JJ practices across the full breadth of commercial chancery practice in New Square Chambers. This includes a thriving insolvency practice, where he frequently acts on behalf of insolvency practitioners, company directors, and creditors, whether through the giving of advice or frequent representation at hearings in the County Court and in the Insolvency and Companies List of the High Court (Chancery Division). These include: Claims for breaches of directors’ duties and wrongful trading following a company’s insolvency.; Litigation associated with the control of the appointment process of insolvency practitioners in insolvency processes of both individuals and companies.; Intervener proceedings in the course of ongoing insolvency proceedings.; Third party claims brought by or against insolvency practitioners/companies in an insolvency process, including potential claims against banks by insolvency practitioners for breach of the Quincecare duty prior to insolvency.; More typical insolvency applications and proceedings, including to restrain presentation of winding up proceedings, to set aside statutory demands, for the provision of information under s.236 Insolvency Act 1986, for approval of officeholder remuneration, and to extend periods of administration. JJ was seconded to the General Counsel’s Division of the FCA in the early part of his practice. Combined with his traditional chancery expertise, he has particular specialism in the oft-seen interactions in personal insolvency proceedings between insolvency processes, regulated agreements, and assets being held in trusts.
