Paul Chaisty QC
Practice Areas:
Practice Area CVs:
Year of Call: 1982
Year of Silk: 2001
Practice
- Chancery and commercial litigation
- Insolvency - corporate and individual
- Commercial Property
- Commercial Landlord and Tenant
- Professional Negligence
- Sale of Goods
- Partnership
- Commercial Contracts - including joint venture, share warranty claims, share asset claims, distribution contracts, agency contracts
- Company Law - shareholder disputes/Board Room Director disputes, breach of fiduciary duties
- Commercial Fraud
- Directors Disqualification
- Breach of Director and employee duties
- Sports Law
Profile
Paul is a leading specialist in chancery and commercial dispute resolution with an emphasis on commercial litigation, insolvency, commercial fraud, commercial property and sports law. He regularly appears in the Chancery Division, Mercantile and Commercial Court and commercial arbitrations. He is highly regarded for his experience, expertise and skills as a litigator (with a considerable reputation for cross-examination) his speed of thought, command of detail and overall tactical and strategic awareness and approach. As well as in English Courts he appears regularly at first instance and Appellate level in the Caribbean (BVI and Bahamas). His practice is contentious and his clients include banks, multinational companies and major public companies.
He has vast experience of all stages of litigation including interim applications as well as trials and appeals.
Paul was made a Recorder in 1999, took Silk in 2001 and was made a Deputy High Court Judge of the Chancery and Queen's Bench Division in 2005.
Paul is also a full member of 3 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Significant Cases
Recent Cases
Tristar v Lim and others Commercial Court in British Virgin Islands [2009] - shareholder dispute relating to oil company operating in Indonesia
Sino Union v Rich Victory and Government of Dominica Commercial Court in British Virgin Islands - dispute as to ownership of development land in Dominica and trading company share ownership
Ebbvale Limited Court of Appeal in Bahamas [2009]
Acting for Company on Appeal against winding up order on grounds of petition based on improper objectives
Sheffield United v. West Ham United [2008/9]
Acting for West Ham United in an arbitration under FA Rules, Rule K in respect of claims alleging breach of agreements in respect of the "Tevez" affair and appearing before FA arbitration headed by Lord Griffiths and also before the Commercial Court in respect of order restraining application to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne - [2008] EWHC 2855.
Alan Corbishley v. West Hand United [2009] Acting for West Ham United in respect of claims brought by its former manager for damages in respect of the termination of a fixed term management contract appearing before FA/PL arbitration panel.
Proactive v. Wayne and Colleen Rooney 2010 EWHC 1807
Acting successfully for Wayne and Colleen Rooney and related companies against former agents in relation to enforceability of agency contracts and claims for breach of contract contracts held to be unenforceable as being in restraint of trade.
Tiscali v. 186k Ltd [2010]
Acting on behalf of internet service provider in dispute with Tiscali in respect of accompany asset sale agreements and malicious falsehood claims.
DRL v. Wincanton [2010]
Acting on behalf of commercial company in dispute with distribution/haulage company in respect of service agreements.
Carter v. Nimans [2010]
Acting in respect of claims for alleged breach of warranty/misrepresentation on share sale agreements.
Ebbvale Limited Court of Appeal in Bahamas [2009]
Acting for Company on Appeal against winding up order on grounds of petition based on improper objectives
Whittle Movers v. Hollywood Express [2009] EWCA 1189
Acting for cinema group in respect of claims for fixed term distribution agreement and restitution/quantum meruit.
Stoll v. Wacks Caller [2009] EWHC 2299
Acting for Defendant firm and successfully resisting negligence claim alleging breach in respect of acquisition of development land and defeating claim for lack of proof of causation.
Umbro International v. HM Revenue and Customs [2009] EWHC 438
Issues as to importation of sports goods from China and status of buying agent for purposes of calculation of customs duty.
OFT v. Miller [2009] EWCA 34
Acting for Office of Fair Trading in respect of Stop Now Orders Regulations and mis-selling
Derwent Holdings v. Liverpool City Council [2008] EWHC 3023
Acting on behalf of development/land company against LCC in respect of closure of highway adjacent to retail park.
Lexi Holdings v. Luqman [2008] EWHC 1639
Acting for directors in breach of duty/misfeasance claims for excess of £75million
Covance v. PETA
Injunction restricting surveillance operations in respect of animal testing laboratories.
El Wiheshi v. Yatoub
Claims in respect of ownership of Libyan domain names.
Older Cases
Avis v. Turner [2007] EWCA 748
Stanley Holmes [2006] EWCA 1568
North British Housing Association [2004] EWCA 1736
Customs and Excise v. Anglo Overseas [2004] EWCA 2198
Uno Plc v. World of Leather [2004] EWHC 933
BHT UK Ltd [2004] EWHC 201
Bolton Metropolitan Borough v. Torkington [2003] EWCA 1634
Anglo Eastern v. Kerman Shahchi [2003] EWHC 1939
Arrow Nominees Ltd [2003] EWHC 1516
North East Lincolnshire v. Millennium Park, Times [2002]
Trafford MBC v. Total Fitness UK [2002] 44 EG 169
Gerson v. Wilkinson [2001] QB 514
Centremodel Projects v. RBS CA 4/7/2000
CIS v. Argyll Stores [1998] AC 1
Recommendations
The Times 'Lawyer of the Week' - 22 July 2010
Chambers & Partners:
2010:
"known for his readiness to enter the fray"
"particularly good at adversarial litigation where large sums of money and reputations are at stake"
"imbued with copious amounts of common sense"
"a commercial operator who gets to the point without delay"
"an extremely strident defender of his client's interests"
2009:
"the judges love him for being succinct and to the point", described as "a fighter and enjoys a good reputation at the Commercial and Chancery Bar" and "a tough fighter whom you certainly want in your corner in a difficult dispute", "forceful and diligent".
2008:
"a real fighter who is quick and commercially astute".
2007:
"tenacious organised and measured hard hitting advocate", "a powerful and punchy advocate with a mind like a stiletto" and "very organised and aggressive".
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
Career and Education
University University of Nottingham
Exeter College, Oxford
Degree LLB (First Class)
BCL
Year of Call Lincoln's 1982, Hardwicke and Cassell Scholar
Call to BVI Bar 2009
Call to Bahamas Bar 2009
Recorder 1999
Year of Silk 2001
Deputy High Court Judge 2005
