James Kane
James Kane has developed a busy commercial chancery practice across Chambers’ areas of interest, including company litigation and trusts and probate and in particular has developed a specialism in aviation disputes.
Recently he has acted for the defendant airline in the quantum trial of the long-running litigation between FitzWalter Capital and VietJet ([2026] EWHC 1996 (Comm)), for the owner of an aircraft in a dispute over a joint venture to break it up for parts, and for the lessor in a dispute with an aircraft lessee over unpaid rent, including securing partial summary judgment (Rostrum Leasing 1 DAC v MAE Aircraft Management WLL [2026] EWHC 57 (Comm)). James’ aviation experience includes a secondment within the specialist aviation disputes team of a leading London firm.