Blackstone Chambers16 Oct 2013 22:25
Leona Powell
CALLED TO BAR: 2000 PRACTICE AREAS:
Commercial
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DEGREE: MA Oxon
Leona is recognised as a leading junior by both Chambers UK 2012 and Legal 500 2012.
Chambers UK 2013 rates Leona as a leading junior barrister in Civil Fraud, commenting that she “is fantastic in the fraud space” and “has excellent experience and fantastic knowledge of commercial injunctions.”
Legal 500 2012 ranks her in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Professional Negligence.
Professional Experience
Leona has been practising at the bar since 2000. She acts in a very wide variety of commercial cases, with particular expertise in fraud and asset recovery. She has extensive experience of search orders, freezing orders and other pre-emptive injunctive relief. Her practice also includes general commercial work, in particular large contractual disputes, commodities disputes and professional negligence. She appears regularly in the Chancery Division, Commercial Court, Queen’s Bench Division and in commercial arbitrations.
Appointment:
Junior Counsel to the Crown (B Panel)
Membership of Professional Bodies:
COMBAR, PNLA
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Metro Baltic Horizons v Metro Group & Others (Isle of Man) (2011, ongoing)
Acting for the Claimant AIM listed investment company in a multi-party claim against its previous non-executive directors, investment adviser and investment manager. The claims involve issues of professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, conflicts of interest, and fraud.