The Legal 500

Work Department

Litigation commercial; contentious trusts and probate; fraud.

Position

Nicolas has been a partner since 1990, specialising in commercial and trust litigation, including asset recovery. He has represented States of Jersey committees, foreign government bodies, heads of state, banks and trust companies. He has acted in some of the most high-value, complex and politically sensitive trust and commercial litigation cases. He appeared as counsel for the claimant Gruppo Torras SA in the Esteem Settlement litigation. Some published cases include: Freeman v Ansbacher 2009 JRC 003; E Trust 2008 JRC 053; Koonmen v Bender 2002/177; GL v Nautilus Trustees Limited 2009 JRC 164A; In re Hynd Settlement 2001/81; N and N Spread Trustees Company Ltd 1999/57; In re Esteem Settlement 1995-2005 JLR; Gruppo Torras SA v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc 1994 JLR 41; Mayo Associates v Anagram and Young 1999/156; Bland v First National Bank 1993 JLR 80; Enhorning v Nordic Link Limited 1996 JLR; State of Qatar v Al-Thani 1999 118; Wright v Rockway Ltd 1994 JLR60; Hughes v Clewley 1994; Leeds Utd AFC Ltd and Leeds Utd 2007 Ltd v Admatch 2008 JRC 141.

Career

Qualified as English solicitor 1983; advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey 1988; partner in the firm 1990. Publications: co-author of Jersey section of FT Law & Tax ‘International Tracing of Assets’; a frequent speaker at conferences and publishes articles on related topics, including ‘Discovery against the non-party’, Jersey Law Review.

Languages

French.

Member

Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists; Commercial Fraud Lawyers’ Association.

Education

West of England University (1980 BA Hons Law).

Practice Areas

Contentious trusts and probate; Fraud; Litigation - commercial