James Tee > Collas Crill > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile

Collas Crill
GLATEGNY COURT, PO BOX 140
GLATEGNY ESPLANADE
ST PETER PORT
GY1 4EW
Guernsey

Work Department

Dispute resolution

Position

James is a Partner in our Guernsey Dispute Resolution team.

James advises on all aspects of commercial dispute resolution with a particular focus on insolvency matters. He regularly advises insolvency practitioners, creditors and directors alike on all aspect of insolvency matters from appointments to directions applications.

Additionally, James has experience regarding other matters in the core areas of the Dispute Resolution team including Corporate Disputes and Contentious Trusts.

Career

James first joined Collas Crill as a paralegal in 2006 and went on to complete his Bar Vocational Court whilst working at Collas Crill. James was called to the Inner Temple in July 2009. The following year James attended Caen University and in 2010 passed the Guernsey Bar Exams. He was called to the Guernsey Bar in 2010.

In 2017, James passed the Guernsey notarial exams and was admitted as a Notary Public in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. He was promoted to Partner in January 2023.

Languages

French

Memberships

Inner Temple
ARIES
Associate Member of R3
Secretary of the Association of Guernsey Notaries

Education

Elizabeth College, Guernsey; Oxford Brookes University, Law and Politics BA Hons; University of Caen (2009 Certificate d’études Juridique Français et Normandes).

Leisure

Golf, hockey and cooking.

Lawyer Rankings

Guernsey > Dispute resolution

(Next Generation Partners)

James TeeCollas Crill

Trust disputes and both plaintiff and defendant-side director litigation form the bedrock of Collas Crill‘s dispute resolution practice, which also represents clients in broader corporate and insolvency matters. Practice head and managing partner Christian Hay handles complex cross-border trusts disputes, in addition to being a qualified mediator and arbitrator. Gareth Bell acts on a wide variety of cases, including those relating to directors’ duties, professional negligence and other commercial disputes, while Michael Adkins covers regulatory, public law and insolvency issues. David O’Hanlon and Ben Havard both handle contentious and semi-contentious trust disputes. Nin Ritchie and James Tee, recently promoted to group partner and partner, respectively, advise financial institutions on a range of issues, including regulatory and insolvency matters.