Alfred Weiss

Call 2006

weiss@exchangechambers.co.uk

"He is at the top of his game."

Chambers and Partners 2026
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  • Recommendations

    “He is at the top of his game.”

    “Alfred is really good at distilling everything down into a digestible format for the client.”
    Chambers and Partners 2026

    “He explains complex issues in plain language and has a meticulous eye for detail. An excellent advocate who has a great manner with clients.”

    “Alfred is calm and has a good bedside manner with clients. He is very quick at picking up complex facts and has excellent legal knowledge, which he applies well to real life situations.”
    The Legal 500, 2026

    “Alfred is very well liked by solicitors because he is responsive and very client-friendly. He is the go-to for commercial litigation.”

    “Alfred is a real team player and speaks the client’s language. He can cut through the tricky issues while being practical and commercial.”

    “Clients have complete confidence in Alfred. He explains the law in an easy-to-understand manner.”
    Chambers and Partners 2025

    “His approach and delivery is always clinical, clear and to the point. A quick thinker.”

    “Alfred provides practical, pragmatic and commercial advice and is excellent at cross-examination. Clients like him.”
    The Legal 500, 2025

    “Alfred is good on his feet and is a good cross-examiner. He gets to the issues at the heart of the dispute.”

    “Alfred is very calm, collected and cool under pressure.”
    Chambers and Partners 2024

    “An advocate who remains composed and unflappable under fire. He is extremely sharp, builds warm rapport with clients and is well respected by the bench.”

    “He is a robust and incisive advocate, an excellent communicator, approachable, and has deep understanding of the law. He asks the right question at the right time.”
    The Legal 500, 2024

    “Very clever and a strong advocate. He knows where all the pieces fall into place.”

    “Alfred is affable, confident with clients and a really good team player.”

    “He has a really good pragmatic approach.”
    Chambers and Partners 2023

    “His advocacy is very compelling. He carefully analyses a situation and communicates in a clear and concise manner.”
    The Legal 500, 2023

    “He’s an extremely dependable barrister, a safe pair of hands and good with clients.”

    “He’s a good all-rounder: good with clients, professional, but particularly, he is very bright.”
    Chambers and Partners 2022

    “His cross-examination is excellent – he cut the claimant’s case off at the knees. He is also very reassuring with clients.”
    Chambers and Partners 2021

    “He is very friendly and approachable and is excellent with clients. He is an incredibly skilled advocate who can make his point succinctly but forcefully.” “His written opinions are superb and he is a very capable legal mind with very good subject knowledge.”
    Chambers and Partners 2020

    “Concise, intelligent and good at cross-examination. He is also able to strike a rapport with clients and explain principles and processes in a straightforward, non-legalistic manner.” “His cross-examination is excellent and he is also very reassuring with clients.”
    Chambers and Partners 2019

    “Alfred is a very clear and concise barrister. Some Barristers will often tell you what you want to hear but Alfie does not do that. I have obtained written advice from him on commercial litigation matters which is exceptional.”

    “Alfred is a good tactician and is well liked by the judiciary, who listen to him with attention. A very bright junior.”
    The Legal 500, 2022

    “Alfred is thorough, with an excellent attention to detail. He has an impressive courtroom presence and excellent advocacy skills. He is likeable and easy to work with. Clients really like him and I have had nothing but positive reports on him from them.”
    The Legal 500, 2021

    “Very good in front of clients and in court.” “Can turn around even the most unlikely of cases.”
    The Legal 500, 2020

    “He has an excellent bedside manner with clients.” “He has amazing attention to detail.”
    The Legal 500, 2018/19

    “A highly knowledgeable barrister with a strong courtroom presence.”
    The Legal 500, 2017

    “I have instructed Alfie on a number of challenging professional negligence cases mostly involving Solicitors.

    He demonstrates an incisive mind, able to identify areas of breach of duty and separate out issues of causation.

    His style and approach is excellent and above all, he remains pragmatic and realistic, attributes which I believe are essential in this type of work.”
    Andrew Greenwood, Director and Solicitor, Emsleys Solicitors

    “Over the last few years I have instructed Alfie Weiss on numerous occasions.  He has demonstrated an excellent knowledge of the law and provided an efficient service with soundly drafted paperwork.  He has proved to be a combative advocate.  I was particularly impressed with his recent assistance on a complex Multi-Track professional negligence case on which he was retained to assist the claimant”.
    Nick Luty, Partner, Amstrong Luty Solicitors

  • Beyond the Bar

    Alfred spends his spare time with his wife and three young children, as well watching his football team as often as he can, and walking his dog.

