Band 2
Band 4
About
Provided by Angharad Start
Practice Areas
Angharad is a commercial barrister specialising in general commercial litigation, corporate and personal insolvency, company law (incl. disqualification), banking and financial services, art and cultural property law, breach of confidence, wide-ranging professional indemnity work, insolvency and arbitration. Having returned to practice after a career break, Angharad has been ranked as a Leading Junior in her specialist fields of Media and Art Law, Art and Cultural Property and Insolvency and in the High Net Worth and Global guides.
Career
Called 1988; previously working for merchant bank and in the Far East.
Education:
St Paul’s Girls School; University of Durham LLB (Hons).
Professional Memberships
ALA, IAL, COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; Insolvency Lawyers Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; International Law Association, Art Lawyers Association, PAIAM, Association of Women in the Arts.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Angharad Start of 3 Verulam Buildings is known for her work related to art fraud disputes, provenance and ownership matters.
Angharad Start is a junior who is recognised for her high-quality contribution to a number of high-profile insolvency cases. She demonstrates expertise across the board, regularly acting in cases such as shareholder disputes, wrongful trading litigation and misfeasance claims. She is called on by a diverse client basethat includeslarge corporates, banks and government bodies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Angharad is creative in her strategic thinking, constructive in her suggestions and really immerses herself in the case."
"Angharad is extremely good - she's very tenacious and has been doing an increasing number of high-profile art law cases very successfully."
"Angharad is remarkable. She can assimilate huge amounts of information really quickly and has a great instinct."
"Angharad is a very experienced senior junior and a very good commercial barrister with an interest in art and cultural cases."
"Angharad is creative in her strategic thinking, constructive in her suggestions and really immerses herself in the case."
"Angharad is extremely good - she's very tenacious and has been doing an increasing number of high-profile art law cases very successfully."
"Angharad is remarkable. She can assimilate huge amounts of information really quickly and has a great instinct."
"Angharad is a very experienced senior junior and a very good commercial barrister with an interest in art and cultural cases."