Lexa Hilliard KC
'Lexa is a strong and persuasive advocate and is very impressive in formulating legal argument.'
Offering a ‘second to none’ service, Wilberforce Chambers has strength across the spectrum of corporate and personal insolvency litigation. Members of chambers act on office holder claims, directors’ disqualifications and disputes under EU regulation and the cross-border insolvency regulations. Lexa Hilliard KC supports the joint liquidators in an application for directions following the collapse of three companies which facilitate peer-to-peer lending for car purchases. Clare Stanley KC is acting in Mitchell v Al Jaber, a misfeasance claim now going to the Supreme Court which examines the scope of a director’s fiduciary duties over a company’s assets post-liquidation. Jessica Brooke acts in Re Odyssey BBHP and Re Explorer BBHP, which concern the seizure of two luxury cruise ships seized following the collapse of the vessels’ charterer. Thomas Robinson KC became a King’s Counsel in March 2025.
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