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Joanne Box
Position
Jo practises in all areas of Chambers’ work, with a particular emphasis on commercial litigation, arbitration and intellectual property law. She appears regularly as an advocate and is instructed in cases before the High Court, the County Court and in arbitration, both led and unled. Her recent cases include: Cattles Limited v PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP (Commercial Court), a substantial claim concerning alleged auditor negligence (with Mark Hapgood QC and Thomas Plewman); Malhotra v Malhotra [2014] EWHC 113 (Comm), an action on a cross-undertaking raising issues of reflective loss (with Roger Masefield QC); an ICC arbitration concerning liability under an IT contract, raising issues of capacity and restitution (with Hilary Heilbron QC and David Scannell); an ad hoc shipping arbitration under the AA 1996 concerning demurrage and alleged wrongful arrest of a vessel (with Richard Lord QC).
Career
Called 2012; Middle Temple. Pupillage Brick Court Chambers 2012-13, tenant 2013 to date.
Memberships
COMBAR.
Education
University of Cambridge ( BA (Hons) Law (Double First)); University of Cambridge (LLM (Starred First)); Harvard Law School (LLM); Kaplan Law School (BPTC (Outstanding)).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Joanne Box –Brick Court Chambers
‘Very smart and conscientious. Really gets into the detail of the case and assimilates information very quickly. Very hardworking, team player and a pleasure to work with. Absolute go-to junior for big and complex cases.‘
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Joanne Box – Brick Court Chambers ‘Joanne’s oral advocacy is well prepared and persuasive.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Joanne Box –Brick Court Chambers ‘A very effective barrister with excellent instincts, Jo is decisive and cuts to the heart of the matter.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Joanne Box – Brick Court Chambers ‘Joanne is a very effective barrister, with excellent instincts and a great ability to identify the heart of an issue quickly. She remains calm under pressure and is an asset to any team.‘
Instructed in the market’s most high-profile disputes, Brick Court Chambers ‘deservedly has an outstanding reputation in the field of commercial litigation‘. In Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process & Industrial Developments, Mark Howard KC, leading Tom Pascoe and Joanne Box, represented Nigeria in a dispute concerning the enforcement of a $9.6bn arbitral award against Nigeria; and in a major boost to chambers, Richard Eschwege KC and Craig Morrison KC both took silk in March 2023. Eschwege KC acts unled for the two principal defendants in a $330m civil fraud claim involving oil trading in West Africa; and Morrison KC’s track record includes representing the Ingenious Media Group and Patrick McKenna in a film production schemes-related dispute, where Ingenious was sued by hundreds of former investors for deceit, misrepresentation, and breach of contract.
London Bar > Group litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Joanne Box – Brick Court Chambers ‘She is efficient, intelligent and very commercially minded.’