John Vickery

Year of Call: 1994


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  • "His technical knowledge of insolvency law and commercial litigation is excellent and I have great confidence in his advice. His private practice experience ensures he understands commercial issues."

    Chambers and Partners (2025) - Chancery
  • "John was very thorough in his preparation and user-friendly. He is very good on his feet, straight to the point and very good at cutting through a lot of the superfluous points to get to the judge."

    Chambers and Partners (2025) - Chancery
  • 'John is personable and happy to assist on challenging and knotty cases on a contingent basis.'

    The Legal 500 (2024) - Company and Insolvency
  • John Vickery has a ‘depth of experience that makes him a very good judge of tactics’; he is rated for his ability to ‘outline the legal issues and implications clearly’.

    Legal 500
  • “John has a wealth of experience and offers strong advice, at all times with an eye on commerciality"

    Chambers & Partners
  • John Vickery has a ‘depth of experience that makes him a very good judge of tactics’; he is rated for his ability to ‘outline the legal issues and implications clearly’.

    Legal 500 2017

Education

Thomas Becket RC Upper School Northampton
University of Hull (BA Hons)
College of Law (Dip Law)
Inns Of Court School of Law


  • "His technical knowledge of insolvency law and commercial litigation is excellent and I have great confidence in his advice. His private practice experience ensures he understands commercial issues."

    Chambers and Partners (2025) - Chancery
  • "John was very thorough in his preparation and user-friendly. He is very good on his feet, straight to the point and very good at cutting through a lot of the superfluous points to get to the judge."

    Chambers and Partners (2025) - Chancery
  • 'John is personable and happy to assist on challenging and knotty cases on a contingent basis.'

    The Legal 500 (2024) - Company and Insolvency
  • John Vickery has a ‘depth of experience that makes him a very good judge of tactics’; he is rated for his ability to ‘outline the legal issues and implications clearly’.

    Legal 500
  • “John has a wealth of experience and offers strong advice, at all times with an eye on commerciality"

    Chambers & Partners
  • John Vickery has a ‘depth of experience that makes him a very good judge of tactics’; he is rated for his ability to ‘outline the legal issues and implications clearly’.

    Legal 500 2017

John has a wide ranging Business and Property litigation practice covering diverse areas including personal and corporate insolvency, directors’ duties, fraud, asset recovery, company, partnership, contract, residential and commercial property, landlord and tenant, trusts and contentious probate.

John’s insolvency practice includes both corporate and personal insolvency, he acts for any interested party including insolvency practitioners, fixed charge receivers, directors, banks, trade creditors and bankrupts. John regularly advises on the merits of bringing or defending antecedent transactions.

In the area of directors’ duties, John has developed a wide ranging practice regularly pursuing and defending claims brought against directors including defending claims brought under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986.

John has a particular interest in breach of trust and asset recovery claims, His contentious probate practice includes claims brought under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975.

John was originally called to the Bar in 1994 and qualified as a solicitor in 1997. Having spent over 20 years as a solicitor, John returned to practise at the Bar in 2019. Before returning to the Bar, John was most recently a partner in a major UK firm leading the contentious restructuring and insolvency practice in the North West. Prior to that, John was a partner in a major international law firm.

 

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Hughes v Burley and others [2021] EWHC 104 (Ch)

Cage Litigation Limited (Formerly Cage Consultants Limited) v Iqbal [2022] EWHC 2731 (Ch)

Patel and another v Barlows Solicitors and others [2021] 4 WLR 6

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