Clare Stanley, KC

Barrister, Wilberforce Chambers

Clare is a recent winner of Chambers & Partners' Chancery Silk of the Year. Her practice focuses heavily on three key areas: commercial/business disputes, professional liability, and private client/trust litigation. Clare is usually instructed in highly contentious and often hostile disputes, and provides advice across the range of areas in which she practices, helping clients to achieve their commercial aims without the need to prolong litigation. Praised for her written and oral advocacy, she is often involved in actions brought onshore and offshore in litigation involving claims for breach of trust and fiduciary duty, cross-border insolvency and major fraud cases.

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Draft order for an application to challenge English court jurisdiction

Precedents

This Precedent and associated Drafting Notes set out the orders that should be sought when bringing an application to challenge the English court’s jurisdiction on the basis that the jurisdiction agreement does not provide for English court jurisdiction. The same wording in this order should be replicated in the application notice.

Dispute Resolution

Witness statement in support of an application to challenge English court jurisdiction

Precedents

This Precedent and associated Drafting Notes provide a witness statement for use by the defendant in support of an application to challenge the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. It should be used in conjunction with the relevant application notice and draft court order.

Dispute Resolution

Witness statement opposing an application to challenge English court jurisdiction

Precedents

This Precedent and associated drafting notes provide a witness statement for use by the claimant in opposing an application by a defendant to challenge the jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.

Dispute Resolution