Julia has a broad commercial practice, with a particular emphasis on insurance, civil fraud, professional negligence, jurisdiction / conflict of laws, shipping, and commodities.
Current and recent led work includes:
Greensill Bank v Zurich Insurance (led by Noel Casey KC and Sarah Cowey) Wahaca v QIC Europe Limited [2024] EWHC 394 (Comm) (led by Peter MacDonald Eggers KC) the SKAT litigation: acting for a group of alleged fraud defendants (led by Keir Howie) the Russian Aircraft Operator Policy Claims (led by Alistair Schaff KC, Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC, Alexander MacDonald, Sandra Healy and Frederick Alliott) Carillion v KPMG (led by Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC, Tim Kenefick and Andrew Fenn) Bell v Singh [2022] EWHC 3272 (Comm) (a successful civil fraud claim brought by investors into a fitness start-up, led by Jason Robinson) Knapfield v C.A.R.S Holdings Limited [2022] EWHC 1437 (Comm) (led by Jessica Sutherland) Compagnie des Grands Hôtels d’Afrique SA v Purdy [2021] EWHC 1031 (QB) (a dispute arising from a letter of request which raised issues relating to the privilege against self-incrimination and Article 6 ECHR, led by David Edwards KC) ABN Amro Bank v RSA [2021] EWHC 442 (Comm) (led by Rebecca Sabben-Clare KC and Benjamin Parker)Julia appears unled in the High Court and the County Court. She recently successfully applied for a freezing injunction in the Commercial Court, and has acted as sole counsel on matters relating to business interruption insurance, solicitors' invoices, shipping and commodities.
Julia has completed secondments with the insurance & reinsurance team at an international law firm, and at a specialist London shipping firm.
Called 2019; Gray’s Inn.
COMBAR; BILA; Gray’s Inn.
Oxford University, Magdalen College (Classics – First Class)
Cambridge University, St John’s College (Law, Senior Status)