Chambers of Alan Boyle QC
6 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3QS, ENGLAND
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James Behrens
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Position
Barrister specialising in general chancery and commercial litigation, mediation and arbitration; reported cases include: Statek Corporation v Alford, [2008] BCC 266 (fraudulent breach of trust, limitation); Coekin v Bishop of Southwark [2007] 9 Ecc LJ 145 (revocation of clergyman’s licence); Comet Group Plc v Unika Computer SA [2004] ILPrI (litigation – commercial, EU and competition); Johnson v EBS Trustees [2002] 2 BCLC 770 (Chancery general); Collings v Lee, [2001] 2 All ER 332 (property litigation).
Career
Called to the Bar 1979; member of the Bar Council 1992-94; CEDR accredited mediator 1998; Deputy Chancery Master 2000; chartered arbitrator 2001; Chancellor of Leicester Diocese 2002; Chancellor of Bristol Diocese 2004; member of the Consumer Credit and Estate Agents Acts Appeals Panel 2003; adjudicator under the Communications and Internet Services Adjudication Scheme 2004, Recorder 2005. Recent publications include: Atkin Court Forms Volume 18(1) – Ecclesiastical Law (2008); ‘Practical Church Management’ (2005); ‘Church Disputes Mediation’ (2003); contributor to ‘Encyclopedia of E-Commerce Law’ (2003).
Member
Chancery Bar Association; Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS); Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP); Society for Computers and Law; Ecclesiastical Law Society; CEDR, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Property Bar Association; London Court of International Arbitration.
Education
Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge (1978 BA; 1982 MA); Cardiff University (1996 LLM, 2002 PhD).
Leisure
Music: piano, French horn, trumpet, harp.
Practice Areas
Chancery (general); Mediation; Property - litigation
