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Call 2023

For enquiries please contact

George Hack
Team Leader
+44 (0)207 842 3762
Click here to email

Katie Halbard
Team Leader's Assistant
+44 (0)20 3873 8861
Click here to email

Expertise

Notable Art & Cultural Property Cases


Assisting with drafting pleadings in litigation arising out of investments in an art portfolio and involving breaches of a settlement agreement (during pupillage).

Notable Aviation & Travel Cases


Acting (led by James Duffy KC) for the defendants in a claim concerning payment due under an aircraft lease. The claim is listed for a 7-day trial in the Circuit Commercial Court in October 2024.


Assisting with drafting pleadings in litigation concerning an airline’s claim for breaches of duty (during pupillage).


Assisting with drafting pleadings in litigation concerning breaches of a helicopter lease agreement (during pupillage).

Notable Banking & Finance Cases


Assisting with drafting an advice concerning a claim against a bank for breaches of its Quincecare duty of care (during pupillage).

Notable Civil Fraud Cases


Assisting with drafting pleadings concerning claims against company directors for breaches of duty and breaches of contract (during pupillage).


Assisting with research concerning a jurisdiction challenge in a civil fraud claim, involving competing exclusive jurisdiction clauses and the applicability of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 (during pupillage).

Notable Commercial Crime Cases


Assisting with research concerning the potential criminal liability of a company for breach of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (during pupillage).

Notable Commercial Disputes Cases


Assisting with advice concerning a contractual dispute involving an introductory fee paid in connection with the construction of luxury property in London (during pupillage).


Assisting with research concerning a jurisdiction challenge in a civil fraud claim, involving competing exclusive jurisdiction clauses and the applicability of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 (during pupillage).


Assisting with written submissions for the hearing of a Part 8 claim concerning the validity of contractual notices, estoppel, and waiver (during pupillage).


Assisting with advice concerning a claim for an indemnity under the Land Registration Act 2002 (during pupillage).


Assisting with research in an appeal to the Supreme Court concerning constructive trusts and the Law of Property Act 1925 (during pupillage).


Assisting with advice regarding the scope and applicability of the Official Secrets Act 1989 (during pupillage).

Notable Company, Restructuring & Insolvency Cases


Assisting with research concerning a winding-up petition for loss of substratum against a multi-million pound company (during pupillage).


Assisting with drafting pleadings concerning claims against company directors for breaches of duty and breaches of contract (during pupillage).

Notable Offshore Cases


Assisting with written submissions in an appeal to the Supreme Court of Cyprus concerning the recognition and enforcement of a foreign judgment (during pupillage).

Notable Professional Discipline Cases


Assisting with research regarding proceedings brought by the SRA against a UK law firm for alleged breaches of the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (during pupillage).


Assisting with research regarding the scope of the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and its potential application to a UK law firm (during pupillage).

Notable Sanctions Cases


Assisting with research concerning the potential criminal liability of a company for breach of the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (during pupillage).

Notable Sports Cases


Assisting with research concerning potential breaches of FA rules by an officer of a premier league football club (during pupillage).

  • Bar Training Course, BPP University (2022-2023)
  • Bachelor of Civil Law, New College, University of Oxford (2021-2022)
  • BA Jurisprudence, New College, University of Oxford (2018-2021)

  • Tutor in Land Law at University College London (2022-2023)
  • Tutor in Tort Law at St. Peter’s College (2022-2023)
  • Tutor in Roman Law at Balliol College and University College (2022-2023)
  • Cassel Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2022-2023)
  • Academic Scholar, New College, University of Oxford (2019-2022)
  • Lord Rodger Prize for Law, New College, University of Oxford (2019)

For enquiries please contact

George Hack
Team Leader
+44 (0)207 842 3762
Click here to email

Katie Halbard
Team Leader's Assistant
+44 (0)20 3873 8861
Click here to email

  • Bar Training Course, BPP University (2022-2023)
  • Bachelor of Civil Law, New College, University of Oxford (2021-2022)
  • BA Jurisprudence, New College, University of Oxford (2018-2021)

  • Tutor in Land Law at University College London (2022-2023)
  • Tutor in Tort Law at St. Peter’s College (2022-2023)
  • Tutor in Roman Law at Balliol College and University College (2022-2023)
  • Cassel Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2022-2023)
  • Academic Scholar, New College, University of Oxford (2019-2022)
  • Lord Rodger Prize for Law, New College, University of Oxford (2019)

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