BARRISTERS > MICHAEL BOOTH


MICHAEL BOOTH

CONTACT

13 & 14 Old Square
Lincoln’s Inn
London
WC2A 3UA
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: 1981
QC: 1999
Education: MA (Cantab)
Email: MichaelBooth@13oldsquare.com

Areas of practice
Michael works exclusively on commercial and chancery matters with a strong emphasis on litigation, particularly trial advocacy, although also undertaking advisory work. His special interests include company, individual and corporate insolvency, property, intellectual property, commercial banking and bills of exchange, restraint of trade breach of confidence, competition, computers (hardware and software), agency, commercial fraud, breach of trust and tracing jurisdiction, conflict of laws, partnership, management disputes (particularly in football and entertainment), professional negligence, financial services and judicial review related to the above topics.

He also has a particular interest in information technology and its application to legal practice.

Reported cases

  • Ministry of Defence v. Country & Metropolitan Homes (Rissington) Ltd [2002] 44 EGCS 170

  • B&Q plc v Liverpool and Lancashire Properties Ltd, Times Law Reports (6 September 2000)

  • Greenwich Ltd v. National Westminster Bank plc [1999] 2 Lloyds Rep. 308

  • Dale Farm Dairy Group Ltd v. Akram New Law Cases, 17 July 1997

  • R v. Chief Rabbi, ex parte Wachmann [1992] 1 WLR 1036