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Adv Adv Philip Sinel
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Work Department
Dispute resolution; fraud; and litigation – commercial.
Position
Principal specialising in commercial litigation, fraud, trust law and private client. Significant cases include the following, as well as numerous other trust cases held in private: BS West, GB West, BI West and MM West v Lazard Brothers and Company (Jersey) Limited and Lazard Brothers Trustee Company (Jersey) Limited 1993; Mayo Associates SA, Troy Associates Limited and TTS International SA v Cantrade Private Bank Switzerland (CI) Limited and Touché Ross and Company; Bamford v Ellis & Others; Attorney General v Eichner; Buxani v Buxani; Re A Settlement (held largely in camera); Bhander v Barclays Private Bank & Trust Co Ltd; C v C; Ball v King; Syvret v Bailache & Hamon; Re The Eurotrust; Manley v Bell and PS v C; Caversham Trustees Ltd v Patel and six others; Sheikh Mohamed Ali M Alhamrani and four others v Sheikh Abdullah Ali M Alhamrani and four others; Leeds United Football Club v AdMatch; O’Brien v Marett; and Marett v Walkers.
Career
Called to Bar England and Wales 1984; advocate Jersey 1987; attorney-at-law Anguilla 2002; rights of audience and to conduct litigation Dubai 2008.
Languages
English and French.
Member
Jersey Law Society; Jersey Family Law Society; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists; Institute of Directors; Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Education
Victoria College, Jersey; Millfield School, Somerset; University of Buckingham; College of Law, London.
Leisure
Hobbies: Family, water sports, nature.
Practice Areas
Contentious trusts and probate; Fraud; Litigation - commercial
