Year of Call: 2014
“Brilliant”; “A rising star”
Ollie practises across Chambers' core areas of commercial chancery work, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud and commercial litigation and contentious trusts and probate disputes. He appears regularly in the High Court and County Court, both led and in his own right, and has a busy paper practice.
Ollie's recent work includes acting as part of a team of five barristers from Serle Court (led by Elizabeth Jones QC) in Glenn and Kea v Watson and Ors [2018] EWHC 2016 (Ch), in which Kea succeeded in establishing its entitlement to set aside agreements relating to a joint venture between Sir Owen Glenn and Mr Eric Watson on the basis of deceit, the rules against bribes and secret commissions, and breach of fiduciary duty. Ollie continues to be instructed as Kea seeks to enforce its judgment against Mr Watson’s assets in the UK and internationally.
Other notable cases in England include acting for the claimants in bringing bribery claims against their former treasury manager and forex broker (led by Elizabeth Jones QC); and acting for the administrators of the large and complex estate of a prominent Russian businessman (led by Richard Wilson QC).
In 2019 Ollie was admitted to the BVI Bar. He is currently being led by Philip Marshall QC in one of the largest commercial disputes before the BVI Commercial Court, Renova Industries Ltd & ors v Emmerson International Corporation & ors, a dispute worth circa US$1 billion between two prominent Russian businessmen and associated parties concerning a power generation and distribution joint venture.
Before coming to the Bar, Ollie spent four years working as a management consultant in the financial services, energy, and public sectors.
Kaplan Law School: BPTC (Outstanding; first in the year).
Kaplan Law School: Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction; third in the year).
University of Leeds: BA (Hons), International History and Politics (First Class; first in the year).
Admitted to Bar in the British Virgin Islands in 2019
Hubert Greenland Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Lord Brougham Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Hardwicke Entrance Award, Lincoln’s Inn
Buchanan Prize, Lincoln’s Inn
Best Student Prize, Kaplan Law School
Media Co. Tries To Rope Execs Into £18M Forex Bribery Suit, Law 360, 12 November 2020
Media Giant Expands £18m Forex Bribery Suit, Law 360, 2 March 2020
Media Giant Wins £18m Freezing Order in Forex Case, Law 360, 25 October 2019
Sir Owen Glenn KNZM ONZM and Kea Investments Limited v Eric Watson, Novatrust Limited and others [2018] EWHC 2016 (Ch), The Barrister, 5 October 2018
Glenn v Watson Trust Dispute, STEP Journal, 2nd August 2018
Property Investor Gets OK To Drop £129m Deal in Fraud Case, Law 360, 1st August 2018