John Kelleher > Carey Olsen > St Helier, Jersey > Lawyer Profile
Carey Olsen Offices
47 ESPLANADE
ST HELIER
JE1 0BD
Jersey
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John Kelleher
Work Department
Dispute Resolution and Litigation; Property Law.
Position
Partner and head of dispute resolution and litigation at Carey Olsen, specialises in commercial disputes.
His litigation specialisms include: public law and judicial review; law of contract; property law; planning law and general commercial litigation.
He is a recognised leader in Jersey contract law and Jersey customary law. The many high-profile cases he has acted on include Les Pas Holding Limited v States of Jersey; J.P.M.O. and TOP Produce Ltd v States of Jersey; Anchor Trust v Jersey Financial Services Commission; and Jersey Financial Services Commission v Cater Allen Trust Co Ltd and others.
In 2017-2020, John was President of the Law Society of Jersey.
Career
Barrister, Middle Temple 1991; advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey 1994; partner in the firm 1995. Qualified mediator.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Founding member of the Jersey Law Review; external supervisor for a PhD student on the property law of Jersey; associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Education
De La Salle College, Jersey; University of Warwick (1984 BA Hons History; 1991 PhD); City of London University (1990 MA Law); Université de Caen (1993 Certificate d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises et Normandes).
Lawyer Rankings
Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)‘Willing to go the extra mile’, Carey Olsen acts for clients based in Jersey and abroad on trust disputes, insolvency proceedings, contentious regulatory issues and cases concerning directors’ duties, with a growing shareholder disputes practice. Practice head Marcus Pallot assists financial services clients engaged in complex regulatory issues and insolvency matters. Veteran litigator John Kelleher
maintains a broad practice, covering public law and judicial reviews, in addition to trusts, contract and property disputes. Andreas Kistler acts for plaintiffs and defendants in cases concerning fraud, professional negligence and breach of trust, while William Grace handles white-collar crime instructions, regulatory proceedings and asset tracing. Louise Woolrich, who was made partner in July 2022, handles trusts and funds disputes. Senior associate Pierre Ali-Noor joined the practice from Dickinson Gleeson in October 2022, bringing strong private wealth and trusts expertise to the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Jersey > Dispute resolution
- Hall of Fame Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial property
- Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Family
- Investment funds
- Private client, trusts and tax
- Dispute resolution > Regulatory and white-collar crime