Christopher Boardman KC
'He one of the sharpest minds and tenacious advocates.'
Radcliffe Chambers has ‘good strength and depth across its chancery practice’ and frequently acts in multi-jurisdictional matters and urgent interlocutory relief. The set’s members appears in administrations, liquidations, receiverships and company voluntary arrangements. Christopher Boardman KC acts for the investors in Infinity Developments Propco Ltd v Infinity Developments Holdings Ltd, a claim concerning a sizable failed property development. James Morgan KC acted in a Privy Council appeal, Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda International Ltd, that tested when a stay of insolvency proceedings may be brought where there is an underlying arbitration clause. Adam Deacock acted unled in Re Lion House Portfolio, a misfeasance claim against the director of an investment company.
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Testimonials
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- 'Lee Wright is charming and straightforward.'
- 'The clerks at Radcliffe are excellent - very commercial, responsive and user friendly.'
- 'The availability of counsel is excellent with a number of barristers with specific insolvency experience.'
- 'This is a very respectable set in the insolvency sphere. Their training programmes are excellent.'
- 'Radcliffe Chambers has good strength and depth across its chancery practice.'
- 'Radcliffe Chambers is both professional and supportive, with efficient administrative support.'
Lawyers
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
David Mohyuddin KC
‘David is incredibly smart and knowledgeable in all matters of insolvency law and is very user friendly.'
James Morgan KC
James is highly intelligent, unflappable under pressure and a measured and compelling advocate. He is also very quick and a real pleasure to work with.'
Matthew Weaver KC
Matt is right at the top of the list for complex insolvency litigation involving fraud. He is calm, sensible, thoughtful and user-friendly but knows how to go for the jugular just when it’s needed.’
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
Tina Kyriakides
‘Tina is a technically brilliant lawyer and is an excellent advocate.'
Adam Deacock
‘Adam is an outstandingly good barrister, who is a real heavy weight.'
Catherine Doran
‘She is excellent and robust. She is good with difficult clients. Her advocacy is very precise.’
Dawn McCambley
‘Dawn works tirelessly on complicated pleadings and prepares a first-rate product.'
Andrew Brown
‘His written work is fantastic. His advocacy is measured and smooth, and judges like him.’
Reuben Comiskey
Katie Longstaff
'Very commercially minded and sensible.'
Kate Rogers
‘She is good on her feet, keeping to the point and making sure that all arguments are made clearly and concisely at court.'
Christopher Buckley
'Chris's strength is his breadth of experience. He can bring his deep legal understanding to bear on a wide variety of issues that arise in insolvency assignments.'
Chloe Shuffrey
Zachary Kell
Lauren Kreamer
'Lauren's advisory work is fantastic. She really embeds herself as part of the legal team and offers astute commercial guidance.'
Martin Ouwehand
‘Martin has outstanding attention to detail and is exhaustive in his consideration of the issues.'
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
James Fagan
'James is excellent. He's responsive, bright, personable and extremely knowledgeable.'
Emma Loizou
'Emma is very user-friendly, bright and effective in writing and on her feet.'