James Corbett QC is an authority in cross-border litigation and arbitration in London and Commonwealth countries, with an emphasis on disputes in the financial services and technology industries and insolvency contexts. He was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in England and Wales, and has served as a Recorder of the Crown Court.
Mr. Corbett QC has deep experience in international arbitrations and is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a qualified mediator (CEDR), a Fellow of the Hong Kong and Singapore Institutes of Arbitrators, and a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and many other arbitration panels.
Areas of expertise:
- Chancery and commercial litigation (commonly with an international element)
- Company law, including in particular shareholder disputes, claims by and against directors and disqualification of directors
- Insolvency - corporate and personal
- Intellectual property - including trade marks, passing off and copyright
- Arbitration and mediation
Reported Cases
- Harper –v- Interchange Group Limited [2007] EWHC 1834 (Comm)
- Nearfield Limited –v- Lincoln Nominees Limited [2007] 1 All ER (Comm) 441
- Chahal -v- Mahal et al [2005] 2 BCLC 655
- Re Ross (No. 2) [2002] BPIR
- Re Rotadata Limited [2000] 1 BCLC 122 (minority shareholder rights)
- Re Maple Environmental Services Limited [2000] BCC 93 (voluntary arrangements)
- Official Receiver -v- Brady [1999] BCC 258 (companies as directors).
- Forbes -v- Smith [1998] 1 All ER 973 (confidentiality of judgments)
- Re Lichfield Freight Terminal Limited [1997] 2 BCLC 109 (disqualification).
- Re Gibson Davis Limited [1995] BCC 11 (disqualification) (disqualification)
Notable Cases:
- A trial in the Turks and Caicos Islands concerning the sale and development of a plot of land worth $US 36 million in Grace Bay, Providenciales
- Litigation in Jersey alleging breach of trust against a Jersey Trust company
- A shareholder dispute in Anguilla involving shares worth up to $US 200 million
- An action in St Kitts & Nevis for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land
- A multi-million dollar trust claim in the Royal Court of Jersey against a trust company in Anguilla (with various interim and Beddoe applications in Anguilla)
- Advising an appellant in an appeal to the House of Lords in a case principally about resulting and constructive trusts in a quasi-matrimonial context
- A multi-million pound claim and counter-claim between a US international franchisor and its London franchisee
- Trade mark and related litigation between an international motor manufacturer and its English dealers
- Bankruptcy litigation in the Court of Appeal arising out of concealed beneficial ownership of foreign assets
- Inner Temple - Duke of Edinburgh Scholar
- Ashworth Scholar
