Angharad Start > Chambers of Ewan McQuater KC and David Quest KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Ewan McQuater KC and David Quest KC
3 Verulam Buildings
GRAY'S INN
LONDON
WC1R 5NT
England
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Position

Barrister specialising in company law, corporate and personal insolvency, professional indemnity work, banking law, mortgages and other securities, restraint of trade and breach of confidence (including claims), landlord and tenant, agricultural, partnership, general Chancery and commercial litigation, private client work.

Career

Called 1988; previously working for merchant bank and in the Far East; various articles for ‘New Law Journal’, the ‘Insolvency Bulletin’ and ‘Insolvency Intelligence’.

Memberships

COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; Insolvency Lawyers Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; International Law Association.

Education

St Paul’s Girls School; University of Durham (BA).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Art and cultural property

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Angharad Start3 Verulam Buildings ‘Angharad is an exceptionally forceful advocate, and a formidable personality. She has appeared in a number of high-profile art law cases and is highly respected by solicitors in this field.’

Members of 3 Verulam Buildings continue to be involved in a number of high-profile cases and are considered ‘sector specialists’ within the art and cultural property sector. Andrew Onslow KC recently acted as sole counsel for Lord and Lady Wemyss in Wemyss v Simon C Dickinson Ltd, a case concerning alleged professional negligence against an art dealer concerning the sale of a Le Bénédicité painting by Jean Simeon Chardin. Angharad Start has also been very active in this practice area, and is currently representing Dmitry Rybolovlev in his long-running case against Sotheby’s concerning an alleged secret profit by Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier.

London Bar > Insolvency

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5

Angharad Start3 Verulam Buildings ‘She is a powerful litigator, has an excellent commercial skills and a keen legal brain. He advocacy is measured and attractive.’