Fraser was appointed silk in March 2025. His practice is focused on commercial litigation and arbitration, often involving disputes between shareholders and the cross-examination of expert witnesses. He is also experienced in judicial review cases, typically on behalf of highly-regulated businesses.

He is recommended in the current editions of the legal directories as a leading junior in Commercial Litigation, Company Law, and Administrative & Public Law. He was also one of Legal Week's 2017 'Stars at the Bar' (top 12 commercial litigation barristers under 10 years' call). Recent comments include:

  • "Fraser breaks it all down very simply for clients. His brain is amazing. He makes everything so simple and straightforward." - Chambers and Partners, 2025
  • "Fraser is absolutely excellent: very responsive, great with clients, and brilliant in front of judges." - Legal 500, 2025
  • "Able to synthesise a very large volume of information and distill it down to straightforward and practical advice. He is an exceptionally gifted advocate, whose advocacy style is assured and measured."- Legal 500, 2024
  • "Fraser has astonishing clarity of insight and expression. He is furiously intelligent and has wisdom beyond his years. Incredibly articulate, measured and able to put things in a highly persuading way."- Chambers and Partners, 2024

Before becoming a barrister in 2010, Fraser was a solicitor at a leading law firm and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

Experience

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Commercial

Fraser regularly appears in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division.

In addition to his recommendations for Company law (see section below), he is recommended as a leading junior for Commercial Litigation/Commercial Dispute Resolution in Chambers and Partners 2025 ("Fraser is a pleasure to work with and an exceptional thinker. He is able to grasp the intricacies of anything put before him, and he always gives sound, pragmatic advice." ) and Legal 500 2025 ("Phenomenally bright.").

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Company

Fraser has a particular interest in unfair prejudice petitions, involving allegations of oppression of minority shareholders, under section 994 of the Companies Act. He is also frequently instructed in other types of shareholder disputes, in both court and arbitration, and in cases involving alleged breaches of directors’ duties.

In addition to his recommendations for Commercial Litigation/Commercial Dispute Resolution (see section above), he is recommended as a leading junior in the Company section of and Legal 500 2025 (“Fraser is absolutely excellent: very responsive, great with clients, and brilliant in front of judges.”) and Chambers and Partners 2025 ("Fraser is excellent in all regards. He is exceptionally bright, hands-on and close to the detail. He is also very good at explaining the legal position to clients in terms they will understand.").

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Arbitration

Fraser regularly appears in domestic and international arbitrations, under a variety of different arbitration regimes. His cases involve Commercial and Company cases, and he is recommended in the legal directories as a leading junior in both those fields (see sections above).

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Public & Regulatory

Fraser has considerable experience of judicial review claims and statutory appeals brought by highly-regulated businesses and professionals, particularly in the pensions, energy and health/life sciences sectors. He is a past Vice Chair of the Human Rights Lawyers Association and was until taking silk a member of the Attorney General’s Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown (A Panel).

He is recommended as a Leading Junior (Public & Administrative Law) in Chambers and Partners 2025 ("Fraser breaks it all down very simply for clients. His brain is amazing. He makes everything so simple and straightforward."), and has been ranked in that section for 7 years.

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Achievements

Education

MA (Oxon)

Prizes & Scholarships

  • Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (2005 – 2012, and 2013 to present)
  • Hunt Prize for Advocacy (Gray’s Inn, 2011)
  • Phoenicia Scholarship (Bar European Group, 2011)

Other relevant experience

Fraser studied law at Pembroke College, Oxford and the University of Leiden, Netherlands. As a student he was President of the Oxford Union (where he is now a trustee) and European Debating Champion, and on graduating was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. In 2008 he was the youngest of ten solicitors profiled in The Times as ‘Future Stars of the City’. He is co-author of The Law of Political Donations (Wildy & Sons, 2012) and former Vice Chair of the Human Rights Lawyers Association.  

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