Paul Chaisty QC

Practice

Chancery and Commercial litigation
Insolvency - Individual and Corporate
Partnerships
Professional Negligence
Directors' Disqualification
Banking (principally recoveries, guarantees and securities)
Company Law (particularly shareholder disputes)
Commercial landlord and tenant law
Commercial Agents

Profile

Paul is a leading practitioner in individual and corporate insolvency (including administration, voluntary arrangements and receivership), banking (principally recoveries, guarantees and securities), commercial landlord and tenant law, company law (particularly shareholder disputes), professional negligence, partnership (with particular emphasis on professional partnerships), contract and commercial disputes and general business litigation.

Significant Work includes;

Paul has several major clients in areas of sports & entertainment, multi-nationals, banks and professional partnerships

Significant Cases  

Stanley J Holmes & Sons Ltd 2006 EWCA Civ 1568

Broughton -v- Bower 2006 EWCA Civ 632

Enron -v- Universal Utilities

North British Housing Assoc -v- Masood 2005 IWLR 3133

Lavelle -v- Lavelle Times 9 March 2004

Bolton MBC -v- Torkington 2004 Ch 66

BHT -v- Nat West Finance 2004 1BCLC 568
Uno Plc & World of Leather 2004 EWHC 933
Customs & Excise -v- Anglo-Overseas 2004 EWHC 2198

Alliance -v- Kermanshachi 2003 EWHC 1939

Russell -v- Finn CA 2003

Arrow Nominees -v- Blackledge 2003 EWHC 1516
North East Lincolnshire Cncl -v- Millenium Park The Times 31 October 2002

Trafford MBC -v- Total Fitness 2002 4EG 169
Michael Gerson (Leasing) Ltd v Wilkinson [2000] 3 WLR 1645

CIS v Argyle Stores (Holdings) Ltd. [1997] 3 All ER 297

Re Sutton, The Times, November 3 1997

Re Sankey Furniture Ltd. [1995] 2 BCLC 594

Esso Petroleum v Fumegrange [1994] 2 EGLR 9

Covance -v- PETA

Recommendations:

Chambers UK 2008
Paul Chaisty is known as "a real fighter who is quick and commercially astute."
His practice has a strong commercial flavour whose "forceful and effective cross-examination style" sets him apart from the pack of chancery litigators.

Chambers & Partners 2007
“tenacious, organised and a measured hard-hitting advocate”
“a powerful and punchy advocate with a mind like a stiletto”
“very committed and aggressive”

Legal 500 2008:
"..the 'impeccable' Paul Chaisty QC'

Legal 500 2007:
"practises at the very highest levels"

Legal 500 2006:
“ranks at the very top”

Memberships:
Chancery Bar Association
Northern Chancery Bar Association
Northern and North Eastern Circuit

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Nottingham

Exeter College Oxford

Law (LLB) (First Class)
BCL

1982 (Lincoln's Inn)
Hardwicke and Cassell scholar

2000

2001

Deputy High Court Judge (authorised to sit in Queen’s Bench and Chancery Divisions) 2006

 

 

Paul Chaisty QC

Year of Call: 1982

Year of Silk:  2001

Recorder: 2000

Deputy High Court Judge 
    
Deputy Head of Chambers

Specialises In:
Chancery and Commercial

Clerked by:
 Colin Griffin

 

 

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