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Jessica has a broad commercial chancery practice encompassing domestic and international litigation, arbitration and mediation of business and private client disputes. Jessica was called to the bar in 1997 and since then she has gained considerable experience of large scale, complex cases led by leading silks and on her own account.

In addition to the core areas of her practice which have historically focused on commercial and trust litigation, a number of her cases have involved aspects of insolvency and company and partnership law and she has experience of financial services and hedge funds litigation as well as professional negligence.

In addition, in 2017 Jessica qualified as an accredited mediator. She balances her litigation and advisory practice alongside a growing mediation practice.

Jessica’s cases have often had an international or offshore element and she has had experience of litigation in USA, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, and China, and arbitration in Nigeria, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, India and Kazakhstan. In addition her trust cases have involved her in the following offshore jurisdictions: British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Gibraltar and the Bahamas. Although she has good experience of international and offshore jurisdictions, her mainstream practice remains based in London.

Called 1997, Lincoln’s Inn.

Chancery Bar Association Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

MA (Hons) Oxford Denning Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn Hardwicke Entrance Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn Mansfield Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn