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Mr Christopher Buckingham

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Work Department

St Philips Business & Property

Position

Christopher is a Chancery Commercial practitioner. His work covers a range of specialist practice areas including insolvency, property, probate and trusts. In recent years he has been instructed to advise and appear in an array of complex and high value cases (both led and as sole counsel) including claims brought by insolvency office-holders, directors’ disqualification applications and proceedings under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

Recent reported cases include:

Re Javazzi Limited [2021] EWHC 1239 (Ch); [2021] 2 BCLC 82: Represented the Secretary of State in obtaining a 7 year disqualification order against a director after a 4 day trial before HHJ Mithani QC. The case was bought on the basis of the director’s failure to keep adequate accounts.

Lomax v Lomax [2019] EWCA Civ 1467; [2019] 1 WLR 6527: Seminal case on mandatory ADR, in which the Court of Appeal ruled that parties can be compelled to take part in Early Neutral Evaluation even if they do not consent. Christopher appeared (unled) for the successful Appellant.

 

Career

Called to the Bar in 2009, Lincoln’s Inn.

Regional B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown (Appointed 2018 for five years)

 

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association (committee member)

Court of Protection Practitioners Association

Denning Society

Ecclesiastical Law Society

Education

LLM (Commercial Law), Wolfson College, Cambridge
BVC, Nottingham Law School
GDL, Oxford Brookes (Distinction)
MA Philosophy Politics and Economics, Lincoln College, Oxford
Pegasus Scholarship (New Zealand, 2014)
Sunley Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)
Tancred Studentship (Lincoln’s Inn)
Lord Haldane Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)
Hardwicke Entrance Award (Lincoln’s Inn)
Law Department Prize for Outstanding Performance on the GDL

Lawyer Rankings

Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Christopher Buckingham – St Philips Chambers ‘Christopher is an exceptional counsel with a keen eye for detail. He is especially thorough in his preparation and makes himself readily available to discuss matters in which he is instructed.’

Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Property and construction

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Christopher Buckingham – St Philips Chambers ‘Christopher is technically very strong, does great paperwork and provides clear advice. He has the ear of the court.’ 

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