Year of Call: 1987 Year of Silk: 2006
Lance is “a superb advocate, and penetrating cross-examiner” who “is absolutely fantastic with clients and is down-to-earth. He also retains knowledge to an incredible extent - he knows documents inside out the second he reads them.”
Lance has a commercial and chancery practice, with a particular focus on international litigation, civil multi-jurisdictional fraud, company and insolvency cases. He has a firm grasp of the commercial realities of any litigation and understands clients’ needs and wishes.
Lance has recently been involved in cases involving allegations of fraud and/or bribery said to have happened in Ethiopia, United States of America, Canada, France, Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Malaysia as well as in England, many involving freezing injunctions and other injunctive relief. He also has expertise in company and commercial matters including unfair prejudice petitions, share warranty claims, hedge fund claims and professional negligence cases.
In insolvency matters, Lance acts both for and against insolvency practitioners in claims against former directors, accountants and others, as well as having done a substantial number of cases involving more technical issues that arise under the Insolvency Act 1986.
Lance was appointed a Recorder in 2005 and a Deputy High Court Judge of the Chancery Division in 2016 and sits in both the criminal and civil jurisdictions. He has also been an accredited mediator since 2009 and undertakes Advocacy Training for junior barristers.
Pembroke College, Cambridge - MA
Oundle School
Deputy High Court Judge (Chancery Division)
Recorder, Crown Court and County Court
Chancery Bar Association
COMBAR
Midlands Chancery and Commercial Bar Association
German
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Bar Council Trustee on the Access to Justice Foundation
Former Chairman of the Midlands Legal Support Trust
Chairman of Middlesex Lord's Taverners' Committee
Founder trustee of the Medical Research Fund Coventry & Warwickshire
ADR Group Accredited Mediator
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