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Elizabeth Weaver

Elizabeth Weaver

Position

Elizabeth Weaver has a broad commercial Chancery practice, focusing mainly on contentious work in the area of business disputes, company law and insolvency, trusts and estates and property disputes. She also has a well-recognised specialism in professional negligence claims involving these areas. As a highly-respected senior junior, Elizabeth has the technical knowledge needed to analyse the issues arising in complex legal disputes (her cases often involve overlapping areas of law) and the experience to provide commercial advice and ensure the effective and efficient presentation of a client's case.

Elizabeth has considerable experience of working on large-scale commercial claims (both High Court litigation and arbitrations) and trust disputes which have an international element or raise issues of foreign law and conflicts of law.

Career

Called 1982, Lincoln’s Inn

Memberships

Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Registered Legal Practitioner Dubai International Financial Centre Chancery Bar Association STEP ACTAPS Commercial Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association Court of Protection Bar Association Institute of Art and Law Member of Professional Conduct & Complaints Committee of the Bar Council (2005-2010)

Education

LLB Bristol Hardwicke Scholar Lincoln’s Inn

Mentions

Middle East: The English Bar

Commercial

Leading junior2
Elizabeth Weaver – XXIV Old Buildings
London Bar

Commercial litigation

Leading junior3
Elizabeth Weaver – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Very sensible and absolutely clear in her thinking. Judges like her very much and clients feel truly represented.'
London Bar

Company

Leading junior3
Elizabeth Weaver – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Elizabeth is simply fantastic. She gets to the heart of the issue quickly and establishes a rapport with clients who trust her advice.’
London Bar

Private wealth and probate

Leading junior2
Elizabeth Weaver –XXIV Old Buildings 'Elizabeth is very thorough, easy to work with and willing to take a pragmatic approach when necessary. She is very good at assessing risk and helping to make balanced decisions in light of all the issues.'