Michael Phillis

Call - 2010 (Australia) | 2017 (England)

Practice Information

Michael Phillis

Call - 2010 (Australia) | 2017 (England)

Michael has recently joined us as a Barrister at Forum Chambers. Michael has commercial litigation and international arbitration practice. His current court work is typically in the County Court and High Court on commercial and chancery matters. He has extensive experience with commercial court and cross-border litigation, and all forms of ADR.

Areas of Expertise

Banking & Financial Services

Acted for Lloyds Bank as respondent to application to set aside judgment on the basis of defective service.
Acted for commercial lender whose claim was struck out on the papers after directions, apparently by mistake, in restoring the proceedings and recovering costs from the Defendant.
Acting for Lloyds and HBOS in approximately 25 PPI mis-selling claims.

Civil Fraud

Draft skeleton argument in claim by Indian principal against Singaporean, Indian, and US promoters of corporate beneficiaries of a “shadow company” fraud.
Application to re-amend particulars after defendant claimed bankruptcy to introduce fraudulent breach of duty cause of action to trigger s.281(3) IA 1986.
Opinion on claim to rescind a settlement on the basis of misrepresentation or unilateral mistake arising from allegedly fraudulent valuations.

Commercial Litigation

Drafted a defence in a claim for breach of a services agreement by a media company which served a break notice on an Italian contracting firm.
Draft particulars of claim and opinion on case involving multiple claims against a hybrid English/Italian law firm which arranged noncompliant Italian bank guarantees, in particular concerning the effect of aggregation in solicitors’ insurance.
Represent the Appellant in an appeal from automatic strike-out for non-compliant response to a Request for Further and Better Particulars in a dispute between a pharmaceutical firm and a supplier.
Acted for Claimant Gibraltar bank seeking leave for service on defendants in UK and Germany.
Acted for Claimant undersecured lender with a writ of possession as Respondent in application to stay proceedings where a new claim had been brought by the Defendants which was either res judicata or an abuse of process.

Insolvency

Opinion for developer on purchase of land from trustees where purported beneficiaries attempting to set aside purchase and make rival bid.
Opinion for liquidator on cash flow and balance sheet insolvency re preference claims.
Appeal from dismissal of application for summary judgment on application of ss. 14A and 32(1) Limitation Act 1980.
Urgent equitable winding up of a closely held partnership, with one of two directors holding the company hostage while establishing a competing business.
Represent Chabra defendants in a worldwide freezing injunction relating to the purchase of partnership assets during (undisclosed) proceedings.
Defend non-CPR application for application set aside of rates liability order made under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction.
Application to remove documents and consequential order suppressing the record of proceedings from public inspection in relation to company accounts filed without authority and giving rise to due diligence issues in procurement group.
Various applications in bankruptcy.
Act for company in liquidation as respondent to application to set aside judgment on new evidence and arguments not raised at prior hearings.

Professional Negligence

Draft opinion and particulars of claim against solicitors for professional negligence in failing to register a registrable interest in a property.

Property

Defence and Counterclaim in restitution from possession claim where lender and broker took a 100% uplift brokerage fee charged against property.

Employment History

Barrister, Enterprise Chambers, October 2020 – Present
Senior Associate, Travers Smith LLP, January 2020 – October 2020
Senior Associate, Clyde & Co, Mar 2018 – January 2020

Education

Advanced Diploma in Research Practice and Theory, Cambridge
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), ANU
Bachelor of Art (Ancient Greek / Philosophy), ANU

Professional Bodies

London Solicitors Litigation Association
ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
UK Constitutional Law Association
Solicitors’ Wine Society (UK)
Insolvency and Reconstruction Law Committee, Law Council of Australia

Achievements and Awards

Australian Postgraduate Award (2011)
ANU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Postgraduate Research (2012)
International Association of Research Universities Corporate Leadership Programme (2012)
Visiting Researcher, Sciences Po, Paris
Visiting Researcher, Queens University, Belfast
Judge, Sir Harry Gibbs Moot

Michael Phillis

Call - 2010 (Australia) | 2017 (England)

Practice Information

Michael Phillis

Call - 2010 (Australia) | 2017 (England)

Contact Us

Practice Areas

Site Links

© 2021 Forum Chambers

Barristers Regulated by the Bar Standards Board