Litigation

I am a Partner in our Cayman Islands litigation practice group.

I am a Partner in our Cayman Islands litigation practice group. I was appointed Queen's Counsel in February 2017.

Recognised as a trusted adviser and first port of call for clients and intermediaries seeking Cayman Islands legal advice, I regularly appear as Leading Counsel before the Cayman Islands Grand Court and Court of Appeal.

My work focuses on advising and representing trustees, settlors and beneficiaries in complex cross-border trust and estate disputes. It also covers regulatory investigations, fraud and asset tracing, insolvency, contentious property disputes and employment.

I speak regularly at trust conferences and seminars, and have written articles for Solicitors Journal, New Law Journal, PLC Magazine and Private Client Business.

I have been accepted on a number of occasions by federal and state courts in the USA as an expert on Cayman Islands law.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS Re Stingray Trust - Appearing as Leading Counsel for the international trustee of Cayman Islands trust on a forum non conveniens application which considered the effect and scope of the firewall provisions in the Cayman Islands Trusts Act. Appearing as Leading Counsel for an international trustee of a Cayman Islands trust on a breach of trust claim, subsequently discontinued, and on the application to the Grand Court to bless the final distribution of the trust assets. Re OneTradeX Ltd - Appearing as Leading Counsel for the Ad Hoc Committee of creditors and clients of a regulated Cayman Islands brokerage house, in liquidation, on multiple issues arising under the Berkely Applegate jurisdiction. Re Fang Holdings Limited - Appearing as Leading Counsel for the founder, chairman and majority shareholder of a Cayman Islands company listed on the New York Stock Exchange which operates one of the largest real estate internet trading platforms in China in resisting a just and equitable winding up petition. Re O Trust - Appearing as Leading Counsel for the intended object of a settlor's reserved power to amend a trust deed and in an important trial which determined the applicable test in the Cayman Islands for the determination of mental capacity.

MEMBERSHIPS Chairman, Cayman Islands Law Reform Commission INSOL Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists (RISA) Chairmanship Panel of Cayman Islands Institute of Public Accountants (CIIPA) Disciplinary Tribunal Affiliate member, STEP

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Admitted as an Attorney in Jamaica (currently non-practising), 1990 Admitted as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands, 2000