Three Stone

Barrister specialising in property; professional negligence; probate; trusts; insolvency, commercial litigation, drafting and advice.

Barrister specialising in trusts and tax planning; property; partnership; wills and estates; associated professional negligence.

Barrister also called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands and New York (FLC) specialising in chancery and commercial litigation and arbitration including offshore litigation, insurance and reinsurance, and insolvency. Cases include MC Bacon, Henderson v Merett, Deeny v Gooda Walker, Feasey v Sun Life, Freakley & Ors v Centre Re and Ors, Konkola Copper Mines v Coromin Ltd, Prince Jefri Bolkiah v the State of Brunei, Aspinalls Club Ltd v Al-Zayat, Cherney v Deripaska, Weavering Fund Ltd v Peterson, and Fairfield Sentry v Quilvest Finance Ltd & Ors.

Francis has a commercial chancery practice with an emphasis on litigation specialising in contentious property, insolvency (corporate and personal), company, partnerships and professional negligence.

Barrister and New York attorney specialising in US and English wills, trusts and private client advice, US and UK gift, estate and inheritance tax, cross-border and offshore issues.

Barrister specialising in Chancery and commercial litigation including in particular, breach of confidence and restraint of trade (involving employers and employees, directors, partners, and purchasers and vendors of businesses), and related pre-emptive remedies; cases include: Faccenda Chicken v Fowler [1987] Ch 117 (confidential information); Symphony v Hodgson [1994] QB 179 (costs against non-parties); Primavera v Allied Dunbar [2002] EWCA Civ 1327 (causation in the avoidance of loss).