Wedlake Bell

James Latham

Partner

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Expertise

James practices in the Insolvency & Business Recovery and Commercial Litigation Departments. He also undertakes property litigation, which is often insolvency related. He is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers Association and a full Member of R3.

Career History

James Graduated with Honours in Archaeology from University College, London University in 1992. After completing his conversion and Legal Practice Courses at the College of Law, London, James trained at Moon Beever. He qualified as a Solicitor in 1998 and became a Partner in January 2004. He joined Wedlake Bell from Moon Beever in July 2021 when the firms merged.

The three key litigation partners that we work with are Richard Saunders, James Latham and Francis Coulson, and they all similarly provide a significant level of senior input on every case that they work on.

Legal 500, 2023

News

Wedlake Bell and MHA succeed in claim against disqualified former director of Lime & Black BPS

Disgraced insolvency practitioner Kiran Mistry was found to have been acting as a de facto director of Lime & Black BPS while disqualified. City firm Wedlake Bell has successfully obtained… Read more →

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Becker v Ford

The judgment of Chief ICC Judge Briggs in Becker (A Bankrupt) v Ford & Ors [2024] EWHC 1001 (Ch) provides a useful summary of the matters to which the court… Read more →

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Sriram v Revenue & Customs & Anor

ICC Judge Mullen’s judgment in Sriram v Revenue & Customs & Anor [2024] EWHC 853 (Ch) follows an application by the bankrupt, Ms Sriram, to annul a bankruptcy order made… Read more →

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Loveridge v Povey & Ors

The recent judgment of HHJ Richard Williams, sitting as a High Court Judge, in Loveridge v Povey & Ors  [2024] EWHC 329 (Ch) deals with what he described as  a bitter… Read more →

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Finzi v Jamaican Redevelopment Inc

The Jamaican Redevelopment Foundation was the assignee of loans made to Mr Winston Finzi personally and to companies that he controlled and for which he had given personal guarantees. These… Read more →

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Sequana Supreme Court decision – Duty to Creditors

The case of BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and Ors has had a long and tortuous history, culminating in a Supreme Court decision which has now been handed down over a… Read more →