James Weale

Ranked in 5 Practice Areas

Band 1

Family/Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

Band 1

Trusts

London (Bar)

5 Years Ranked

Band 2

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

14 Years Ranked

Band 2

Chancery: Traditional

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

Band 3

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2025

High Net Worth 2025

About

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: LLC Eurochem North-West-2 v Societe Generale SA and Ors [2024] I.L.Pr. 30; IBM United Kingdom v LzLabs GmbH [2025] EWHC 532 (TCC) ; Wong v Grand View Private Trust Company [2022] UKPC 47, Navigator Equities Ltd v Deripaska [2024] BCC 526; Sofer v SwissIndependent Trustees [2023] W.T.L.R. 329; LLC EuroChem North-West-2 v Societe General and Ors [2025] EWHC 1938 (Comm)

Career

Called to the Bar: 2007.

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR.

Publications

Contributor to DIFC Courts Practice (2020).

Personal

LLB (Bristol University) (1st Class).

BCL (Lincoln College, Oxford).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Family/Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

James Weale is a highly sought after barrister for matters involving the crossover between family and chancery law. He frequently offers advice on matrimonial finance cases that involve complex trusts and company issues.

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Trusts - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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.

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Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

James Weale focuses his practice on contentious matters and frequently acts in the High Courts. He is also experienced in cross-border matters.

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Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)

Band 2

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Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)

Band 3

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

James Weale is a very beguiling advocate.

Family/Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts respondent
UK Bar

One of the cleverest people around. He's a first rate junior, who's got balls of titanium and a backbone of steel. Nothing fazes him and he cross-examines impeccably.

Family/Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts respondent
UK Bar

I think James is excellent. He is technically and academically very strong.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James is excellent, really user-friendly and quick at turnaround. He's happy to engage in strategic conversations.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is an excellent senior junior. He delivers silk quality work and is engaged and responsive. In short, he's all the things you want in a modern barrister.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James is a great junior, who is confident and direct. He has no hesitation in running proceedings and expertly considers all the risks and negatives associated with the case.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James works tirelessly for his clients and is very robust. What is good about him is that he has a lot of commercial experience, which helps for trusts.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is incredibly busy, with a phenomenal work product.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

He is very, very good, and crosses the domestic and international probate divide. He is also extremely hard-working and has an inexhaustible supply of enthusiasm.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is at the top of his game as a junior lawyer. He's incredibly busy and produces phenomenal work product – I don't know how he finds enough hours in the day..

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James is a great advocate who is good at cross-examination. He's incredibly hands on, and his written work is excellent as he gets stuck into the details.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James is clever, responsive and someone who comes up with practical solutions. He is streetwise; he knows what you can and can't do.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James is a fiercely intelligent and incredibly versatile advocate. His oral advocacy is particularly impressive, and his strategic vision is second to none.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is a KC in all but name. He is a fiercely intelligent and incredibly versatile advocate whose oral advocacy is particularly impressive. His strategic vision is second to none.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK Bar

James is a great advocate and a very fine cross-examiner.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is a very beguiling advocate.

Family/Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts respondent
UK Bar

One of the cleverest people around. He's a first rate junior, who's got balls of titanium and a backbone of steel. Nothing fazes him and he cross-examines impeccably.

Family/Matrimonial: Trusts/Tax Experts respondent
UK Bar

I think James is excellent. He is technically and academically very strong.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James is excellent, really user-friendly and quick at turnaround. He's happy to engage in strategic conversations.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is an excellent senior junior. He delivers silk quality work and is engaged and responsive. In short, he's all the things you want in a modern barrister.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James is a great junior, who is confident and direct. He has no hesitation in running proceedings and expertly considers all the risks and negatives associated with the case.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

James works tirelessly for his clients and is very robust. What is good about him is that he has a lot of commercial experience, which helps for trusts.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is incredibly busy, with a phenomenal work product.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

He is very, very good, and crosses the domestic and international probate divide. He is also extremely hard-working and has an inexhaustible supply of enthusiasm.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is at the top of his game as a junior lawyer. He's incredibly busy and produces phenomenal work product – I don't know how he finds enough hours in the day..

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James is a great advocate who is good at cross-examination. He's incredibly hands on, and his written work is excellent as he gets stuck into the details.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James is clever, responsive and someone who comes up with practical solutions. He is streetwise; he knows what you can and can't do.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James is a fiercely intelligent and incredibly versatile advocate. His oral advocacy is particularly impressive, and his strategic vision is second to none.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

James Weale is a KC in all but name. He is a fiercely intelligent and incredibly versatile advocate whose oral advocacy is particularly impressive. His strategic vision is second to none.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK Bar

James is a great advocate and a very fine cross-examiner.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK Bar

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