James Aldridge

Barrister specialising in corporate/commercial litigation with an emphasis on contractual and fiduciary claims including, in particular, commercial contracts, professional negligence; insolvency; property litigation including proprietary estoppel, landlord and tenant, interference with land and enforcement of rights over land. Recent reported cases include: Weavering v Peterson (hedge fund fraud); Aurora v Christie’s (auction house practice); McKinly v Nexia (accountant’s negligence); Masood v Zahoor (claims to rights over shares); Slattery v Moore Stephens (accountants’ negligence); Redevco Properties v Mount Cook (consent to alterations to leasehold property); McGowan v Chadwick (CA) (scope of liability of Court of appointed Receivers); Gillett v Holt (proprietary estoppel); Barings Plc v Coopers & Lybrand (expert evidence) and Goldstein v Conley (leasehold enfranchisement).

Rugby School; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (English Lit Part I; 1993 Law Part II; 1997 MA).