| Jeremy Callman has a Chancery and
commercial practice, focusing on litigation. He was called to the Bar in
1991.
Chambers UK 2012 rank him as a "star
performer" and describe him as "one of the leading partnership specialists
in the field," and as a lawyer who gives "excellent advice and is extremely
knowledgeable on complex and untested areas of LLP partnership law". They
go on to say "It also helps that he is a team player who is both strong
on paper and an excellent advocate. His meticulous attention to detail
means that in litigation he covers every angle and leaves the other side
no room to escape".
Legal 500 2011 rank him first equal
and describe him as having "an especially strong track record" and as being
"among the best in the market".
Practice Overview: The broad range
of work he undertakes includes partnership/LLP and business disputes, general
contract and commercial law (including sale of goods), banking and building
society law, professional negligence, insolvency and bankruptcy, landlord
& tenant and real property. Jeremy regularly represents clients at
arbitrations and mediations.
Partnership Work: Jeremy has a strong
reputation in partnership/LLP litigation. Additionally he advises on non-contentious
partnership matters. He regularly advises managing partners on internal
issues within partnerships/LLPs. He represents both firms and individual
partners, from solicitors, accountants, doctors and dentists to hedge funds,
recruitment consultants, architects, theatrical agents and farmers.
He is the sole barrister member of
the Association of Partnership Practitioners Committee (as well as lecturing
to that organisation on a number of occasions).
He regularly gives training courses
to solicitors on advocacy, drafting and other litigation skills, partnership
litigation and mortgage law. The firms he has trained include Clifford
Chance, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Eversheds, Richards
Butler, Sidley Austin and Masons (pre-merger), as well as the Solicitors'
Association of Higher Court Advocates.
He has written for The Sunday Times,
The Mail on Sunday, The Solicitors Journal and the Journal of International
Banking Law, the Association of Partnership Practitioners magazine 'A Propos
Partnership' as well as appearing on Radio Four.
Jeremy is the former European and
UK (Observer Mace) Debating Champion. He has served on the Professional
Standards Committee of the Bar. He is the Astbury Scholar and Lechmere
Prize Winner of the Middle Temple.
Jeremy is a member of the Chancery
Bar Association, the Association of Partnership Practitioners, the Property
Bar Association and the Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Beyond his practice, he is married
with four children, and works with Norwood, a leading UK charity supporting
children and families with learning disabilities.
His reported cases include:
• Paul Castledine v (1) RSM Bentley
Jennison (2) RSM Bentley Jennison Ltd [Lawtel: 21/9/2011] – whether former
partner retained a share in the goodwill of a substantial accountancy firm
• Eaton v Caulfield & Others
[2011] BCC 386 - Limited Liability Partnership: expulsion, unfair prejudice
and just and equitable winding up
• Capewell v Boulton LTL 6/11/2009
- Transfer of interests from one company to another in the context of an
alleged partnership arrangement
• Shaw v Finnimore & Watts [2009]
All ER (D) 41 (Mar) - Alleged profit-sharing agreement
• Horton (and others) v Brandish
(and others) LTL 22/8/2005 - Estoppel and caution over land
• Ridgeway Motors (Isleworth) Ltd
v ALTS Ltd (2005) 1 WLR 2871 - Limitation and bankruptcy/insolvency
• Ellis v Coleman LTL 10/12/2004
HC - Goodwill and construction of a partnership agreement
• The Society of Lloyd's v Surman
& others LTL 13/10/2004 HC - Enforcement of charging orders
• The Society of Lloyd's v Bowman
& others [2004] BPIR 324, CA, Thomas-Everard v Society of Lloyd's [The
Times] 28 August 2003 HC - Bankruptcy and Lloyd's Names
• Marsh v Sofaer & Griffinhoofe
[2004] PNLR 24, [The Times] 10.12.2003 - Solicitor's negligence and duties
of confidentiality
• Partridge v Lawrence CA LTL 8/7/2003
- Construction of a deed and rights of way
• Uddin v Ahmed [2001] 3 FCR 300
CA - Construction of a marriage contract
• Adams v Attridge LTL 3/12/2001
- Confidentiality
• Lafi Office & International
Business SL v Meriden Animal Health Ltd (2000) 2 Lloyd's LR 51 - Conflict
of laws
• Tyler v Royal Borough of Kensington
& Chelsea LTL 23/12/99 - Abuse of process and compromise
• Venables v Mirror Group Newspapers
[The Times] 9 December 1998, CA - Civil procedure
Jeremy
Callman is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed
by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. He is registered
with The Bar Standards Board [Bar Ref 27776] and is fully insured with
the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund [BMIF Ref 2360/022] to provide legal services,
please refer to the BMIF
website for full details of the world-wide cover provided. He is registered
for VAT under the reference 564625133. If you wish to contact Jeremy Callman
please do so by telephone to 00 44 (0) 20 7405 0758 or by email to clerks@tenoldsquare.com
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