XXIV Old Buildings

XXIV Old Buildings

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Barristers

Jessica Lavelle

Jessica Lavelle

Position

Jessica is a commercial chancery barrister whose busy practice spans chambers’ core areas, with interests in civil fraud and asset tracing, commercial disputes, trusts litigation, company law, and insolvency law. She is instructed regularly in both domestic and offshore matters.

Jessica has appeared unled in the High Court and appears regularly in the County Courts as well as working as part of a larger team on complex multi-national disputes.  She has been described by instructing solicitors as “extremely bright” and “very responsive”.

Prior to beginning her pupillage, Jessica undertook a six-month secondment to Walkers (Guernsey) and spent the first six months of her practice on secondment to Mishcon de Reya, sitting within the Private Wealth Disputes team.

Jessica was listed as a  Pro Bono Champion for her work with CLIPS (Chancery Litigant in Person Scheme) throughout 2023

Career

BA, Classics (First Class), Selwyn College, Cambridge

PGCE, Institute of Education

GDL and BPTC, City University, London

Memberships

Called to the Bar of the BVI

Committe Member of the Chancery Bar Association

Combar

Court of Protection Bar Association

Mentions

London Bar

Insolvency

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Jessica Lavelle – XXIV Old Buildings ‘In court, Jessica is a strong performer for her call, with the natural and confident delivery of far more experienced barristers. She is good at focusing on the key issues and makes sure the clients know she is on their side. She is also a pleasure to work with. She has a bright future ahead of her.’
The English Bar Offshore

Trusts and private wealth

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Jessica Lavelle – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Jessica is undoubtedly one of the best junior juniors. Intelligent and dedicated to her craft with the ability to inject a healthy dose of reality into any situation, she picks up technical points very quickly.'