Wilberforce Chambers

Wilberforce Chambers

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Clare Stanley KC

Clare Stanley KC

Wilberforce Chambers, London

Position

Described as a ‘powerful advocate’, Clare is an experienced commercial chancery practitioner, well-known and highly regarded for contentious trust litigation, commercial and professional liability cases. Often instructed on behalf of PLC’s or high net-worth individuals in respect of large-scale and bitterly fought litigation, Clare is ‘praised for her grasp of detail’ and as someone ‘who is not afraid to take on challenging the odds’. Clare’s cases often involve allegations of misrepresentation, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty.

Career

Called 1994, Middle Temple; KC 2015.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR; INSOL.

Education

King’s School, Ely; Downing College, Cambridge (BA Hons); Adelaide, Australia (BEc).

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

HALL OF FAME4
Clare Stanley KC –Wilberforce Chambers ‘Clare is a brilliant advocate, who excels at building a rapport with the bench and adapting on her feet as a case develops. She is extremely impressive in cross-examination, and dealing with complicated facts and subject matter.’
London Bar

Company

HALL OF FAME4
Clare Stanley KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Clare is an impressive and forceful advocate, extremely quick-thinking on her feet and an excellent litigation strategist.’
London Bar

Fraud: civil

HALL OF FAME4
Clare Stanley KC –Wilberforce Chambers
London Bar

Insolvency

HALL OF FAME3
Clare Stanley KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Clare thoroughly deserves all of the recognition in the market she is currently receiving. She is a top grade silk who is just as comfortable dealing with a complex insolvency matter as she is in highly contentious commercial litigation and private client disputes. Her written work is as wonderful as her court room advocacy.’
London Bar

Private client: trusts and probate

HALL OF FAME1
Clare Stanley KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Clare is an outstanding advocate. She is always meticulously prepared in court, delivers punchy submissions and searches cross-examination.’
London Bar

Professional negligence

HALL OF FAME3
Clare Stanley KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Clare is a brilliant advocate, who excels at building a rapport with the bench and adapting on her feet as a case develops. She is extremely impressive in cross-examination, and dealing with complicated facts and subject matter.’
The English Bar Offshore

The English Bar Offshore

HALL OF FAME1
Clare Stanley KC – Wilberforce Chambers 'Clare is extremely user-friendly and always very committed to the client's cause. She is good at developing novel and compelling arguments in difficult circumstances. Excellent in court and hitting a sweet-spot in reputation and instructions offshore over the last few years.'

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