Gareth Tilley > Serle Court > London, England > Barrister Profile

Gareth Tilley

020 7242 6105 gtilley@serlecourt.co.uk

Position

All areas of commercial and chancery litigation including: civil fraud, asset tracing and related injunctive relief; commercial/contractual disputes; contentious trusts (domestic and international); company and partnership disputes; professional negligence; insolvency; intellectual property. Recent cases of note: Re Keeping Kids Company (2020) disqualification proceedings arising from the collapse of Kids Company; HMRC v IGE USA Investments [2020] EWHC 2121 (Ch) claim to rescind a tax settlement for fraud; Original Alternative v Bayley [2019] EWHC 3629 (Ch) injunction and committal application arising from a web domain hacking; Glenn v Watson [2018] EWHC 2016 (Ch) successful £’000m fraud claim and committal application; Polegoshko v Ibragimov [2014] EWHC 1535 (Ch), [2015] EWHC 1669 (Ch) fraudulent alteration of register of an LLP; Re Quiet Moments Limited; Dufoo v Tolaini [2013] EWHC 3806 (Ch), [2014] EWCA Civ 1536, breakdown of joint venture relationship/just and equitable winding up; Alhamrani v Alhamrani (2012) share purchase dispute governed by Saudi Law (BVI High Court).

Career

Qualified 2004 (New South Wales Legal Practitioner), 2003-2004 judicial assistant, Equity Division, Supreme Court of NSW; 2007, Lincoln’s Inn. Tenant, Serle Court, 2008 – present.

Memberships

Chancery Bar association, COMBAR.

Education

Sydney Boys High School 1992-1997. University of Sydney, BA (2000), LLB (First Class) (2004); University of Oxford; BCL (2006).