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Ben Griffiths

Ben Griffiths - barrister at Erskine Chambers
Called: 2004
 
 

Profile

Main areas of practice are company law, corporate insolvency and general commercial law. Practice involves both advisory and litigation work.

Education

2003-2004
BVC, The Inns of Court School of Law
Grade: Outstanding
Queen Mother Scholarship (Middle Temple)
1999-2002
Downing College, Cambridge
BA (Hons) Law (First Class)

Description of Practice

Company law

Advice and litigation in relation to:

  • Directors’ duties.
  • Shareholders’ disputes and minority shareholders' remedies, including unfair prejudice petitions.
  • Company meetings and resolutions.
  • Share capital issues, including redeemable share issues and own share purchases.
  • Financial assistance.
  • Company contracts and directors' authority.
  • Memoranda and articles of association.
  • Shareholders’ agreements.
  • Rectification of a company’s register of members.

Corporate finance

  • Advice on debentures and company security, including fixed and floating charges.
  • Applications to extend time for registration of company charges and for rectification of the register of charges.

Insolvency

Advice and litigation in relation to:

  • Winding up petitions, including disputed petitions and applications to rescind winding up orders.
  • Administration orders.
  • Powers and duties of liquidators, administrators and CVA supervisors.

Financial services

  • Advice in relation to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

General commercial litigation

Advice and litigation in relation to:

  • Commercial agreements, including share sale agreements and business sale agreements.
  • Partnership disputes.
  • Injunctions.
  • Professional negligence.

Other Professional Experience

  • Research Assistant, Law Commission, 2002-2003
  • Secondment to corporate department at Slaughter and May, 2006
  • Supervisor in company law, Downing College, Cambridge

Professional Organisations

  • Commercial Bar Association
  • Chancery Bar Association
  • Bar Pro Bono Unit

Case List

  • Ultraframe (UK) Ltd v. Fielding
    Ref: [2006] EWCA Civ 1133
    Instructed (as a junior) on behalf of Respondents opposing an application for permission to appeal in a case involving allegations of breach of directors’ duties and misappropriation of businesses.
 
 
 
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