James is developing a broad practice across all of Chambers’ main practice areas, including commercial disputes and international arbitration.
Before joining Chambers, James read politics, philosophy and economics at Exeter College, Oxford, receiving the Gibbs (Proxime Accessit) Prize in politics. He received a distinction in the GDL, winning the Monckton Chambers Prize for EU Law, and in the Bar Course at City University, London. During the GDL, James worked as a debate coach and as a mentor for Debate Mate.
Arbitration
- Acting as junior counsel (led by Josephine Davies) in an LCIA arbitration.
- Assisted in preparing (as a pupil) LCIA reply submissions in a dispute concerning transnational Eastern European energy supply.
Civil fraud
- Assisted (as a pupil) in preparing skeleton argument seeking a Norwich Pharmacal/Bankers Trust order in relation to misappropriation of cryptocurrencies in LMN v Bitflyer Holdings Inc [2022] EWHC 2954.
Shipping
- Prepared (as a pupil) an advice on the correct interpretation of a joint benefit insurance clause.
- Prepared (as a pupil) LMAA defence submissions concerning the proper construction of an AWRP clause.
- Prepared (as a pupil) a skeleton concerning assessment of quantum of damages in relation to a ship collision.