James Dickinson
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Offshore: Dispute Resolution
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Band 2
About
Provided by James Dickinson
Practice Areas
James is the firm’s Managing Partner and a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department.
James has over 20 years’ experience of dealing with complex commercial disputes in Jersey and other offshore and international jurisdictions. James has acted as an expert witness on Jersey law and regularly appears before the island’s senior courts.
He has a wide-ranging commercial litigation practice which encompasses asset recovery, trust and estate disputes, shareholder and other corporate disputes and cases involving access to information and the restraint of use of improperly obtained information.
James’s clients include ultra-HNWIs, HNWIs, financial institutions, law firms, executors, settlors, trustees and beneficiaries.
Career
Trained Morgan Cole; qualified 1997 as an English solicitor; admitted as an advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey 2004; admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court 2008 (non-practising); Morgan Cole 1995-99; Sinels Advocates 1999-2002; Bedell Cristin 2002-08; James Dickinson and Co 2009-10; partner Dickinson Gleeson 2010 to date.
Professional Memberships
Law Society of Jersey; the Chancery Bar Association (overseas member).
Personal
Leisure activities include shooting, golf, tennis, skiing, reading and film.
Chambers Review
UK
James Dickinson is well regarded for his broad commercial practice, which sees him advising clients on contentious trust and asset recovery cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"James is incredibly responsive, thoughtful and considered. He gives you confidence in his advice."
"James is technically strong and strategic. He really rolls his sleeves up."
"James is commercial and helpful to work with. He is someone who is very knowledgeable and knows how onshore firms like to work."
"James is incredibly responsive, thoughtful and considered. He gives you confidence in his advice."
"James is technically strong and strategic. He really rolls his sleeves up."
"James is commercial and helpful to work with. He is someone who is very knowledgeable and knows how onshore firms like to work."