Wilberforce Chambers has ‘good strength in the civil fraud sector with talent across the board’. Alan Gourgey KC, Thomas Grant KC and Jack Watson are appearing for various parties in Bourlakova & Ors v Kazakov & Ors, a $3bn claim arising from allegations of misappropriation of assets. Elsewhere in chambers, Tim Penny KC and Emily McKechnie were instructed by the 39th and 40th defendants in the Al Rajaan litigation. Clare Stanley KC is ‘a market-leading silk in offshore fraud litigation’, with expertise in handling cases involving allegations of unlawful means conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duties and asset tracing. Among the juniors, Tim Matthewson represented the claimant company before the Court of Appeal in Barrowfen Properties Limited v Patel, a £5m claim brought against a former director for dishonest breaches of duty and against the company’s former solicitors for breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.
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Barrister with a commercial chancery practice encompassing pensions, commercial litigation, insolvency, professional negligence, property and trusts. Commercial litigation work includes injunctions, civil fraud, company and contractual disputes.
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Called 2014, Lincoln’s Inn
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Brasenose College, Oxford: BA Law 1st Class (joint 1st in year); BCL (distinction)
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