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Paul Chaisty KC KC
Position
Paul is a leading specialist in chancery and commercial litigation across all fields especially commercial disputes, corporate shareholder actions, civil fraud, partnership, banking, sports law and domestic and international arbitrations. Appears at all levels including Supreme Court/Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court and domestic and international arbitrations and is regularly instructed in litigation abroad including in the BVI, Cayman Islands, Singapore (where he is a registered overseas lawyer), the Isle of Man and in the Bahamas on an ad hoc basis.
A specialist trial lawyer with a strong reputation for tactical advice and ruthless cross-examination Paul regularly acts in connection with freezing injunctions, provisional liquidators and associated interim applications. Rated as “Star of the Bar” since 2015. Deputy High Court Judge in Chancery Division and QBD. Also a full member of Serle Court, Lincoln’s Inn.
Career
University: Nottingham & Exeter College Oxford. Degrees: Law (LLB) (First Class) & BCL. Year of call: 1982 (Lincoln’s Inn), Hardwicke and Cassell scholar. Recorder: 2000. Appointed KC: 2001. Official Appointments: Deputy High Court Judge (authorised to sit in Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions) 2006. Called to Bar in British Virgin Islands and Bahamas 2009.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association;
Northern Chancery Bar Association;
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association;
COMBAR.
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Property and construction
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Paul Chaisty KC – Kings Chambers ‘Paul is a brilliant cross-examiner, good with clients and a real fighter in the court room.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Paul Chaisty KC – Kings Chambers ‘A devastatingly effective silk with a ferocious work ethic.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Chancery, probate, and tax
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Paul Chaisty KC – Kings Chambers ‘Paul is a superb advocate, persuasive and charming when needed, and brutal in cross-examination.’
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Company and insolvency
Kings Chambers ‘is the leading set for insolvency work in the North West’ and its members have expertise in handling complex and high-value unfair prejudice actions and shareholder disputes, as well as insolvency-related matters, acting for office holders, companies, directors and debtors. Lesley Anderson KC is head of the set’s business and property group, which also includes Andrew Grantham KC, who is active in matters regarding just and equitable winding-up petitions, derivative actions, and disputes concerning share sales and title to shares, and he acted for the respondent in PSV 1982 Ltd v Langdon, the leading case on two issues concerning s217 of the Insolvency Act. In Waldron v Waldron, David Casement KC successfully defended the respondent against allegations of breaches of fiduciary duty and unfair prejudice in a dispute between family shareholders in a construction company. Louis Doyle KC has a track record of offshore work, as does Paul Chaisty KC.
Regional Bar > Northern Circuit > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Kings Chambers is highly regarded for its ‘great depth’ in sport law. Paul Chaisty KC regularly represents premier clubs in high-profile commercial cases, and Martin Budworth is well known for his expertise in sports arbitration. David Casement KC ‘possesses excellent technical knowledge‘ and is highly regarded as ‘an expert in sports disputes and regulation‘. Steven Flynn‘s practice includes regulatory issues and contractual and commercial litigation. Rosie Kight is ‘an entirely approachable and down to earth advocate‘.