James Penn
Consultant in the dispute resolution group, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
- Phone020 7814 8000
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Work Department
Position
James specialises in commercial, banking and property disputes.
He has over 30 years’ experience in property enforcements in particular, including mortgage possession actions (such as successfully acting for the claimant in the leading case of Stockholm Finance Ltd v Garden Holdings Inc & Ors) and enforcement of judgments obtained against individuals by means of a charging order over real property assets held in the name of offshore companies (including successfully acting for the claimant in the leading case of United Overseas Bank Ltd v Iwuanyanwu).
He also successfully acted for the respondent in Day v Tiuta International Ltd & Anr, a significant Court of Appeal case concerning the operation of the doctrine of equitable subrogation.
James joined Watson Farley & Williams in 1991, became a Partner in 2003 and became a Consultant to the firm in 2016.
Education
College of Law, Guildford.