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James specialises in all areas of commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on business disputes, insolvency, landlord and tenant and professional negligence. He also practises in the area of intellectual property, having appeared in matters relating to topics as varied as the Bollywood film industry, musical recording artists, wallpaper design and kitchenware.
Recent commercial highlights include representing a well-known football club in a multi-million pound banking claim, fighting for a shareholder in a company dispute over a leading London restaurant, and appearing for a defendant in a Liechtenstein trust fraud trial. As well as the above, James has appeared in numerous high profile and reported cases and is a highly regarded senior junior within the Chancery and Commercial Bar.
The "unruffled and responsible" James Pickering is "the calm in the eye of the storm" say commentators; "when things are urgent and chaotic, he can bring everything together and marshal a case very quickly." (Chambers & Partners 2009)
Rising star James Pickering is lauded for being "urbane, methodical and very client-friendly." (Chambers & Partners 2008)
Areas of Emphasis
- Corporate and personal insolvency
- Company & partnership
- Intellectual property
- Landlord & tenant
- Real property
- Professional negligence
- General chancery
- Commercial
- Alternative dispute resolution
Relevant Experience
- Enterprise Chambers’ Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation
- Landlord & Tenant Factbook
Career & Associations
- University of Southampton
- Harmsworth Law Scholarship
- Inns of Court School of Law
- JJ Powell Prize
- Called to the Bar 1991
- Joined Enterprise Chambers in 1992
- Member of the Chancery Bar Association
- Member of the Property Bar Association
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