Commercial

Jodie’s commercial litigation practice covers complex, high value cases, and a large part of her workload involves proceedings with a value in excess of £1,000,000. Jodie regularly appears against much more senior opponents; by way of example, she is currently sole Counsel in a case against a leading London silk, dealing with a shareholder matter with a value of £14,125,000.

In tandem with her own caseload, she is popular choice for led work; being frequently led by silks and senior-juniors, both from within Chambers and externally. Examples of led briefs include:

• Proceedings brought pursuant to the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 and the Trustee Act 1925 seeking declaratory relief in respect of ownership of farmland following the dissolution of a well-known general partnership between four brothers. The case settled pre-trial.
• Proceedings brought pursuant to a share purchase agreement, which related to the provision of nuclear industry services. The case settled pre-trial.
• A professional negligence claim brought against a well-known firm of solicitors, addressing the conflict between the interests of a client, and the interests of the firm, where the solicitors are acting under the terms of a Conditional Fee Agreement and the legal costs of the claim greatly exceed the claim value. The trial was successful before Fancourt J: Forster v Reynolds Porter Chamberlain [2023] EWHC 1150 (Ch).
• Proceedings brought with a value of £55,000,000 against company directors on the grounds of alleged breaches of statutory and fiduciary duties. The case remains ongoing.
• A Petition brought under section 994 of the Companies Act 2006. The Petitioner successfully obtained a without notice worldwide freezing injunction of assets up to a value of $26,000,000 USD. The matter remains ongoing; and has involved the Respondents’ unsuccessful application to stay the Petition under section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996; and an application for rectification of the Company Share Register under section 125 of the Companies Act 2006, in respect of which the judgment of Fancourt J is awaited: Uconinvest LLC v Jysan Holding LLC & Ors (Re Jusan Technologies Ltd) [2024] EWHC 1532 (Ch)