Commercial and Chancery
Crown Office Chambers undertakes all forms of Commercial & Chancery work; it forms an important part of our practice.
We are proud of our reputation for a practical and businessminded approach to litigation. Those who seek our advice generally agree.
Practical and realistic advice
Crown Office Chambers offers expertise in a wide range of Commercial and Chancery matters.
Our work encompasses litigation, arbitration and mediation, banking, company law (including directors' duties, disqualification applications and minority shareholder petitions), partnership, financial services, insolvency (corporate and personal), commercial fraud, judicial review, conflict of laws, guarantees (including bonds, mortgages and other forms of security), property (including landlord and tenant law), commercial agency, franchise agreements, passing off, sale and carriage of goods, and consumer credit.
We seek to offer prompt, comprehensive and practical advice and skilled and persuasive advocacy. We are recognised for our business-minded approach to litigation and can provide expertise at all levels of seniority. We regularly undertake work involving complex technical and scientific issues.
Chambers undertakes Commercial and Chancery litigation and arbitration both in the UK and abroad.
At Crown Office Chambers we have a panel of trained mediators with extensive experience of ADR in a wide range of fields. In addition we offer full in-house facilities for the conduct of ADR and mediations, including state of the art video conferencing.
Recent Cases
Recent cases in which members have been involved include:
- The Buncefield litigation (ongoing) (Commercial Court) (explosion at tank farm): Andrew Bartlett QC, Julian Field, Alexander Antelme and Richard Sage.
- London Underground v Metronet Rail [2008] EWHC 502 (TCC) (PPP dispute): Andrew Bartlett QC and Alexander Antelme.
- Braes of Doune Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd v Alfred McAlpine Business Services Ltd [2008] EWHC 426 (TCC) (arbitration in Scotland, jurisdiction of English court, liquidated damages clause): Andrew Bartlett QC.
- Rhodia International Holdings v Huntsman International LLC [2007] EWHC 292 (Comm): Antony Edwards-Stuart and Charles Pimlott.
- Bunney v Burns Anderson Plc [2007] EWHC 1240 (Ch) (powers of Financial Ombudsman Service): Andrew Bartlett QC and Simon Howarth.
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Related Seminars
| Date | Area of Work | Location | Flyer | Book |
| 15/11/2007 | Commercial and Chancery | Bristol City Centre Marriott Hotel (9.30am - 1pm) |
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| 18/10/2007 | Commercial and Chancery | Lowry Hotel, Manchester (9.30am - 1pm) |
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| 20/09/2007 | Commercial and Chancery | St James' Park, Newcastle (9.30am - 1pm) |
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