James graduated with a first-class degree in Japanese from Oxford, where he received college scholarships and a University prize for coming top of his year. He then worked as a civil servant in London and Brussels and for a think tank before coming to the Bar. He obtained Distinctions while studying the GDL and the Bar Training Course and was awarded the Inner Temple’s top scholarship for the Bar Training year, as well as winning the Times Law Awards.

James has experience across Chambers’ practice areas, including working with members of Chambers on an aviation dispute in the Court of Appeal (Times Travel (UK) Ltd v Pakistan International Airlines [2022] EWCA Civ 415) and litigation with industry-wide implications for claims under the Financial Ombudsman Scheme (Shop Direct Finance Ltd v Official Receiver [2022] EWHC 1355 (Comm)).

French (proficient), Japanese (proficient) , Mandarin Chinese (moderate)

BA Oriental Studies (First Class), The Queen’s College, Oxford

MA International Relations (Mention excellent), College of Europe, Bruges

Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), BPP Law School

Bar Training Course (Distinction), BPP Law School