William Glassey

Information about the specialist

william.glassey@hsf.com

Work Highlights

Senior Tax Counsel in the successful defence at trial and in the Court of Appeal of a high-value professional negligence claim concerning film finance tax avoidance schemes; the claim being brought by a group of claimants in managed litigation: McClean v Thornhill [2022] EWHC 457 (Ch); [2023] EWCA Civ 466

A solicitor, in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, in the defence of alleged Code of Conduct breaches arising from the Money Laundering Regulations: SDT 12481 / 2023 Clyde & Co, Mills-Webb

King's Counsel and Junior Counsel in the successful defence at trial of professional negligence and conspiracy allegations brought by their former client concerning their conduct of a Commercial Court trial: King v DWF & Ors [2023] EWHC 3132 (Comm)

a firm of solicitors in the successful defence at trial of a claim concerning the terms on which the law firm agreed to hold substantial funds on client account: Raffeisen Bank International AG v Asia Coal Energy Ventures Ltd & Ashurst LLP [2020] EWCA Civ 11*

The Civil Aviation Authority in an important decision concerning the scope of Legal Advice Privilege: Civil Aviation Authority v Jet2.Com Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 35*

on the successful strike out of references to Without Prejudice communications from a pleading in Briggs v Clay [2019] EWHC 102 (Ch)*

* prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills