flourish and he is acknowledged as a terrifically able junior. He has enjoyed a busy year, handling a number of substantial cases, such as acting for Quinn and representing a significant number of firms in the CLE litigation. He is tipped for great things." Chambers UK 2010

" 'a safe pair of hands' " Legal 500 2008

"Junior Francis Bacon's practice has been expanding rapidly to the point where he is now appearing against silks on his own rather than being led." Chambers UK 2008