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Dickinson Gleeson Offices
3RD FLOOR LE GALLAIS BUILDING
6 MINDEN PLACE
ST HELIER
JE2 4WQ
Jersey
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James Dickinson
Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
James is the firm’s Managing Partner and a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department.
Career
Trained Morgan Cole; qualified 1997 as an English solicitor; admitted as an advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey 2004; admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 2008 (non-practising); Morgan Cole 1995-99; Sinels Advocates 1999-2002; Bedell Cristin 2002-08; James Dickinson and Co 2009-10; partner Dickinson Gleeson 2010 to date.
James has over 20 years’ experience of dealing with complex commercial disputes in Jersey and other offshore and international jurisdictions. James has acted as an expert witness on Jersey law and regularly appears before the island’s senior courts.
He has a wide-ranging commercial litigation practice which encompasses asset recovery, trust and estate disputes, shareholder and other corporate disputes and cases involving access to information and the restraint of use of improperly obtained information.
James’s clients include ultra-HNWIs, HNWIs, financial institutions, law firms, executors, settlors, trustees and beneficiaries.
Languages
Basic French.
Memberships
Overseas member of the Chancery Bar Association.
Education
Harrow School; University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (1993 LLB (Hons)); College of Law, York (1994 LPC).
Leisure
Shooting, golf, tennis, surfing, reading and film.
Lawyer Rankings
Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)Contentious trust and estate matters form the core of Dickinson Gleeson‘s dispute resolution practice. Bankruptcy, breach of duty and fraud proceedings are also areas of strength. Leading the team are founding partners James Dickinson
and James Gleeson, both of whom have broad practices spanning commercial disputes, trust litigation and asset recovery. Guillaume Staal counts HNWIs, trust companies and financial institutions among his clients, and specialises in trust and estate litigation. Senior associate Jonathan Barham handles breach of directors’ duties and trusts claims, as well as civil fraud and insolvency issues.
Jersey > Private client, trusts and tax
Dickinson Gleeson‘s private clients practice specialises in supporting owner-managed businesses, and is well placed to handle both contentious and non-contentious trusts issues. Leading the team is Craig Swart, who advises on a range of trusts matters, and also has experience in matters of insolvency and asset tracing. James Dickinson and James Gleeson are litigation specialists who act for HNWIs and their families, trustees, law firms and financial institutions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution Jersey > Dispute resolution
- Private client, trusts and tax Jersey