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Nicola Allsop
Position
Nicola has a modern commercial chancery practice encompassing company litigation (particularly shareholder disputes), insolvency and civil fraud. She appeared as a junior in the ten week fraud trial in Sita v Serruys and was called to the Bar of the BVI in 2012 where she successfully represented the majority shareholders of the only oil-producing company in Belize (SM Life Ventures LLC v BNE and others). Nicola is regularly retained by insolvency practitioners with a view to recovering assets for the benefit of insolvent estates and appeared for the appellants in Helman v John Lyon Free Grammar School [2014] 1 WLR 2451], a case concerning the impact of a bankruptcy order on the right to serve a notice to enfranchise. Her cases frequently involve applications for freezing injunctions and similar interim remedies
Career
Called 2002 Lincoln’s Inn; called British Virgin Islands 2012
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR
Education
Bristol University (2001 LLB first class hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Nicola Allsop – Quadrant Chambers ‘Tenacious, knowledgeable and forensic in her ability to devour complex banking information and deliver digestible positive advice for clients.’
Quadrant Chambers‘ barristers are regularly instructed by leading law firms in the UK on banking cases across global commodities and trade finance. Paul Downes KC has acted for a wide range of clients, and has lectured both in the UK and and overseas in technical accountancy related matters, while Emily Saunderson is regularly instructed on cases unled, including in the case Momentum Property Partners Limited and another v Investec Bank Plc where she was instructed by the claimant in a claim against a bank for breach of mandate and breach of the Quincecare duty to not make suspicious payment requests from the accounts of corporate clients. Nicola Allsop specialises in commercial litigation, having been instructed by high street banks and other lenders in high value litigation. Simon Oakes is a key name from the set.
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Nicola Allsop – Quadrant Chambers ‘Nicola is absolutely fantastic. Her advocacy is succinct, clearly articulated and compelling.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Nicola Allsop – Quadrant Chambers ‘Nicola is approachable and friendly yet fully on top of the details. She applies a client-friendly and strategic approach to her advice and is always responsive.’
Particularly reputed for its shipping and logistics expertise, Quadrant Chambers is also well-equipped to handle international commercial, contractual, and joint venture disputes, as well as fraud and banking litigation. In the banking space, Simon Rainey KC is representing Afghanistan International Bank against Yes Bank Limited, where the claimant is seeking to prevent parallel proceedings brought in India in a significant dispute over international bank guarantees to cover a delayed power transmission lines installation in Kabul. Robert-Jan Temmink KC is representing the claimants in Bahia and others v Sidhu and others, a partnership dispute between two families over assets worth approximately £23m, involving allegations of fraud and concealment of assets. Meanwhile, Paul Downes KC and Nicola Allsop act for the defendant in DAZN v IMG, a dispute over broadcasting rights that addresses whether COVID-19 disruption qualifies as a force majeure event and the extent of liability for existing license fees.