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Mr Hugh Miall
Position
Hugh specialises in commercial chancery matters, with a particular emphasis on complex civil fraud, commercial litigation, insolvency, company law and contentious trust litigation. He has significant experience of asset tracing claims, and his work often includes offshore or other international elements. He is in high demand both as sole Counsel and as junior on significant pieces of litigation, including disputes being resolved at arbitration. He is frequently instructed in relation to urgent and ex parte applications.
Career
Called 2009, Lincoln’s Inn.
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- Commercial Bar Association
- Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association
- Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)
- Volunteer for the Personal Insolvency Lawyers Advice and Representation Scheme (PILARS)
- Denning Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Education
- Lincoln’s Inn (Lord Mansfield Scholarship, Buchanan Prize, Hardwicke Entrance Award)
- MA (Hons) Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (Choral Scholarship, Academic Scholarship, Tapp Postgraduate Scholarship, 3 Verulam Buildings Prize for Trusts and Equity in University Finals)
- BVC at BBP Law School (Outstanding, joint-highest mark in year)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Partnership
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Hugh Miall – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Hugh is a first-rate advocate on paper and on his feet. He wins interim applications against very experienced partnership counsel. He likes to get his hands dirty with the detail.’
Crossing over with the set’s reputation for Chancery work, XXIV Old Buildings is known for its ‘great strength’ in the partnership area, handling a full spectrum of partnership law in farming, legal and finance both domestically and abroad. Elspeth Talbot Rice KC and Alan Steinfeld KC are two silks active in partnership work, while turning to the set’s juniors Helen Galley and Hugh Miall are noted for their practice covering traditional partnerships, LLPs and joint ventures.
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Hugh Miall – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Hugh is an exceptional advocate, technically excellent, friendly, responsive, pragmatic and willing to go above and beyond.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Hugh Miall –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Hugh is a first-rate advocate, both on paper and on his feet.’
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Hugh Miall –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Hugh gives clear and confident advice. He is a team player and very personable, which gains the confidence of the clients.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Hugh Miall –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Capable of grasping fine detail, while not losing sight of the bigger strategic landscape.’