Jordan Holland > Chambers of Penelope Reed > London, England > Barrister Profile

Chambers of Penelope Reed
5 Stone Buildings
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3XT
England
Jordan Holland photo

Position

General chancery, private client, succession, trusts; Court of Protection; related professional negligence. Has particular expertise in cases involving art and cultural property. Reported cases include: Watts v Watts [2015] EWCA Civ 1297 (Ch) (will forgery); Dellal v Dellal [2015] EWHC 907 (Fam) (anti-avoidance in 1975 Act Claims); Trilogy Management Ltd v Harcus Sinclair [2016] EWHC 170 (Ch) (professional negligence in relation to offshore trusts); Tish v Olley [2018] EWHC 1069 (Ch) (maintenance clauses in wills) and Re Earl Bathurst Deceased [2018] EWHC 21 (Ch) (construction of life interests). Jordan also has a notable offshore practice, especially in the Channel Islands. He acted in the long-running Trilogy litigation and for the professional trustee in the Crociani litigation.

Career

Called 2009, Inner Temple. Pupil at 5 Stone Buildings (2009-10); tenant 5 Stone Buildings 2010-date; 2010 judicial assistant to the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). Contributor to numerous professional publications.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; PAIAM.

Education

Christ’s College, Cambridge (2007, MA (Cantab); Nottingham Law School (2009, LLB).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Art and cultural property

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1

Jordan Holland5 Stone Buildings

‘A very strong set in the art sector’ 5 Stone Buildings houses excellent barristers in this field and are considered to be one of ‘the leading chambers for art law’. Art and chattel dispute specialist Henry Legge KC, recently acted for the art dealer in the Countess of Wemyss v Simon C Dickinson Limited case, regarding the sale of Le Bénédicité painting by Chardin, which the claimant alleged was negligently handled. In QIPCO and Al Thani v Eskenazi, Luke Harris is representing Qatari government claimants who argue that $5m of Asian and Middle Eastern antiquities they purchased from the defendants were forgeries. Fellow junior Jordan Holland continues to develop his art specialism and is part of the complex Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd v Fan Wa Ebdaa LLC & Ors case regarding the sale of a Qur’an exceeding £7m.

London Bar > Court of Protection and community care

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4

Jordan Holland5 Stone Buildings ‘Jordan’s written and oral advocacy is excellent. He is confident, incisive and persuasive. He has excellent tactical sense as well as deep legal knowledge.

London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4

Jordan Holland5 Stone Buildings ‘Jordan is an excellent advocate. He is confident, incisive and persuasive. His drafting is also extremely good. He is good under pressure and very commercially-minded.’

The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore

(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2

Jordan Holland5 Stone Buildings ‘Jordan is a strong and sensible advocate who gets the confidence of the court.’