Mr Joel Finnan > Exchange Chambers > Manchester, England > Barrister Profile

Mr Joel Finnan

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Work Department

Commercial, Insolvency and Property

Position

Joel was called to the Bar in 2018, and became a tenant of Exchange Chambers in September 2019 following the successful completion of his pupillage under Richard Tetlow. Joel’s main focusses are commercial litigation and insolvency law.

Joel appears regularly in the County and High Courts for procedural hearings, applications and trials, and has considerable experience of handling winding-up lists and bankruptcies. He also frequently accepts instructions to draft statements of case, applications, and to provide formal advice.

Beyond his year of call, Joel has also appeared in a number of high-value disputes, including:

• an application to extend time to contest jurisdiction in a claim valued at £3.4 million;
• an injunction to restrain the disposition of property allegedly at an undervalue featuring a number of Respondents, some of whom were domiciled in the Seychelles; and
• an injunction to restrain the notification of a winding-up petition valued at £1.2 million involving allegations of a large-scale tax fraud.

Career

Called 2018

Memberships

Northern Circuit
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association

Education

Qualifications
BPTC, Northumbria University (2018) (VC)
Graduate Diploma in Law, Northumbria University (2017)
Master | Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry (2:1), The University of Manchester (2015)

Scholarships/Prizes
Campbell Foster Prize, Middle Temple (top 5% of performances on the BPTC)
Dean’s Award, Northumbria University
Academic Scholarship, Northumbria University
Ward Hadaway Prize: Best Performance on the Graduate Diploma in Law (Distance Learning)