Selborne Chambers

Duncan is a commercial chancery practitioner. He has appeared in numerous reported and significant commercial High Court and Court of Appeal cases, most recently acting for a solicitor disputing recovery of a professional practice loan (Royal Bank of Scotland Plc v McCarthy, QB Div, 2015), for a satellite TV manufacturer in a claim against its steel suppliers (KLM Steels Ltd v Global Invacom Ltd, Commercial Court, 2015), in a dispute over ownership of part of an island in the Thames (Stapleford v Port of London Authority, FTT, 2016) and in a development dispute in BNP Paribas Jersey Trust Corporation v Marshall Street Regeneration, Ch Div, 2015). Other significant cases include: Commercial contracts (Acre 1127 Ltd v De Montfort Fine Art Ltd, Court of Appeal, 2011); Consumer contracts (Friarwood Ltd v Champagne Cattier SA, Court of Appeal; Company law and shareholder disputes (Jordan v Roberts, Ch Div, 2009; Insolvency (Rubin v Coote, Court of Appeal, 2011; Fraud and asset recovery (Hardy v Washington Green Fine Art Publishing Co Ltd, Court of Appeal, 2010; Boundaries/party walls (Nelson’s Yard Management Co v Eziefula, Court of Appeal, 2013); Property and constructive trusts (De Bruyne v De Bruyne, Court of Appeal, 2010.

Called 1994.

Chancery Bar Association; Property Bar Association.