Greg Plunkett

Call 2013

plunkett@exchangechambers.co.uk

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  • Recommendations

    “He is the perfect advocate for legally complex and challenging cases that require a quick and efficient response  in difficult circumstances.”

    “He  is a brilliant tactician who  can turn a case around when your “back is to the wall.” 

    “Greg is the barrister we go to when we have demanding cases because of his intellectual grasp and his strategic awareness.  He is excellent with clients and works extremely hard to ensure the best possible results”.

    “Greg has an impressive ability to construct a compelling  argument regardless of the apparent merits of a case . He is an excellent and  fearless advocate who is always well prepared.”

    “He is outstanding; professional yet down to earth, giving 100% to every case.”

    “Greg was instructed extremely late in the day but his ability to grasp so very quickly the complex issues the case gave rise to and absorb the immense amount of material deployed was extremely impressive.”

    “ I knew very quickly at our first meeting he was the counsel who  could  turn our struggling case around, which he did with great skill. He achieved a result which far exceeded our expectations.”

    “He is extremely able and an invaluable asset to any litigation team. Greg works extremely hard to look after the interests of his client.”

    “Greg is a thoroughly impressive Professional Negligence Counsel, remarkably diligent in his preparation and very astute tactically.  He is unafraid to pursue difficult cases with force and he is able to take a sensible commercial approach when appropriate”.

  • Memberships

    Commercial Bar Association

    Chancery Bar Association

    Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

    Gray’s Inn

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Practice Overview

Greg is a commercial and chancery barrister. He was formerly a senior partner and head of a commercial litigation team at Hill Dickinson LLP, a leading UK and international law firm. He was a Board Member and the firm’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer for many years. A desire to continue practising law at the highest level led Greg to transfer to the Bar in 2013. He qualified as a solicitor in 1988.

His clients range from international corporations, insurance companies, utility companies, local authorities, NHS trusts, private companies, LLPs, partnerships and individuals. He regularly acts on behalf of high profile individuals facing sensitive professional and personal issues, including solicitors, barristers, senior civil servants, local government officials, business executives, celebrities and sportsmen. Greg is often entrusted with high value complex matters (including several major group actions).

Greg has extensive experience in commercial litigation, arbitration and chancery practice, including:

  • Arbitration
  • Asset and uninsured loss recovery claims (including freezing injunctions and search and seizure orders)
  • Banking litigation
  • Breach of trust
  • Breach of warranty
  • Contract claims
  • Contract drafting
  • Company law issues and disputes (including breach of directors’ duties, shareholder claims and section 994 petitions, directors disqualification proceedings)
  • Fire, flood and property damage claims
  • Fraud and misrepresentation
  • Group litigation
  • Guarantees
  • Insolvency disputes
  • Insurance
  • Nuisance
  • Judicial review
  • Partnership and LLP disputes
  • Professional negligence
  • Product liability
  • Sale of goods