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James has a broad commercial and private wealth disputes practice. His work encompasses civil fraud, trusts, commercial and company disputes, banking and financial services, art and cultural property, and contentious probate and estates.

James is recommended as a leading junior in the legal directories, in which he is identified as “everything you’d want in a junior barrister” and “very much one to watch”. Described as “fantastically clever and hard-working” he is “able to come up with brilliant solutions”, and “knows how to deliver his advice in a manner which is practical, commercial, and readily understandable to clients”.

He acts for an extremely wide range of clients, including individuals, businesses, and office-holders from all over the world. He is experienced in acting as sole counsel in cases across his areas of specialism, and regularly appears in court, both at interim hearings and at trial.  He also very frequently acts as part of a larger team in substantial and complex disputes. Many of his cases involve working with lawyers and clients from other jurisdictions. He has particular recent experience of disputes taking place in Guernsey, Jersey, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar.

Call: 2017

The Chancery Bar Association The Commercial Bar Association Young Fraud Lawyers Association Panel member, Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit)

BA English Language and Literature (First Class, top 5 in university) – Brasenose College, University of Oxford MSt English 1550-1700 (Distinction) – Lincoln College, University of Oxford Graduate Dip. Law (Distinction) – Oxford Brookes University