Ian Croxford QC
Called 1976
QC 1993
Deputy High Court Judge
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Ian came to the Bar in 1976 with a First Class Honours Degree in Law (and a number of Scholarships and prizes from his Inn as well as having won the National Moot competition) he then spent 20 years in a well known and successful set of common law/administrative law Chambers and he joined Wilberforce Chambers in 1997.
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Practice
The range of work that he has undertaken has been wide and its nature varied. Although consisting mainly of substantial civil litigation and with a clear emphasis upon all aspects of professional liability allegations, especially those concerning accountants and solicitors, he maintains an interest in regulatory and ‘white-collar’ crime .
He regards variety of work as amongst the most attractive, and for many clients useful, features of his practice. He believes that it should never simply be assumed that arguing some difficult point in the Chancery Division is more challenging (or more enjoyable!) than defending the behaviour of a client in some remote summary Court.
He has considerable experience in advising in respect of overseas work and has appeared many times in the Cayman Islands and also in Bermuda.
Notable cases
Examples include the well-known accountancy cases of Morgan Crucible v Hill Samuel Co and others, Wallace Smith Trust Co. v Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Re Wickes plc as well as the Bermuda Fire & Marine litigation in Bermuda. More recently and in other fields Al Fayed v Metropolitan Police Commsr. (re wrongful arrests); the ‘loss of a chance’ cases of Browning v Brachers & Moffat v Burges Salmon; and the directors' disqualification case concerning reliance on professional advisers of Re Uno plc.
Memberships and publications
He is a member of COMBAR and the Chancery Bar Association as well as maintaining membership of the Criminal Bar Association.
Professional reputation
An indication of the breadth of his work can be obtained by reference to Chambers UK directory and the Legal 500 which have included him as a ‘leading silk’ in Commercial Chancery, Construction, Public & Administrative Law , Crime (Fraud) and Health and Safety. He has won admiration for his “fabulously smooth manner” and is listed as impressing for this “robust, practical advice”, "some people fail to realise quite how bright he is".
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