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Wilberforce Chambers Offices
Wilberforce Chambers
8 NEW SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QP
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Alice Hawker
Position
Alice has a busy Commercial Chancery practice. In particular Alice has significant experience of property litigation, both commercial and residential. She is regularly instructed on cases involving civil fraud and asset recovery, corporate and personal insolvency, company and partnership matters, and trusts. Alice’s expertise across these practice areas means she is well placed to deal with cases raising a range of complex technical issues.
Career
Call: 2011
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- COMBAR
- Property Bar Association
- Female Fraud Forum
Education
- BA, Law with Legal Studies in Europe (Magdalen College, Oxford)
- BPTC, Very Competent (BPP)
- Denning Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)
- Lincoln’s Inn Entrance Award
- Walter Wigglesworth Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Alice Hawker – Wilberforce Chambers ‘A go-to junior for cases that straddle property and economic torts.’
Wilberforce Chambers‘ team continues to act on a broad range of property disputes, with mortgage litigation, commercial and residential landlord and tenant issues and development disputes being prominent in the group’s recent workload. Joanne Wicks KC and Daniel Petrides are acting in R (Annington Property Ltd & ors) v The Secretary of State for Defence, which is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal, concerning whether the MoD can reacquire a significant portfolio of properties via enfranchisement law. Jonathan Seitler KC and Alice Hawker appeared in Jalla v Shell, a Supreme Court case clarifying what constitutes a continuing nuisance following a major oil spill off the coast of Nigeria that damaged the appellant’s land. Jonathan Davey KC is highly regarded for his expertise in advising on property disputes involving tax issues. In July 2023 Mark Wonnacott KC retired from practice.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Alice Hawker – Wilberforce Chambers ‘She always rolls her sleeves up, and is calm, confident and on top of the details.’