XXIV Old Buildings is sought after by clients to handle work originating from Gibraltar, Bermuda, BVI, the Cayman Islands, and the Crown Dependencies. Stephen Moverley Smith KC is a key silk at the set and has appeared before the Supreme Court of the Bahamas, the Bermuda Court of Appeal, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, and the Privy Council, and has recently been acting alongside Francis Tregear KC for the trust beneficiaries in a case concerning the division of a trust into several, and the related opposition application. Tregear KC is called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean, as is Elspeth Talbot Rice KC, who continues to act for the appellants in the Wong v Grand View case, which concerns the validity and transfer of five purpose trusts, as well as the related use of powers of addition and exclusion. Among the set’s strong bench of juniors, Nicole Langlois is dual qualified to act in England and Jersey, and Bajul Shah is notable for his trust disputes work; he represented the defendant in Pilatus (PTC) Limited v RBC Trutsees (Guernsey) Limited, which concerns a breach of trust claim following the resignation of the trustee. Andrew Holden is another key junior at the set.
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Profile
Position
Bajul has a broad commercial Chancery practice with an emphasis on aviation, commercial litigation, company and insolvency, civil fraud, and trusts and probate. He also has considerable experience of offshore and international work, particularly from the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man and Guernsey.
Career
Call: 1996
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- Insolvency Lawyers Association
- European Circuit
- Member of the Bar of the British Virgin Islands
- Member of the Bar of Gibraltar
Education
- Christ Church, Oxford, BA BCL (First Class)
- Denning, Wolfson & Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn
- Previously a lecturer in Land Law at King’s College, London
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