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About
Provided by Carly Sandbach
Practice Areas
Carly is a leading junior whose practice covers all aspects of chancery and commercial litigation and advisory work. She has a broad range of experience in matters including insolvency (both personal and corporate), company and partnership, directors disqualification, professional negligence, banking, mortgage, guarantees and recovery of assets, trusts, contractual disputes and sale of goods.
She regularly appears in the High Court and at all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal; she also undertakes Arbitrations.
Clients report that she is sensible and down-to-earth, fights cases with vigour and is proactive and able to quickly grasp the issues. She has a reputation for her thoroughness; her preparation for hearings and conference is excellent.
Her reported cases include her success before the Court of Appeal in the Second Appeal in Yang v Official Receiver & Ors [2017] EWCA Civ 1465, clarifying a significant area of personal insolvency law on which there was no existing authority, and Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd (t/a Banner Jones Solicitors) [2021] EWCA Civ 7, clarifying the proper application of the Phosphate Sewage Test.
Career
Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel) 2010, reappointed to Regional Panel A 2018.
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association (also Elected Committee Member)
Northern Business and Property Bar Association (also Elected Committee Member)
Member of the R3 General Technical Committee
Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)
Personal
First Class Honours degree in Law at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; highest ranking student in her year on the Bar Vocational Course.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Carly Sandbach is a barrister with a leading commercial and chancery practice, and has particular expertise in professional negligence, insolvency and company cases. She acts for both claimants and defendants, and often handles matters concerning solicitors and accountants. She is also adept at handling winding-up petitions and directors' disqualification proceedings. Her clients include multinational corporations, banks, private individuals and government departments.
Carly Sandbach is a leading junior who undertakes contentious corporate and personal insolvency work as part of her broader commercial litigation practice. She demonstrates skill in areas such as breach of directors' duties and cases containing fraud elements. She possesses additional experience in cases comprising professional negligence claims arising from insolvency. She is also regularly instructed by the Secretary of State in public interest winding-up petitions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Carly has a truly impressive ability to grapple with complex issues, distil them down, and communicate effectively with clients, lawyers and the court. She is a genuine asset to any legal team."
"Carly is super tenacious and she knows her stuff."
"Carly is great. She's a really good barrister and advocate, and a nice person."
"Carly has a truly impressive ability to grapple with complex issues, distil them down, and communicate effectively with clients, lawyers and the court. She is a genuine asset to any legal team."
"Carly is super tenacious and she knows her stuff."
"Carly is great. She's a really good barrister and advocate, and a nice person."
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