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Year of Call: 1968
QC: 1984
Education: BA (Hons); LLM (Harvard)
Email: johnmcdonnell@13oldsquare.com
Areas of practice
John’s main areas of practice are Chancery, Company,
Insolvency and Commercial Litigation, but his vast experience permits
of no easy summary. As well as encompassing all the diverse aspects
that those four broad areas have, the cases John has appeared in
have also included a multitude of other areas of the law, from human
rights and judicial review to medical negligence to ports and rivers.
John regularly acts overseas and has particular experience of conducting
litigation in Hong Kong.
Appointments
- Head of Chambers, 13 Old Square (June 2004)
- ADR Chambers Mediation Panel (2001)
- Governor of The Inns of Court School of Law (1997-2001)
- Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn (1993)
- Deputy High Court Judge (1992)
- Queen’s Counsel (1984)
- HM Diplomatic Service (First Secretary, Assistant Private Secretary
to the Secretary of State) (1969-71)
- Conservative Research Department (1966-9)
- American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship
(1965-6)
- Commonwealth Fund Fellow (1964-66)
- President of the Oxford Union (1962)
Reported cases
Company and Insolvency
- Re Bond Worth Ltd [1980] Ch 228
- Re Medisco Equipment Ltd [1983] BCLC 305
- Re Esal (Commodities) Ltd [1985] BCLC 450
- Fargro Ltd v. Godfroy [1986] 1 WLR 1134
- Brinds Ltd v. Offshore Oil [1986] BCC 98, 916
- Re Land & Property Trust plc [1991] 1 WLR 601
- Exeter Trust Ltd v. Screenways Ltd [1991] BCLC 888
- Re Hans Place Ltd [1993] BCLC 768
- Re Ross (A Bankrupt) [1998] 1 BCLC 56
Directors Disqualification
- Re Probe Data Systems Ltd (No.3) [1992] BCLC 405
- Re Rex Williams Leisure plc [1994] Ch 1
Guarantees
- Barclays Bank v. TOSG Trust Fund [1984] AC 626
- Re B.C.C.I. (No.8) [1998] AC 214
Pension Funds
- Lloyds Bank Pension Trust v. Lloyds Bank plc [1996] PLR 263
Judicial Review
- Reg. v. HM Treasury ex p. Smedley [1985] QB 657
- Reg. v. Registrar of Companies ex.p. Central Bank of India
[1986] QB 1114
Housing
- Reg. v. Plymouth City Council ex p. Freeman (1988) 19 HLR 328
- Reg. v. City of Westminster ex p. Castelli (1996) 28 HLR 616
- Reg v Housing Benefit Review Board ex p.Mehanne [2001] 1 WLR
539 (HL)
Human Rights
- Fok Lai-ying v. Governor-in Council [1997] HKLRD 810
Agency
- Presentaciones Musicales SA v. Secunda [1994] Ch 271
Proprietary Estoppel
- Gillett v. Holt [2001] Ch 210
Fraud
- Logicrose Ltd v. Southend United FC [1988] 1 WLR 1256
Undue Influence
- Naidoo v Naidu “The Times” 1 Nov 2000
Breach of Confidence
- Re R.(M.J.) (A Minor) (Publication of Transcript) [1975] Fam
89
- Medway v. Doublelock Ltd [1978] 1 WLR 710
- X Ltd v. Morgan Grampian Publishers Ltd [1991] AC 1
Damages
- Radford v. De Froberville [1977] 1 WLR 1262
Professional Negligence
- Andrew v. Kounnis Freeman [1999] 2 BCLC 641
Medical Negligence
- Sellers v. Cooke (1990) 6 BMLR 88
Personal Injury
- Ward v. Ritz Hotel Ltd [1992] PILR 31
Building Contracts
- Rush & Tompkins v Deaner (1987) 13 Constr LR 106
Charity
- Re Spence [1979] Ch 48
- Ip Cheung-kwok v. Sin Hua Bank Trustee Ltd [1990] 1 HKLR 497,
[1990] 2 HKLR 499
- Varsani v. Jesani [1999] Ch 219
Trusts
- Sin Hua Bank Trustee Ltd v. Ip Cheung-kwok [1991] 1 HKLR 639,
[1992] 1 HKLR 211
- Lemos v. Coutts (Cayman) Ltd [1992-3] CILR 5
- Steele v Paz Ltd (1995) 1 Butterworth Offshore Cases 338 (Isle
of Man)
- Murphy v. Murphy [1999] 1 WLR 282
- Al-Ibraheem v Bank of Butterfield International (Cayman) Ltd
[2000] 3 ITELR 1
Chinese Customary Law
- Ip Cheung-kwok v. Ip Siu-bun [1988] 2 HKLR 247
- Secretary for Justice v. To Kan-chi [2000] 3 HKLRD 756
- Cheung Chui Sou-ying v. Personal Reps of Cheung Yuk-luen [1981]
HKLR 585
Partnership
- Turner v. Fenton [1982] 1 WLR 52
- Walters v. Bingham “The Times” 29 Dec 1987
- Re Senator Hanseatische VgmbH [1996] 2 BCLC 562
Solicitors
- Swain v. Law Society [1983] AC 598
Sale of Land
- Norman v. Hardy [1974] 1 WLR 1048
- Kling v. Keston Properties Ltd (1983) 49 P & CR 212
- Huckvale v. Aegean Hotels Ltd (1989) 58 P & CR 163
- Markfaith Investment Ltd v. Chiap Hua Flashlight Co.Ltd. [1991]
2 AC 43
- Chi Kit Co.Ltd. v. Lucky Health International Enterprise Ltd
[2000] 2 HKLRD 503
- Flywin Co.Ltd. v. Strong & Associates Ltd [2002] 2 HKLRD
485
Landlord and Tenant
- Richards v. De Freitas (1975) 29 P & CR 1
- Collin v. Duke of Westminster [1985] QB 581
- BP Properties v. Buckler (1987) 55 P & CR 67
- Allen v. Rochdale MBC [2000] Ch 221
Ports
- Ipswich BC v. Moore “The Times” 25 Oct 2001
Intellectual Property
- Mothercare Ltd v. Robson Books Ltd [1979] FSR 466
- Def American Inc v. Phonogram Ltd “The Times” 16
August 1994
Arbitration
- Dulwich College v. Williams (1994) 70 P & CR 67
Commons
- Bracken Bank Lodge Ltd v. Peart [1996] NPC 124 (HL)
Evidence
- Harmony Shipping v. Davis [1979] 1 WLR 1380
- McKinnon v. Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette [1986] Ch 482
Procedure
- Walwin v West Sussex CC [1975] 3 AER 604
- Imprint Ltd v. Inkblot (Print & Design) Ltd “The
Times” 23 Feb 1985
- Cobham v Frett [2001] 1 WLR 1775 (PC)
Contempt of Court
- Danchevsky v Danchevsky (No.2) (1977) 121 Sol.Jo.796
- Cinderby v Cinderby [1978] 8 Fam Law 244
Limitation
- Rahman v Sterling Credit [2001] 1 WLR 496
- The Cadle Company v Hearley [2002] 1 Lloyds Rep 143
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