Chambers of George Bompas QC
LINCOLN'S INN, LONDON, WC2A 3XT, ENGLAND
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George Bompas QC
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Position
Barrister specialising in: company and insolvency work (litigation and advisory); regulatory, banking/insurance and financial services law; professional negligence. 50 or so reported cases, the most recent being: ; Music Sales v Shapiro [2006] 1 BCLC 371; Lloyd v Casey [2002] 1 BCLC 454; Re BSB Holdings Ltd (No2) [1996] 1 BCLC and Re Leeds United Holdings [1996] 2 BCLC 545 (Companies Act 1985, section 459); Shogun Finance v Hudson ([2004] 1 AC 919 Contract); Giles v Rhind [2003] Ch 618 (Shareholders claim for reflective loss); Needler Financial Services v Taber [2002] 3 All ER 501 (measure of damages for negligent financial advice); Re Lomax Leisure [2000] Ch 502 (Administration); Re TLL Realisations [2000] BCC 998; Re Landhurst Leasing [1999] 1 BCLC 286; Re Barton Manufacturing Co Ltd [1998] BCC 827 (Insolvency Act, s238); Re Dominion International Group PLC (No2) [1996] 1 BCLC 572 and Secretary of State v Laing [1996] 2 BCLC 324 (Directors Disqualification Act). Publications: ‘Company Investigations’(1990 Tolley’s Company Law); ‘Funding Litigation and Assigning Claims’ and ‘Investigation’ (1999 Butterworths: Practical Insolvency).
Career
Called 1975 Middle Temple (bencher of Lincoln’s Inn); QC 1994; called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands, and for specific cases to the Bar of Trinidad Tobago; Junior Counsel (Chancery) to the DTI 1989-94; Deputy High Court Judge 2003.
Education
Scholar Oriel College, Oxford (1974 BA; 1976 MA).
Practice Areas
Banking; Commercial; Insolvency and corporate reconstruction
