Elizabeth Nicholls > 4-5 Gray's Inn Square > London, England > Barrister Profile

Elizabeth Nicholls

enicholls@4-5.co.uk

Position

Elizabeth has a broad chancery, commercial, business and property practice, including Local Government work. She also offers specialist advice in arboricultural law (trees, forests and hedges).

She represents a wide range of local authorities, individuals and insurers and is regularly instructed to advise on matters relating to highways, land and property, environment and Town and Country Planning. Elizabeth has experience in money disputes (including fraud), enforcement, injunctions and direct action. She accepts instructions in boundary disputes and matters relating to rural and countryside issues.

Career

In addition, she is a member of 4-5’s Mediation and International Arbitration groups, being a commercial mediator and arbitrator (MCIArb and Fellow and Director of FICA). Elizabeth is a keen mediator and advocates the use of mediation in settling disputes at an early stage.

Elizabeth comes to chambers with over 20 years experience in large companies. She began her career working for a global food and pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer then a leading international consumer products manufacturer and one of the largest supermarket retailers in the UK (Sainsbury’s).

She has led international buying and technical teams and has settled numerous multi-million £/$ disputes. Her experience before coming to the Bar, enables her to give practical and realistic advice to all her clients.

Elizabeth has also worked ‘in-house’ for a large public authority in planning, environment and enforcement and with the Financial Conduct Authority. She is Direct Access qualified.

Memberships

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
• Fellow of the Forum for International Conciliation and Arbitration (FICA)
• International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Chancery Bar Association
• Arboricultural Association
• Admitted as a barrister of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the Territory of the Virgin Islands

Education

• Master of Laws, LL.M – Distinction
• Bar Practice Training Certificate – Very Competent
• Bachelor of Laws, LL.B – First Class
• Civil and Commercial Mediator – ADR Group