William Hansen
Year of Call: 1992
Email Address: [email protected]
CJSM: [email protected]
Telephone: 020 7583 8055
Clerks Details
- Clerk Name: Tom Cox
- Clerk Telephone: 0117 928 1520
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
- Clerk Name: Gemma Faulkner
- Clerk Telephone: 020 7583 8055
- Clerk Email: [email protected]
Commercial
William Hansen's commercial practice covers the following areas with a distinct Chancery bias to it: Company litigation: directors duties, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder disputes, unfair prejudice petitions, rectification proceedings and directors' disqualification.
Partnership
William has advised and acted in a wide variety of partnership disputes involving accountants, solicitors, vets, farmers, doctors and restaurateurs. He has advised on the full panoply of disputes that can arise including dissolutions and winding-up, partitions and buy-outs and detailed accounts and inquiries.
Fraud, Misrepresentation and Breach of Trust
William has wide experience of all aspects of civil fraud, including fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty and dishonest assistance. Recent cases include fraudulent misrepresentation by a vendor in the context of a sale of land and allegations of breach of fiduciary duty involving the diversion of a corporate opportunity by a senior manager alleged to be a fiduciary.
Commercial Arbitration and Mediation
William is a qualified mediator and also has wide experience of both international and domestic arbitration. His diverse case-load has included an international commercial arbitration against the UN involving UNIDROIT principles and a domestic arbitration involving a dispute about the proper interpretation of a reservation of sporting rights.
Recent cases
Top Brands Ltd v. Sharma [2015] EWCA Civ 1140
Illegality.
Top Brands v. Sharma [2014] EWCA Civ 761
Standing of former liquidator to challenge creditor’s proof of debt.
Balevents Ltd v Sartori [2012] EWCA Civ 1508
Breach of fiduciary duty, waiver of breach, fresh evidence.
Metro Nominees Ltd v. Rayment [2008] BCC 40
Permission to commence forfeiture proceedings against company in administration.
LCP Retail Ltd v. Segal [2007] BCC 584
Abandonment of distress.
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