  • Education

    • Churchill College, Cambridge – BA History (First Class, 2003)
    • Churchill College, Cambridge – Mphil History (2004)
    • Graduate Diploma in Law – The College of Law (Distinction, 2005)
    • Bar Vocational Course – The College of Law (Very Competent, 2006)
    • Lord Denning Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn

  • Appointments

    • Junior Counsel to the Crown (2012)

  • Memberships

    • The Commercial Bar Association
    • The Northern Business and Property Bar Association

  • Publications

    The Blacklists Regulations, in The Local Government Lawyer, 6th April 2010

  • News

Commercial

Alfred is a sought after advocate and advisor for litigation, arbitration and other forms of dispute resolution. He has a broad depth of expertise in commercial and commercial chancery litigation, but particular specialisms include:

  • Commercial contract disputes, including breach of warranty disputes, franchise disputes, and claims concerning contractual interpretation or for rectification
  • Commercial fraud
  • Company and corporate law
  • Economic torts
  • Employment related and/or business protection disputes involving issues concerning restrictive covenants, breach of confidentiality, fiduciary duties, and database rights
  • Finance Agreements
  • Partnership disputes
  • Professional negligence claims, particularly involving solicitors and counsel
  • Shareholder disputes, in particular s.994 petitions
  • Urgent injunctive relief, such as freezing injunctions, proprietary injunctions, and injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants and/or restrain misuse of confidential information

His practice involves particularly complex and high value matters in the High Court and Court of Appeal, either as case leader, or as a senior Junior to Leading Counsel.

Alfred’s cases regularly feature a cross-border element involving issues of service out, conflict of laws and jurisdiction.

A substantial part of Alfred’s practice concerns shareholder disputes. Alfred appeared as lead junior in a six-week trial of a s.994 Petition in 2024; he is currently instructed as case leader in a pending trial of a substantial s.994 Petition; and for 2026 he is instructed as case leader in a number of s.994 Petitions listed for trial.

As part of Alfred’s company/corporate practice he is often asked to advise on corporate governance and transactional matters.

Alfred’s client base is both domestic and international. Alfred is regularly instructed in international arbitrations, including under the ICC Rules and the LCIA. Substantial concluded international arbitrations include on behalf of a client incorporated in East Africa, where a multi-million dollar award was obtained for the client; and ongoing international arbitrations concern varying subject matter as in one case, an unlawful means conspiracy where the value of the claim runs into many hundreds of millions of dollars; and in another case, breach of warranty.

Alfred has also acted in High Court challenges to arbitration awards.

As an illustration of Alfred’s practice, the following are examples of matters he has recently been or is currently instructed in:

Commercial contract

  • Dispute concerning validity and interpretation of loan note instruments and enforceability of security
  • International arbitration for breach of warranty by manufacturer of components
  • $20m breach of contract claim against parties domiciled in the UAE and BVI. Obtained judgment for the claimant.

Commercial fraud

  • Defending claim concerning alleged fraudulent claims for research and development tax credits by a chartered accountant
  • Trial advocate successfully defending a firm of property agents accused of inducing an investor to purchase a property using fraudulent misrepresentations.
  • Pending High Court trial in case concerning fraudulent embezzlement by a director of a food manufacturing company

Company law and shareholder disputes

  • Acting in a long running and highly contentious s.994 petition involving a company involved in the fashion industry.
  • Acting as case leader in a s.994 petition involving a start up airline. Pending High Court trial.
  • trial of a s.994 petition involving a company involved in the construction and waste management industry (with Leading Counsel).
  • Appeared at trial of a s.994 petition involving a family farming company (with Leading Counsel).

Economic torts

  • Instructed as case leader in a multi-million dollar international arbitration involving allegations of unlawful means conspiracy.
  • Acting in various cases involving allegations of misuse of confidential information by former employees and directors as part of an unlawful means conspiracy with new employers.

Business protection and urgent injunctive relief

  • Obtained springboard injunctive relief to prevent misuse of confidential information (highly sensitive information concerning forthcoming tender opportunities) and breach of restrictive covenants by former employee acting in conjunction with new employer. Case settled before speedy trial.
  • Advising tech start up on confidentiality obligations and enforceability of restrictive covenants
  • Responding to injunction seeking to enforce terms of a shareholders agreement.

Partnership disputes

  • Instructed in an ongoing dissolution concerning a family partnership involved in property development.
  • Farming partnership dispute raising issues of proprietary estoppel. Appeared in High Court and in appeal to Court of Appeal concerning the application of interest under the Partnership Act (with Leading Counsel).