Profile
James is a commercial and civil barrister with extensive international experience. He has acted in a wide range of disputes, with a particular focus on corporate and commercial litigation, banking and finance, equity and trusts, and civil fraud. He also has experience in regulatory issues.
James began his career at Bell Gully in 2013. From 2016 he practised as a barrister at One Essex Court, a top-tier commercial barristers’ chambers in London. During that period, James appeared as sole or junior counsel in market-leading commercial disputes, where his clients ranged from individuals and SMEs to financial institutions, multi-national corporations and foreign state entities. He also appeared in several appeals to the United Kingdom Supreme Court.
James has experience across the full life of a dispute, from pre-action advice and urgent interlocutory relief (including freezing injunctions) through to trial, appeals and enforcement action. He also has experience in arbitration and in resolving disputes by agreement or through mediation.
James holds an undergraduate degree in law from the University of Auckland and a master’s degree in law from the University of Oxford. He graduated first in his year in both degrees, receiving a number of scholarships and academic prizes (including the Auckland District Law Society’s Prize, Vinerian Scholarship, FMB Reynolds Scholarship, and Banking and Financial Services Law Association Scholarship).
He is recommended by Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal, and was one of two winners of the Lexology “Client Choice” Award for Litigation in England for 2022. He has also published academic articles in the areas of contract law, private international law, tax law and legal history.
Profile
James is a commercial and civil barrister with extensive international experience. He has acted in a wide range of disputes, with a particular focus on corporate and commercial litigation, banking and finance, equity and trusts, and civil fraud. He also has experience in regulatory issues.
James began his career at Bell Gully in 2013. From 2016 he practised as a barrister at One Essex Court, a top-tier commercial barristers’ chambers in London. During that period, James appeared as sole or junior counsel in market-leading commercial disputes, where his clients ranged from individuals and SMEs to financial institutions, multi-national corporations and foreign state entities. He also appeared in several appeals to the United Kingdom Supreme Court.
James has experience across the full life of a dispute, from pre-action advice and urgent interlocutory relief (including freezing injunctions) through to trial, appeals and enforcement action. He also has experience in arbitration and in resolving disputes by agreement or through mediation.
James holds an undergraduate degree in law from the University of Auckland and a master’s degree in law from the University of Oxford. He graduated first in his year in both degrees, receiving a number of scholarships and academic prizes (including the Auckland District Law Society’s Prize, Vinerian Scholarship, FMB Reynolds Scholarship, and Banking and Financial Services Law Association Scholarship).
He is recommended by Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal, and was one of two winners of the Lexology “Client Choice” Award for Litigation in England for 2022. He has also published academic articles in the areas of contract law, private international law, tax law and legal history.
Profile
James is a commercial and civil barrister with extensive international experience. He has acted in a wide range of disputes, with a particular focus on corporate and commercial litigation, banking and finance, equity and trusts, and civil fraud. He also has experience in regulatory issues.
James began his career at Bell Gully in 2013. From 2016 he practised as a barrister at One Essex Court, a top-tier commercial barristers’ chambers in London. During that period, James appeared as sole or junior counsel in market-leading commercial disputes, where his clients ranged from individuals and SMEs to financial institutions, multi-national corporations and foreign state entities. He also appeared in several appeals to the United Kingdom Supreme Court.
James has experience across the full life of a dispute, from pre-action advice and urgent interlocutory relief (including freezing injunctions) through to trial, appeals and enforcement action. He also has experience in arbitration and in resolving disputes by agreement or through mediation.
James holds an undergraduate degree in law from the University of Auckland and a master’s degree in law from the University of Oxford. He graduated first in his year in both degrees, receiving a number of scholarships and academic prizes (including the Auckland District Law Society’s Prize, Vinerian Scholarship, FMB Reynolds Scholarship, and Banking and Financial Services Law Association Scholarship).
He is recommended by Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal, and was one of two winners of the Lexology “Client Choice” Award for Litigation in England for 2022. He has also published academic articles in the areas of contract law, private international law, tax law and legal history.
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Cases in which James has acted include:
James has also acted or advised in proceedings relating to:
Memberships: New Zealand Law Society, New Zealand Bar Association, Commercial Bar Association (UK)
BA/LLB (Hons), University of Auckland (Senior Scholar, first in year)
BCL, University of Oxford (Distinction, first in year)
Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor (New Zealand): 2013
Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales, non-practising): 2015
Called to the Bar of England and Wales: 2015
Barrister Sole (New Zealand): 2023
