JAMES COUSER

CONTACT

13-14 Old Square

Reception at 14 Old Square
Lincoln’s Inn
London
WC2A 3UE
DX 52 London - Chancery Lane
T: +44 (0)20 7831 4445
F: +44 (0)20 7841 5825
E: clerks@13oldsquare.com

We are open between 8.30am
and 6.30pm Monday to Friday.

Outside of office hours please
call Justin Brown, Senior Clerk
on 0777 578 1995.

Year of Call: 2000
Education: LLB, LLM, BCL
Email: jamescouser@13oldsquare.com

Areas of practice

James’ practice is largely based in the areas of insolvency and company law, and he has wide experience in all of the various insolvency regimes on both the personal and corporate sides. 

He has particular expertise in the field of asset recovery following liquidation, and insolvency practitioners and solicitors acting for creditors regularly instruct him in respect of these and related matters.

James has acted for a number of former directors in respect of disqualification proceedings and claims brought by liquidators.

In addition to his insolvency practice, James undertakes a wide range of commercial litigation, both in the High Courts and the County Courts.

Recent cases that James has been involved in have included the following:

• Wilson v The Specter Partnership [2007] BPIR 649
• Siddorn v Patel [2007] EWHC 1248 (QB).

Publications
James writes extensively in the field of IT. He has written articles and contributed to several books in this area.

• Books: Human Rights in the Digital Age (December 2005), eds. Mathias Klang and Andrew Murray.

• Articles: ‘Software piracy and the Doris Day Syndrome: some legal, ethical and social implications of contemporary conceptions of property’, International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Vol 7, No. 1

Memberships
Member, Chancery Bar Association