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Ms Nicole Langlois
Position
Nicole has a flourishing international practice and is regularly instructed in cases which have a multi-jurisdictional aspect. Her recent and on-going cases involve jurisdictions as diverse as Jersey, Guernsey, New York, Hong Kong and Nigeria.
Nicole’s main areas of specialisation are commercial disputes, trust and company litigation and fraud and asset tracing. She is recommended in Legal 500 as leading junior in the area of commercial litigation and offshore.
Recent commercial disputes in which she has been involved include acting on behalf of a UK company in connection with allegations that a former director and shareholder had infringed patents and disclosed confidential information, and acting on behalf of a multi-national company which had been defrauded of substantial sums by one of its employees.
Nicole also regularly acts on behalf of insurers, trustees and beneficiaries in connection with high value claims for breach of trust, as well as advising in relation to complex and often sensitive applications for directions. She has particular experience of cases concerning the scope of a Court’s powers to give directions, disclosure of trust documentation and the setting aside of dispositions on the grounds of mistake, a topic on which she has also written and lectured extensively. Given the largely multi-jurisdictional nature of her practice, she is often instructed to advise in relation to complex issues of conflicts of laws, including the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and the use of evidence in foreign proceedings.
Nicole is also one of only a handful of lawyers practising in London who is dual qualified to practice both in England and in Jersey.
Career
Nicole began her legal career as a trainee solicitor with a magic circle City firm, and then returned to Jersey in 1995, qualifying as a Jersey Advocate in 1998. In 2002, she became a partner in the Litigation Department of one of the leading Channel Islands’ law firms. She joined Chambers in early 2008.
Languages
French (Conversational)
Memberships
- Law Society of Jersey
- Chancery Bar Association
- STEP
- Bar of The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Education
- 1998 Called to the Jersey Bar
- 1992 Solicitors’ Final Examinations (with Honours)
- 1986-1990 LLB (European) Exeter University (Dean’s Commendation)
Lawyer Rankings
The English Bar Offshore > Trusts and private wealth
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Nicole Langlois – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Nicole is exceedingly clever, sharp and strategic. Her advocacy is brilliant: she reads the room and tailors her approach accordingly.’
XXIV Old Buildings is sought after by clients to handle work originating from Gibraltar, Bermuda, BVI, the Cayman Islands, and the Crown Dependencies. Stephen Moverley Smith KC is a key silk at the set and has appeared before the Supreme Court of the Bahamas, the Bermuda Court of Appeal, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and the Privy Council, and has recently been acting alongside Francis Tregear KC for the trust beneficiaries in a case concerning the division of a trust into several, and the related opposition application. Tregear KC is called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean, as is Elspeth Talbot Rice KC, who continues to act for the appellants in the Wong v Grand View case, which concerns the validity and transfer of five purpose trusts, as well as the related use of powers of addition and exclusion. Among the set’s strong bench of juniors, Nicole Langlois is dual qualified to act in England and Jersey, and Bajul Shah is notable for his trust disputes work; he represented the defendant in Pilatus (PTC) Limited v RBC Trutsees (Guernsey) Limited, which concerns a breach of trust claim following the resignation of the trustee. Andrew Holden is another key junior at the set.
The English Bar Offshore > Commercial disputes
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Nicole Langlois – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Nicole is very personable, has strong knowledge of the relevant law and process, and is comfortable when dealing with a difficult judge.’