Lexa Hilliard

 

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:

1980-83                   LLB (Hons) London School of Economics and Political Science.

1983-84                             Inns of Court School of Law

2002-3                      Post-graduate diploma EC law – Kings College, London                   

 

Professional career:

1984-87                   Lecturer in Law, Durham University

1987                         Called to the Bar (Middle Temple)

1988                         Legal Adviser Lloyds Bank Plc Legal Department

1990                         3-4 South Square

Areas of practice:

Mixed practice: Insolvency including international aspects of insolvency; Banking - guarantees, cheques, documentary credits, debt recovery, property lending, i.e. mortgages, debentures, financial services; Civil fraud including breach of trust and tracing claims; Professional Negligence – particularly accountants and solicitors; Directors’ Liability including acting on behalf of directors in disqualification proceedings; General Commercial disputes including insurance, breach of contract, sale of goods.

Reported and Major Cases:

MGN v. Maxwell [1993] Ch 1 (CA) - a fraud case, mareva injunctions and the privilege against self-incrimination.

Re Portbase Clothing [1993] Ch 388 - a winding-up case, expenses of winding-up, secured creditors, priorities.

In re ELS [1995] Ch 11 - a receivership case, Local Authority rates and floating charges.

In re Palmer [1994] Ch 316 (CA) - a property and personal insolvency case, joint tenancies, death, insolvency and survivorship.

Re A Debtor [1994] 1 WLR 899 - a personal insolvency case.

Peck v. Craighead [1995] 1 BCLC 337 - an IVA case.

Fleet Disposal Services Ltd v. AT&T Automotive Services Ltd [1995] 1 BCLC 345 - a case concerning agency and trust law including tracing.

Re Lewis’s of Leicester Ltd [1995] BCC 514 - a trust and tracing case.

Re a Debtor [1996] BCLC 417 – an IVA case.

Re Halson Packaging Ltd [1997] BPIR 194 – a CVA case.

Re Powerstore Trading [1997] 1 WLR 1290 – a case about administrations, voluntary liquidation and preferential creditors.

Mond v. Hyde [1999] 2 WLR 499 – professional negligence, immunity from suit.

Re Empire Paper [1999] BCC 499 - Guarantees and subrogation.

Excessvital v. Empire Paper [1999] BCC 406 - Company law, guarantee and indemnity, Liquidation, proof of debt and interest.

Garrow v. Society of Lloyd’s [2002]  1 BCLC 184  (CA) - statutory demand, insolvency, insurance, crossclaim

Abrahams v. Trustee of the Property of Abrahams [1999] BPIR 637 – personal insolvency, resulting trusts.

Re Griffin Trading [2000] BPIR 252 – financial services, client money rules, trusts and insolvency

 

Fletcher v Vooght [2000] BPIR 435 - an IVA case

 

Pitt v Mond [2001] BPIR 624 – professional negligence

 

Orion Media Marketing v. Media Brook [2002] 1 BCLC 184 – winding up petition and cross-claim

 

Skjevesland v. Geveran Trading [2003] BCC 391 – EC Regulation and centre of main interests.

 

County Bookshops v. Anker Systems [2003] 1 BCLC 479 – contingent debts and CVAs

 

Brac Rent-A-Car International Inc [2003] 1 WLR 1421  application of EC Regulation on insolvency proceedings to company incorporated in US.

 

Maersk Air Limited v. Expediters International UK Limited [2003] 1 Lloyds Rep 491 – fraud and restitution.

 

Kyrris v. Oldham & Ors [2004] 1 BCLC 305 (CA) – duties of administrators – professional negligence

 

Frans Maas (UK) Limited v. Samsung Electronics (UK) Limited [2004] 2 Lloyds Rep 252 – contract – limitation clauses – wilful default.

 

Publications:

Contributor to Halsburys laws

 

Other relevant information:

CEDR accredited mediator

Bar member of Law Society Insolvency Law Sub-Committee

Languages:

Working knowledge of German