James has a vast experience of all areas of contentious insolvency both in the corporate sphere (including matters relating to partnerships and LLPs) and the personal sphere. He is instructed by office holders and others both as sole counsel and as part of a wider team.
James is regularly instructed on applications to set aside statutory demands, applications to restrain the presentation and advertisement of winding up petitions, on the hearing of bankruptcy and winding up petitions, on applications for administration orders and on the full range of claims under the Insolvency Act 1986. James also has extensive experience of applications to remove officeholders.
James has particular experience of cross border insolvency including acting for officeholders of foreign companies bringing claims in England and Wales and seeking assistance from the English courts pursuant to section 426 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
James is a member of R3 and INSOL.
Recent cases include:
- Acted for a group of successful investors in the latest case about administrations of companies being used to raise funds from investors to renovate property in return for the grant of leases of individual rooms within the property: In the matter of CHF 2 Ltd and Ors [2020] EWHC 2685 (Ch)
- Acting for the successful liquidator of an LLP in a four-day trial and securing judgment for misfeasance and pursuant to section 214A of the Insolvency Act 1986: In the matter of C.J. & R.A. Eade LLP (sub nom McTear v Eade) [2019] EWHC 1673 (Ch)
- Acting for the liquidator in the four-day trial of a claim against the company’s former directors for wrongful trading, misfeasance and various claims under the Insolvency Act 1986: In the matter of Contract Utility Services (CUS) Limited (sub nom Jackson v Casey) [2019] EWHC 1673 (Ch)
- Acting for a well-known financial institution in securing an injunction restraining the presentation of a winding up petition against it
- Acting for the liquidator of a Panamanian company in a fraud claim against a former solicitor for over £4.5m
- Acting for two creditors in an application to remove joint liquidators from office
- Acting for the officeholders in an application to remove them from office: Ve Vegas Investors IV LLC v Shinners [2018] EWHC 186 (Ch)