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UK Bar Guide 2023

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
1
Trusts
2 Years Ranked
2
Chancery: Commercial
11 Years Ranked
3
Chancery: Traditional
5 Years Ranked
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Provided by James Weale

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Chancery and commercial litigation, arbitration, trusts (offshore and onshore), probate, civil fraud, company, probate, 1975 Act claims, and professional negligence.

Recent notable cases include: Wong v Grand View Private Trust Company (Privy Council, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Bermuda), Sofer v SwissIndependent Trustees (CA) [2020] W.T.L.R. 1075; Schwartz v VGV (High Court) [2020] EWHC 2227 (Ch), Filatona Trading Ltd v Navigator Equities Ltd (CA) [2020] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 418, Moutreuil v Andreewitch [2021] 2 F.L.R. 165, Hartogs v Sequent (Schweiz) AG [2020] W.T.L.R. 505, and Scarle v Scarle [2019] 4 W.L.R. 119.

Career

Called to the Bar: 2007.

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR.

Publications

Contributor to DIFC Courts Practice (2020); Contributor to Palmer on Bailment (3rd ed); “A Good Arguable Case for Restricting the Canada Trust Gloss” [2010] JBL 36; Probate Litigation; the incidence of costs T&T, 2014, 21(4), 449.

Personal

LLB (Bristol University) (1st Class).

BCL (Lincoln College, Oxford).

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Trusts - London (Bar)
1
Band 1

James Weale
James Weale is an experienced junior who acts in major trusts disputes both in the domestic courts and in multiple offshore jurisdictions. He further handles significant commercial disputes.


Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

James Weale


Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)
3
Band 3

James Weale
James Weale focuses his practice on contentious matters and is frequently sought after for complex Inheritance Act cases. He is also experienced in cross-border matters.

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