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3 Stone Buildings

Chambers of Sarah Asplin QC

LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3XL, ENGLAND
Tel:
Work 020 7242 4937
Fax:
Fax 020 7405 3896
DX:
317 LONDON CHANCERY LANE WC2
Web:
www.3stonebuildings.com
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New York, London

3 Stone Buildings is a thriving set of Chancery and commercial chambers. Its members are creative and forward thinking, and aim to provide clients with practical, effective and original solutions to their legal problems.

The set: 3 Stone Buildings’ main practice areas are: commercial and Chancery litigation, pensions, company and insolvency, property, trusts and tax, insurance and reinsurance.

Types of work undertaken: Members of chambers have been involved in many recent high-profile cases including, for example: Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National, Benedetti v Sawiris, Natixis v WestCB & ors, Apple Corps v Apple Computer, Re the estate of Wang Teh Huei, Man AG v Freightliner and Ernst & Young, Re T and N Ltd, Centre Re and Munich Re v Curzon Insurance Ltd, Freakley & Ors v Centre Re & Ors, In the estate of Loftus deceased, Shirayama Shokusan Co Ltd v Danovo, CAT V Abbott, Leyland Daf (in liquidation), Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge, Kuwait Airways v Iraqi Airways, National Grid Plc v Mayes, Barings Plc v Coopers & Lybrand, Equitable Life v Hyman, Director General of Fair Trading v Premier League, BskyB, and BBC.

Additional specialisations: 3 Stone Buildings also offers specialists in: banking and financial services, professional negligence, media entertainment and sports, partnership and cultural property.

Members of chambers undertake litigation drafting and advice in all these areas. Direct instructions are accepted from accountants, and other professionals, and under the licensed access scheme.

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