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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Francis Tregear KC is valued for his comprehensive and detailed understanding of the commercial and financial issues and realities affecting his clients. He is acknowledged as an extremely effective advocate in court as well as on paper. This has made him a popular choice for all types of business disputes and civil fraud claims involving complex issues of fact, law and forensic accountancy.
A very significant proportion of his work is international in nature and he has a sterling reputation for his international expertise. He has acted and advised in many offshore jurisdictions including the Cayman Islands, BVI, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Cyprus and the Isle of Man. He is called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean. His pre-eminence in multi-jurisdictional disputes involves him in strategy, interim remedies including freezing injunctions, conflicts of law, asset tracing and recovery.
Career
Call: 1980 | Silk: 2003
Languages
Fluent French.
Memberships
- Member of the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
- Chancery Bar Association [Member of the Committee]
- COMBAR
- Professional Negligence Bar Association
- European Circuit
Education
BA (Cantab) (St John’s College)
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