
James Weale is speaking at the ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client & ConTrA event: ‘The Modern Trust – Contentious Trusts in a Changed Social Landscape’ on Tuesday 5 July 2022.
With a rising generation of young entrepreneurs and an increasing appetite for social and equitable justice, trusts are taking on a new shape. This event explores the pressing issues facing the next generation of beneficiaries and their trustees.
James is on the panel at 10:10 AM – with Ziva Robertson (McDermott Will & Emery), Amy Harvey (Ontier LLP) and Gemma Willingham (Baker McKenzie) – discussing ‘Trusts, Duties, and Fraud’.
James Weale KC has a very busy commercial chancery practice with a focus on domestic and international commercial and trusts disputes.
He is recognised as a leading practitioner in those fields by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers High Net Worth, and Who’s Who Legal, where they describe him as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “Superstar”. He was Chambers & Partners’ Chancery Junior of the Year in 2023.
He regularly appears (both as sole and junior counsel) in the English High Court and has appeared several times in the Court of Appeal. He also has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions (including as sole counsel), including Bermuda, the DIFC, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Panama.
Call: 2007
Silk: 2026