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Adam Chichester-Clark
Email: acc@13oldsquare.com
Year of Call: 2000 Astbury Scolarship 1999 (Middle Temple)
Education BA Hons (Oxon) St. Catherine's College,
CPE City University
Profile
Adam practices in the areas of corporate and personal insolvency, fraud and insurance. He has particular expertise in asset recovery claims often involving allegations of dishonesty and breach of fiduciary duty both pre and post liquidation. Adam’s primary focus is on litigation but he also advises and appears for insurers on insurance business transfer schemes and schemes of arrangement.
Ongoing and notable cases
- Acting for Liquidators of an international property development company in respect of large scale sites in the EU and beyond. Advising on trust issues and claims in respect of antecedent transactions against its former directors and shareholders.
- Acting for a former Managing Director in respect of claims of up to £700k brought against him by his former employer for breach of fiduciary and common law duties
- Langstone Leisure Limited -v- Willers[2011] - acting for a former director (with Hugo Page QC) in respect of a £2m claim for breach of his common law duties in respect of costs incurred by the company in funding litigation brought by the liquidator of a debtor company
- Re David Field[2011] - acting for the Trustee in Bankruptcy in applications for search and seizure of property and books and records pursuant to s.365 IA 1986 against a bankrupt found to have defrauded his former employers of between £4-6m
- Lewis v Davies (CBS Southern Limited)[2011] - acting for the Liquidator in respect of claims against the Company’s former director for misfeasance and breach of trust, pursuant to s.212 IA 1986
- Advising a substantial nationwide company on its £6-7m conspiracy claim against its former employees and third parties
- Gabriel v Little & ors [2011] - acting for the Claimant (with Michael Booth QC) in respect of claims for fraudulent misrepresentation, professional negligence and breach of trust
- Re Rotating Equipment Consulting Limited [2011] - acting for the Company in respect of its successful defence of a disputed winding-up petition
- Berryland Books Limited v BK Books Limited & ors (2010) (CA) [2010] All ER (D) 209 (Dec) –appearing (solo) for the 4th Defendant on her successful 2 day appeal in the Court of Appeal, said to be “exceptional” because of the findings fact made against her at first instance
- Belfairs Management Limited v Sutherland & anor [2010] All ER (D) 59 (Sep) - acting for the Claimant with Michael Booth QC at the trial of its claim for fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of warranty
- Re Tenecom Limited(2010) - acting for the parties on the sanction of an insurance business transfer pursuant to FSMA 2000
- Koshy v Deg-Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and another [2008] EWCA Civ 27 - acting for the Claimant (with John McDonnell QC) in respect of claims to set aside judgments, obtained by a German Bank and the Liquidators of GVDC, for fraud
- Re Malayan Insurance Company (U.K.) Limited(2008) - acting for the company on the sanction of an insurance cut-off scheme of arrangement
- Woking Ex-service Memorial Club, Working Men's Club & Institute (2006) EWHC 28/11/06 - advising and appearing for the Club in respect of distributions to members on its dissolution
- Koshy v Deg-Deutsche Investitions-und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH and another[2006] EWHC 17 - acting for the Claimant (with John McDonnell QC) in respect of claims to set aside judgments, obtained by a German Bank and the Liquidators of GVDC, for fraud
- English & Scottish Maritime & General Insurance Company Ltd & AXA Global Risks (UK) Ltd [2006] - acting for the parties on the sanction of an insurance business transfer pursuant to FSMA 2000
- Re Syndicate 982 and Sterling Life Limited (2006) - acting for the parties on the sanction of the first insurance business transfer from a Lloyds Syndicate pursuant to FSMA 2000
- Re Z1 Ltd[2006] All ER (D) 188 (Nov) - acting for the company in its successful Defence of a disputed winding-up petition
Prior to joining Chambers in 2004, Adam practised as an employed barrister at Clyde & Co. where he acted in numerous insurance and reinsurance matters often with an international dimension, including:
- litigation arising out of the major insurance fraud trial, Sphere Drake v EIU & SCB (2002);
- the first insurance business transfer scheme under the Financial Markets and Services Act 2000 WASA International & AGF Insurance Limited v WASA
- insurance claims arising out of the misselling of split capital investment trusts
- the recovery of US$115 million on behalf of the Turkish Government and Italian contractors as a result of earthquake damage to the Ankara/Istanbul Highway in 1999, in the subsequent litigation in the High Court (KGM & Astaldi SPA v Generali Kent Sigorta & others (2002)) and in associated ICC arbitration proceedings in Zurich;
- an arbitration for a Lloyds syndicate against reinsurers, in respect of claims on its catastrophe aviation cover;
- an arbitration for a life insurer concerning a premium rebate overpayment by reinsurers amounting to £100 million.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
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