Venue
The Lowry Hotel, 50 Dearmans Pl, Salford, Manchester, M3 5LH
Timings
5 June 2025, 3.25pm - 4.00pm
Overview
Programme
At 3.25pm Chris will be speaking on:
All you need to know about costs
- Covering Hirachand Supreme Court decision
- Kening v Thomas Snell & Passmore solicitors’ assessment
Speakers
Chris helps his clients to resolve or avoid disputes relating to:
- Trusts and estates;
- Property (including co-ownership and landlord and tenant issues); and
- Corporate and personal insolvency.
Chris also deals with professional negligence claims arising in these areas, with conveyancing negligence and impostor/title fraud being specialities.
In addition to providing drafting and advisory services, Chris frequently appears as sole counsel in the Chancery Division, the Insolvency and Companies Court, and the County Court. Chris prides himself on his skill as an advocate, and he has recently been successful in a two-day “transaction at an undervalue” trial before Deputy ICC Judge Agnello KC, a one-day costs appeal before HHJ Luba KC, and a two-day mortgagee possession trial raising Consumer Credit Act 1974 issues before HHJ Simpkiss.
Chris was appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown for a five-year term from September 2021. Since his appointment, he has worked on a variety of matters for the Government. Chris sits on the Bar Council’s Legal Services Committee.
