Crispin Hayhoe > 33 Bedford Row > London, England > Barrister Profile

Crispin Hayhoe

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Work Department

Crispin advises and represents clients in a full range of civil and commercial disputes.  He accepts instructions in chancery, civil and commercial law and has particular expertise in insolvency work.

Position

Crispin has expertise in insolvency; commercial; contract; asset recovery; employment; general civil litigation. Crispin is also an accountant and a licensed insolvency practitioner. Prior to coming to the Bar, he worked as a company director and at PricewaterhouseCoopers. he also specialises in cost effective, commercial remedies for clients. He appears regularly in courts and tribunals at both County Court and High Court level and can provide second, independent opinions where litigation at first instances has gone wrong. As well as his general commercial caseload, Crispin has developed a niche practice in the area of child support disputes. For many years he has been instructed by government departments in cases that have gone before the courts, but he also accepts instruction on behalf of individuals affected by the litigation.

Career

Call 2004. Before qualifying as a barrister, Crispin practised as a certified accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and qualified as a licensed insolvency practitioner. In the last 12 months he has acted for a number of debtors and creditors in insolvency proceedings (including a case in the Court of Appeal. This wide-ranging commercial background is reflected in the cases Crispin undertakes, which include company-based litigation, directors’ duties and disqualifications, partnership disputes, insolvency issues, contractual and insurer disputes. He is fully familiar with consumer credit litigation and cases involving remedies under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996. Moreover, Crispin’s background and experience makes him well placed to deal with asset recovery, whistleblowing and general employment issues. Crispin is always sensitive to commercial context and is valued for his ability to risk-assess each stage of litigation and to explain the full range of options at each stage of litigation or anticipated litigation. Crispin’s clients value his cost-effective, commercially aware approach to client care.

Memberships

Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (FCCA) (1998); qualified as a member of Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA) (1991); Fellow of the Society of Practitioners in Insolvency (FASPI) (1999) (resigned 2000); Obtained Insolvency Licence (1994).

Education

MA (St And) 1987; Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Kingston University) 2003.