New Square Chambers maintains a strong roster of company law specialists among the junior ranks. David Eaton Turner represented the defendant in BHS Group Limited (in liquidation) v Parladorio, who was allegedly a de facto or shadow director of the company and was pursued for wrongful trading and misfeasance. Another standout junior is Mark Hubbard, who in Landl & Ors v Hogg & Ors acted as sole English counsel for the liquidators of a protected cell company that collapsed following the death of the key player in a property development fund in Guernsey litigation. Robin Hollington KC has retired.
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David Eaton Turner specialises in company law, corporate and personal insolvency, commercial fraud, banking, commercial litigation and related professional negligence matters.
He is regularly instructed in relation to shareholder disputes, and by liquidators, administrators and trustees in bankruptcy, and by banks and their customers in relation to securities, commercial fraud and asset recovery, and with regard to confidential information, partnership, sale of goods and other contractual and commercial matters.
He is listed as a leading junior in the current editions of Chambers & Partners (Chancery: Commercial; Company; Restructuring/Insolvency) and Legal 500 (Company; Insolvency).
He has been called to both the Bar of Gibraltar for specific cases, and to the Bar of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, in the territory of the British Virgin Islands. He has also been appointed a Recorder (Civil).
He regularly represents clients at mediations, especially in relation to shareholders’ disputes.
David is qualified to accept Public Access instructions and does so in appropriate matters.
Career
Called 1984; Lincoln’s Inn; called to the Bar of Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI); Recorder (Civil) 2010.
Languages
French.
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- COMBAR
- PNBA
Education
Westminster School; University of London (Queen Mary College) (1983 LLB Hons).
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