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About
Provided by Emma Horner
Practice Areas
Emma’s practice covers a broad range of commercial litigation in line with Chambers’ specialisms, including large commercial disputes, civil fraud, company law, insolvency, offshore litigation and arbitration.
Notable recent cases include: Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse [2024] EWHC 1957 (Comm) (one of The Lawyers Top 20 Cases for 2023; high profile, multi-billion US$ fraud claim; 12 week trial); Playle v Verschuur (unfair prejudice dispute; 3.5 week trial); Joannou & Parakevaides (Overseas) (in liq) (claims brought by joint liquidators for wrongful trading, fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duties and unlawful means conspiracy; 14 week trial listed in 2025); MAD International v Manes [2021] EWHC 3335 (claims in deceit and breach of joint venture agreement; 4 week trial); Jones v Jones CFI 043/2022 (freezing injunction in the DIFC).
Career
Called to the Bar 2015 (Lincoln’s Inn); Pegasus Scholarship (Bermuda); Rights of audience before the AIFC Court in Kazakhstan (2018)
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association; Female Fraud Forum; Insolvency Lawyers Association; London Irish Lawyers Association; LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
Publications
Co-author of “On Your Feet: A Practical Guide to Civil Advocacy” (2019); Contributor to Loose and Griffiths on Liquidators (9 ed., 2019); Co-author of Commercial Law and Financial Regulation [2016] UKSC Yearbook 314 (with Jonathan Crow KC and Lara Hassell-Hart)
Personal
LLM (Commercial Law) (First Class), St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge; LLB (First Class, 5th in year), Trinity College Dublin
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Frequently called upon by leading silks, Emma Horner is an up-and-coming junior known for her work in commercial disputes with significant company law considerations. Cases she has worked on include high-value breach of director duties matters and unfair prejudice proceedings. Emma is experienced in acting in domestic and offshore jurisdictions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Emma exceeds expectations and impresses with her outstanding advocacy skills. Her direct, straightforward manner and commercially sharp approach are refreshing."
"Emma is highly skilled in court, but her written communication is also impressive, making her a brilliant all-round barrister. She is a fantastic addition to any litigation team."
"Emma is always on top of the detail and knows the facts and issues in the case inside and out. She is great to work with, highly responsive and someone who works seamlessly with instructing lawyers."
"Emma is absolutely outstanding. She is probably the most impressive junior of her call that I have worked with. The thing that really stands out is the quality of her judgement."
"Emma exceeds expectations and impresses with her outstanding advocacy skills. Her direct, straightforward manner and commercially sharp approach are refreshing."
"Emma is highly skilled in court, but her written communication is also impressive, making her a brilliant all-round barrister. She is a fantastic addition to any litigation team."
"Emma is always on top of the detail and knows the facts and issues in the case inside and out. She is great to work with, highly responsive and someone who works seamlessly with instructing lawyers."
"Emma is absolutely outstanding. She is probably the most impressive junior of her call that I have worked with. The thing that really stands out is the quality of her judgement."
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