Chambers of Sarah Asplin QC
LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3XL, ENGLAND
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Francis Collaco Moraes
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Position
Francis has a commercial Chancery practice with an emphasis on litigation specialising in contentious property, insolvency (corporate and personal), company, partnerships and professional negligence. Recent cases include: Devon & Cornwall Securities v Littler [2010] EWCA Civ 1038 (new point raised in the Court of Appeal); Bangla Television Ltd (in liquidation) [2009] EWHC 1632 (Ch) (whether liquidator was precluded from pursuing a claim for wrongful trading; Bangla Television Ltd (in liquidation) [2009] EWHC 2530 (Ch) (application to require a liquidator to attend for cross-examination); Sharma v Farlam Ltd [2009] EWHC 1622 (Ch) (construction of pre-emption provisions in shareholders’ agreement and whether shareholder had acted in breach of trust); Sillett v Meek [2007] EWHC 1169 (Ch) (Claim relating to the beneficial ownership of a Jersey bank account transferred into joint names: was there donative intention on the part of the transferor); Lexi Holdings plc v Garth Scott Stainforth [2006] EWCA Civ 988 (Interpretation of contracts and the contra proferentem rule); Sharif v Sadiq [2004] All ER (D) 254 (Contract for the sale of Land – formalities); Daniels v Thompson [2004] EWCA Civ 307 (Professional negligence – Solicitors); Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited v Patel [2003] EWHC 3413 (Ch) (Breach of director’s duties); McNicholas Construction (Holdings) Limited v Endemol UK plc [2003] EWHC 2472 (Ch) (Land contract concerning the `Fame Academy’); Tannu v Moosajee [2003] EWCA Civ 815 (Issue estoppel); Re: Asset Visions Limited [2003] EWHC 756 (Ch) (Validity of receiver’s appointment); Abbey Life Assurance Co Limited v Yeap 11 May 2001 CA (Commercial Agents’ Directive); Conrad Riblat v Jil Sanders 24 April 2001 (Part 36 of the CPR); Plender v Hyams [2001] 32 CA (Guidance on the then new procedure on appeals to High Court); The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow v Minchinton 74 P&CR 221 CA (adverse possession).
Career
Called 1985, Lincolns Inn. Deputy High Court Master assigned to the Chancery Division.
Member
Chancery Bar Association; Property Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Education
London Oratory School; BA Law 1984.
Leisure
Ardent Surrey County Cricket Club fan, Formula 1 fanatic and plays tenor saxophone.
Practice Areas
Chancery (general); Insolvency and corporate reconstruction; Property - litigation
