SILK PROFILE

James Bailey KC

UK Bar 2026

 Wilberforce Chambers

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

Restructuring/Insolvency

London (Bar)

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

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UK Bar

Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Bar)

Band 4
Individual Editorial

James Bailey KC is a well-regarded silk who has a strong practice encompassing commercial chancery, company and insolvency law. He frequently plays a key role in major, high-profile cases. He is frequently involved in cases concerning misfeasance and wrongful trading claims, and has considerable expertise in handling contentious recovery work.

Strengths

An extremely effective advocate who is very engaging and persuasive.

He is a great advocate who is user-friendly and approachable.

He couples the highest technical knowledge and analysis, with real world commercial strategies. On his feet, he has the Court's confidence and is an incredibly effective advocate.

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Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)

Band 4
Strengths

James is extremely bright and always gets to the root of the problem. Extremely hard-working and personable, he's a highly effective advocate.

James is very bright and highly creative.

James is incredibly commercial and turns around cases quickly. He is very flamboyant in his advocacy and just brilliant.

James has a broad knowledge of the law and thinks strategically. He reviews and analyses huge amounts of documents very quickly and is brilliant at trial.

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Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)

Band 5
Strengths

James is super bright and can review and analyse huge amounts of documents very quickly. He also has broad knowledge, can advise strategically and is a brilliant advocate.

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