Stephen Moverley Smith KC
‘Stephen is very good at dealing with difficult cases and finding arguments to overcome those challenges.’
XXIV Old Buildings
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Praised for its ‘range of fantastic barristers’, XXIV Old Buildings is geared to handle financial-based disputes. With experience before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Stephen Moverley Smith KC acted in the highly significant case, Minsheng Vocational Education Company Limited v Leed Education Holding Limited & Ors. The matter was the first Cayman Islands Court of Appeal decision confirming the Grand Court’s power to grant injunctions in support of foreign arbitrations. David Brownbill KC was instructed on Perry and Perry v Lopag and Others, a Privy Council matter concerning the transfer of a Cayman company to a Liechtenstein trust. Francis Tregear KC acted for BELCO Limited in the Bermudian judicial review proceedings against determinations of the Bermuda Regulatory Authority. Daniel Warents’ workload encompasses Frabran and Ors v Daventree Trustees and Ors, a multi-jurisdictional dispute surrounding the alleged fraudulent misappropriation of over $600m in trust assets.
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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 Brownbill KC
Francis Tregear KC
Steven Thompson KC
‘Steven is quite simply one of the best advocates at the bar. He is incredibly hard working and always absolutely on top of his brief. He often comes up with winning points that no-one else has considered. He can make a bad case look good, and often runs circles around his opponents in court.'
Edward Cumming KC
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.
Andrew Holden
Daniel Warents
Sarah Bayliss
Nicole Langlois
Hugh Miall
Bajul Shah
Elizabeth Weaver
James Fennemore
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.
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