Chris Dunk

Chris has a broad commercial and chancery practice. His experience includes general commercial disputes, company, partnership and insolvency law, trusts, probate and estates litigation, conflicts of law and jurisdiction, and property and real estate litigation. He accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ practice areas.

Chris appears regularly in the High Court and County Courts throughout the country.

Company

Chris acted as junior to Hugh Jory QC during a two-week trial, representing a defendant director in respect of alleged breaches of fiduciary duty during the re-structuring of a group of companies: LRH Services Ltd (In Liquidation) v Raymond Arthur Trew and ors[2018] EWHC 600 (Ch).

Chris also assisted Hugh Jory QC and Hugo Groves on a successful three-day strike out/summary judgment application on behalf of defendant directors, in respect of claims against them for wrongful trading, transactions at an undervalue, preference and transactions defrauding creditors: Brian Johnson (as Liquidator of Strobe 2) v Christian Arden and ors [2018] EWHC 1624 (Ch)

Insolvency & Restructuring

Chris acted for the successful respondent in an appeal before Zacaroli J concerning trusts of land and a bankrupt’s estate: Bulathwela v Thomas and anor [2019] EWHC 3511 (Ch).

Chris acted as junior to Hugh Jory QC during a two-week trial, representing a defendant director in respect of alleged breaches of fiduciary duty during the re-structuring of a group of companies: LRH Services Ltd (In Liquidation) v Raymond Arthur Trew and ors [2018] EWHC 600 (Ch).

Chris also assisted Hugh Jory QC and Hugo Groves on a successful three-day strike out/summary judgment application on behalf of defendant directors, in respect of claims against them for wrongful trading, transactions at an undervalue, preference and transactions defrauding creditors: Brian Johnson (as Liquidator of Strobe 2) v Christian Arden and ors [2018] EWHC 1624 (Ch)

Commercial

Credit hire agreements Mortgage disputes Carriage of goods Agricultural contractual disputes Enforcement of an adjudicator’s award in a construction dispute Claims under guarantees and indemnities Debt recovery and enforcement

Wills, Trusts and Probate

Inheritance Act claims, including advising the representatives of a minor TOLATA claims by co-habitees, spouses and trustees in bankruptcy (as to the latter, see Bulathwela v Thomas and anor [2019] EWHC 3511 (Ch)) An application to revoke letters of administration An application for an account by will trustees The proper interpretation of a will drafted by the deceased Representing an executor at a probate registry summons

Property

Acted on behalf of a commercial sub-tenant seeking relief from forfeiture Advised on commercial lease forfeiture, notices and renewal proceedings Represented and advised landowners in boundary disputes Acted on behalf of landlords and chargeholders in a variety of possession claims, including mortgage and trespass claims Appeared for trespassing protestors in a mining dispute Advised on rights of way and other easements in domestic and commercial contexts Acted and advised on a variety of TOLATA claims

Paralegal, Mishcon de Reya LLP (Trusts and Succession Disputes team), 2015 – 16

LLM, Commercial Specialism (Distinction), London School of Economics, 2014 – 15

BPTC (Very Competent), University of Law, Bloomsbury Kennedy Scholarship (Lincoln’s Inn), 2013 -14

GDL (Distinction), University of Law, York, 2012-13

Lord Haldane Scholarship, Hardwicke Award (Lincoln’s Inn), 2012-13

BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Oriel College, Oxford, 2009-12

Leeds Grammar School, 1997-2008