Guildhall Chambers

Commercial; professional negligence; banking and finance; company law and partnership; technology and construction; insolvency; sports law.

Hugh is recognised as a star of the UK Bar, with rankings in Chambers UK as a leading barrister across 7 practice areas: Commercial, Professional Negligence, Insolvency, Banking & Finance, Partnership, Chancery and Company.

He is instructed with juniors, and as sole leading counsel, in complex and substantial disputes where his advocacy and forensic skills are highly valued.

Hugh has wide ranging sector knowledge, including experience in the following sectors: accountancy, agriculture, banking, care homes, construction, charities, energy, including electricity generation and power distribution, renewables, insurance, financial services, hotel, hospitality & leisure, marine, pharmaceuticals, software, technology and sports.

Hugh acts in complex and substantial company and personal insolvency disputes, including claims for and against insolvency practitioners. He enjoys working as a team, with clients, solicitors and other junior barristers.

Hugh welcomes instructions in the following areas:

Corporate insolvency, including administrations, liquidations and CVAs Claw back and recovery claims Directors and office holder misfeasance claims Directors' disqualification Personal insolvency, including bankruptcy and IVAs Professional negligence claims involving insolvency practitioners

Commercial Bar Association (Combar) Chancery Bar Association (ChBA) Insolvency Lawyers Association (ILA) Professional Negligence Bar Association (PNBA) Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) Bristol Chancery and Commercial Bar Association (BCCBA) Appointed as Deputy High Court Judge (2019) Appointed to the Attorney General's Panels of Junior Counsel to the Crown (pre 2014)

BVC Western & Wales: Prize for Best Overall Performance Diploma in Law, University of Exeter: Dean's Commendation Physics BSc, University of Manchester: First Class Honours