James Copley > 4PB > London, England > Barrister Profile

James Copley

020 7427 5200 jec@4pb.com

Position

Barrister specialising in civil procedure; company and commercial; child abduction; employment; Children Act proceedings; professional negligence; civil partnerships; real property and landlord and tenant; divorce; inheritance and family provision; matrimonial finance; and rights of cohabitees (family law). Busy family practice covering all aspects of family law, with an emphasis on ancillary relief, Inheritance Act claims, and cohabitees’ property disputes. A good deal of James’s ancillary relief work involves complex property/trust issues and personal insolvency. Regularly acts on behalf of intervenors including trustees of family trusts, mortgagees and trustees in bankruptcy. Undertakes a variety of real property work, encompassing mortgages, trusts, conveyancing, adverse possession and boundary disputes. Wide experience of commercial and residential landlord and tenant matters, including business tenancy renewals and dilapidation claims. In the employment field James is instructed by employers and employees, dealing with redundancy, unfair dismissal, sex, race and disability discrimination, equal pay claims and employer’s liability claims. Particular interest in TUPE and redundancy issues consequent on business reorganisation. Has frequently acted for clients in mediations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. Professionally qualified as a family mediator with Family Mediators Association, one of the co-founders of the UK College of Family Mediators and an association with over 15 years’ experience in family mediation.

Career

Called 1997.

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association; Family Mediators’ Association.

Education

University of Manchester (LLB Hons).