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About
Provided by Paul Adams
Practice Areas
Chancery and commercial, with a particular focus on civil fraud, company, joint venture and other business disputes, domestic and offshore trusts, professional negligence and financial services. Paul is frequently instructed as a leader, as sole counsel or as a senior junior and has a strong record of success at High Court and appellate level. Paul has experience in several offshore and foreign jurisdictions, particularly Bermuda, Jersey and New Zealand.
Recent significant cases include Harrington & Charles Trading Co Ltd v Mehta [2022] EWHC 1810 (Ch), [2023] EWHC 307 (Ch) (fraud, shadow directors, freezing injunctions, jurisdiction), Richards v Kulcyzk [2022] EWHC 863 (Ch) (contract, unjust enrichment, service out), K v F (fraud, breach of trust, negligent misstatement), Re X and Y Trusts (Benjamin orders), Kea v Watson [2020] EWHC 472 (Ch) (proprietary injunctions), Watson v Kea [2019] 4 WLR 145 (CA) (interest as a proxy for investment returns), Kea v Ivory Castle [2019] EWHC 309 (Ch) (notification injunctions), Glenn v Watson [2018] EWHC 2016 (Ch) (fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, bribery); Re the X Trusts [2018] SC (Bda) 56 Civ (removal of trustees); C v K (deceit, breach of fiduciary duty and interim injunction arising out of JV buyout).
Career
BA in law and BCL at St Catherine’s College, Oxford (ranked top of the University in both); called to the Bar in 2008.
Professional Memberships
ChBA.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Paul Adams enjoys a strong reputation for his skills in a range of company disputes, including those relating to breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder agreements and reflective loss. He often appears in both the English and the BVI Courts of Appeal.
Paul Adams has grown a strong civil fraud practice and is comfortable acting as lead counsel in large claims. He has experience acting for defendants on complex, multiparty matters as well as representing claimants before the High Court.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul is absolutely phenomenal and is someone to watch."
"Paul is incredibly intellectual and works incredibly efficiently. He turns papers around very quickly, and offers clear and decisive advice."
"Paul is amazing in being able to recall an authority on almost every issue, and he works at astonishing speed, turning out polished pleadings and letters rapidly."
"Paul is a fine operator who is great with clients. He is brilliant and delightful to work with."
"Paul is incredibly intellectual and works highly efficiently. He turns papers around very quickly and offers clear, decisive advice."
"Paul is a superstar. He is brilliant, gifted and delightful to work with. A great operator, who is good with clients and very clever."
"Paul is super forensic and has an easy manner with the court. He has a very modern, conversational style and is a natural advocate."
"Paul is very responsive and really on top of very complex factual detail. He is good on his feet and gets to the point."
"Paul is tactically astute, incredibly collaborative and really commercial. He totally gets the client's situation and is quickly able work a way through."
"His recall is amazing and he works at astonishing speed, turning out polished pleadings and letters."
"Paul is absolutely phenomenal and is someone to watch."
"Paul is incredibly intellectual and works incredibly efficiently. He turns papers around very quickly, and offers clear and decisive advice."
"Paul is amazing in being able to recall an authority on almost every issue, and he works at astonishing speed, turning out polished pleadings and letters rapidly."
"Paul is a fine operator who is great with clients. He is brilliant and delightful to work with."
"Paul is incredibly intellectual and works highly efficiently. He turns papers around very quickly and offers clear, decisive advice."
"Paul is a superstar. He is brilliant, gifted and delightful to work with. A great operator, who is good with clients and very clever."
"Paul is super forensic and has an easy manner with the court. He has a very modern, conversational style and is a natural advocate."
"Paul is very responsive and really on top of very complex factual detail. He is good on his feet and gets to the point."
"Paul is tactically astute, incredibly collaborative and really commercial. He totally gets the client's situation and is quickly able work a way through."
"His recall is amazing and he works at astonishing speed, turning out polished pleadings and letters."
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