Christopher Buckley

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About Christopher Buckley

Chris specialises in contentious insolvency, company (in particular directors’ disqualification, including competition disqualification) and private client work. He is recommended as a leading individual in Chambers UK Bar and The Legal 500 UK Bar, where he is described as “a diligent, intelligent and brilliant advocate” who “quickly grasps the key issues at hand”. Recent interesting cases include- Re The Will of His late Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh [2021] EWHC 77 (Fam);[2021] WTLR 1545; 24 ITELR 322 – (Led by HM Attorney General, the Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP) Acting for the Attorney General representing the public interest at the private hearing to consider the executor’s application to ‘seal up’ the will of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (instructed by the AGO)- Re International Metal Industries Ltd [2021] EWHC 2463 (Ch) – Acting as sole counsel for the applicants seeking permission to act as directors of nine companies, including one registered in the Republic of Ireland, following the acceptance by the CMA of competition disqualification undertakings (instructed by Hogan Lovells)- Re Haz International Ltd [2021] EWHC 1695 (Ch) – Shareholders’ dispute in respect of a stone cladding company that worked on US embassies throughout the world. Acting as sole counsel for the minority shareholder bringing a just and equitable/unfair prejudice petition and defending misfeasance proceedings brought at the instigation of the majority shareholder (instructed by Collyer Bristow)- Re Cambridge Analytica – Advising the former CEO of Cambridge Analytica in respect of disqualification proceedings arising out of the insolvency of the Cambridge Analytica group - Re Property Group (2010) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1751 (Ch);[2020] 2 BCLC 424 – (Led by Robert Palmer QC) Acting for the defendant in the first competition disqualification case to go to trial (instructed by Womble Bond Dickinson)- Re Keeping Kids Company – (Led by George Bompas QC) Acting for five of the former directors and trustees of Keeping Kids Company defending the directors’ disqualification proceedings brought following the collapse of the well-known children’s charity - Re Fourfront Group Ltd [2019] EWHC 3318 (Ch) – Acting as sole counsel for the applicants in the first application for permission to act as company directors following the acceptance by the CMA of competition disqualification undertakings (instructed by Freshfields) You can find my full profile at https://radcliffechambers.com/profile/christopher-buckley/ All views my own.