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Jack Watson
Position
Jack has a busy commercial and chancery practice with significant experience acting in high value and complex disputes often in cases involving an international dimension. In particular Jack’s practice includes civil fraud disputes, company and insolvency, trusts, breach of fiduciary duties, professional liability as well as property-related work. Equally comfortable working on his own or as part of a larger team, he has significant advocacy experience appearing as sole counsel in a wide range of matters in his own right in both the county court, the High Court and appellate Courts and often appears on his own against QCs or senior junior barristers.
Approachable and easy to deal with, Jack specialises in providing clear and structured advice on often complex issues and fighting hard in order to ensure the best outcome for his clients.
Career
Called 2012, Lincoln’s Inn. Publications of note: ‘Clarity and Ambiguity: A New Approach to the Test of Legitimacy in the Law of Expectations’ Legal Studies, Vol 30, No 4, 2010; ‘Doubt, Mistake and Risk-Taking in Restructuring Claims’ KLJ 2011, 22(2), 220.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association.
Education
Emmanuel College Cambridge, BPP (for BPTC); BA; LLM.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Jack Watson – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jack is superb at grasping the relevant facts and works through papers quickly and efficiently. Clients are made to feel at ease whilst he deftly explains the issues and navigates them through any difficulties. In court, he is quietly persuasive and instils confidence through his understated, focused approach. ’
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Jack Watson – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jacks strengths are his ability to understand the matter so quickly. He confidently provides commercial advice and has vast knowledge of the relevant areas of law.’