Jack Rivett has a strong commercial chancery practice, with an emphasis on company and insolvency issues. He frequently appears (led and unled) in the High Court in lengthy trials and interim applications (including for freezing and committal orders), as well as in the Court of Appeal. In 2017-8, he acted for the Claimants in a five-month trial arising out of the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds (one of The Lawyer’s “Top 20 Cases” of 2017). In his capacity as a Panel member, he has appeared on behalf of the Welsh Ministers in In re Pablo Star Ltd [2018] 1 WLR 738, CA and on behalf of HMRC in Chalcot Training Ltd v. Ralph [2020] EWHC 1054 (Ch.) in which he was commended by the Judge for having made his submissions “impressively”.
MA (Cantab) (Double First), Trinity College, Cambridge; MPhil, Trinity College, Cambridge; Postgraduate Diploma in Law, City University London (Distinction) (Lord Bowen Scholarship and Hardwicke Award, Lincoln’s Inn); Bar Vocational Course (Outstanding) (Lord Denning Scholarship and Buchanan Prize, Lincoln’s Inn; The Everard Ver Heyden Foundation Prize, The City Law School).
London Bar
Jack Rivett – Erskine Chambers ‘Jack is an absolute superstar. His knowledge of the law and ability to get to the heart of an issue are first-rate, and he often goes up against senior members of the Bar who have far more experience, yet comes up trumps.'
London Bar
Jack Rivett – Erskine Chambers ‘Jack is an absolute superstar who can provide insightful, commercial and above all correct advice time and again.’