St John's Buildings

Commercial & chancery litigation, Employment, Construction & property, ADR Inheritance & trust disputes

Lucas is a specialist Commercial and Employment law barrister. Lucas has been instructed to act for a range of large corporates, SMEs and private clients. He has experience of all stages of litigation, from pre-action through to trials and appeals.

Lucas capably tackles tricky issues of substantive and procedural law. His approach to cases and the advice he gives is strategic, commercial, and practical. He cuts through the noise in cases, getting to the real issues of importance quickly. Lucas ensures his approach to advising clients is tailored to their commercial needs and objectives.

Examples of recent work include:

• Advising, drafting and representing a client in High Court proceedings, where he successfully obtained an interim and then final injunction for his client and secured an award for the full amount of his client’s legal costs
• Advising and representing a client in proceedings involving a claim for professional negligence valued in excess of £1m
• Instructed by a petitioning shareholder in unfair prejudice proceedings in the High Court, involving issues on whether £12m in funds were misappropriated
• Representing a multinational telecommunications company in proceedings involving a claim valued at over £300,000
• Advising on and drafting a breach of contract claim for damages and a mandatory injunction
• Advising and representing a trustee in proceedings brought against another trustee over trust property
• Representing a multinational retailer at trial in a breach of contract dispute

Prior to having his own practice, Lucas worked for a seasoned Commercial and Employment law barrister in London as a Legal Research Assistant. Lucas’ professional and educational experience prior to coming to the Bar has included working for two multinational banks in Corporate Finance and Group Corporate Affairs, and completing a Master’s degree in Business and Finance. His prior experience makes him commercially astute and able to understand his clients’ needs and objectives.

Lucas has volunteered with the Free Representation Unit, during which he has represented Employment Tribunal claimants and assisted in Employment Appeal Tribunal proceedings. Lucas has separately marshalled several High Court judges in London and Belfast.

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple Northern Circuit

In addition to Lucas’ first Master’s degree in Law, he has also completed a Master’s degree in International Commercial Law and ADR, which included specialised study of IP, Financial Markets and Derivatives, Construction Adjudication, and Company Law. Lucas is also a professionally qualified mediator.