Nicola Timmins

Practice Areas

Nicola specialises in commercial chancery and commercial litigation. Many of her cases involve working as part of a large team in complex high- value litigation, particularly in matters concerning elaborate financial products and natural resources. Nicola also has a busy commercial, insolvency, company and trust dispute practice of her own. In addition to regularly appearing in the High Court in London, Nicola is regularly instructed in disputes in offshore jurisdictions, with recent significant experience in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, and Bermuda. Nicola is particularly appreciated by clients for her high degree of numerical, economic and scientific literacy and consequently is often deployed to work closely with expert witnesses to assist with turning highly technical reports into easy-to-understand reports suitable for trial. Her prior experience as a litigation solicitor also places her in the unique position of fully appreciating the pressures on those instructing her, which makes her an excellent team player and a “go to” barrister for her professional clients.

Career

Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery (Short Service Limited Commission): 1998-1999

Researcher, The Hague Conference on Private International Law: 2004-2005

Trainee and Associate Solicitor in the dispute resolution department, Baker & McKenzie LLP: 2005-2008

Judicial Assistant to the Court of Appeal: 2007

Qualified as a solicitor: 2007

Year of Call: 2008

Called to the BVI Bar: 2022

Professional Memberships

ChBA, Combar