Hilary Stonefrost

 

Contact details:

3-4 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5HP. 

Telephone +44 (0)20 7696 9900.  Fax +44 (0)20 7696 9911.  LDE 338 (Chancery Lane).
Email clerks@southsquare.com.  Web www.southsquare.com

Education:

1974 - 1978 MSc (Econ), London School of Economics and Political Science

1989 - 1990 Dip Law (City).

1990 - 1991 Inns of Court School of Law.

Professional career:

1979-1989               Economist, the Bank of England: areas of expertise included financial market transactions, payment and settlement systems, the banking system and money laundering.

1990                         Report for the British Bankers’ Association on a European Central Bank.

1991                         Called to the Bar (Middle Temple)

                                   Visiting Tutor in Law (City University)

Reports for consultants London Economics (European law and economics)

1992                         3-4 South Square

 

Areas of practice:

Insolvency law. Company law, in particular schemes of arrangement, directors’ liabilities and minority shareholders’ rights. Banking. General commercial disputes.

Reported and major cases:

Re British Aviation Insurance Co Ltd [2005] EWHC 1621

BCCI v Bank of India [2005] 2 BCLC 328

Re My Travel Group Plc [2005] 2 BCLC 123

Re COLT Telecom Plc [2003] 1 BCLC 290

Barings, acting for the joint administrators/liquidators. (1995-2003)

Yeldon v Kirrane [2003] All ER (D) 257.

Re Loquitur Ltd; Inland Revenue Commissioners v Richmond & Another [2003] EWHC 999 Ch.

Latreefers Inc. & Others v Hobson & Others [2002] EWHC 1586 Ch.

Re Farnborough-Aircraft.com Ltd [2002] 2 BCLC 641

Re Beck Foods Ltd [2001] 2 BCLC 663

Re Barings plc. Hamilton & Others v Law Debenture Trustees and Others [2001] 2 BCLC 159

Walker Morris v Khalastchi [2001] (1) BCLC

Mahomed and anor v Morris and ors [2000] BCLC (2) 536

Re Abermeadow Ltd [2000] BCLC (2) 824

Banque Nationale de Paris plc v Montman [2000] BCLC (1) 576

Re Inside Sports Ltd (in liquidation) [2000] BCLC (1) 302

Taher and others v Towey, CA, 18th March, 1999

Jelly v Alltype Roofing Co. [1997] BCC 465

Olympia & York, acting for the joint administrators. (1992 – 1993)

 

Publications:

Contributor to The Law of Receivers of Companies, Lightman & Moss.

Languages:

French