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Joshua is an partner in the litigation team.
He specialises in complex, high-value international disputes for corporates, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and high-net-worth individuals. His practice spans commercial litigation, banking and financial services disputes, civil fraud, professional negligence and contentious insolvency matters.Joshua is known for his strategic, hands-on approach to litigation and his ability to manage disputes involving multiple parties, jurisdictions and evolving areas of law.
Professional negligence
Joshua advises both claimants and defendants in high-value professional negligence disputes, acting for individuals, corporates, insurers and professionals including solicitors, barristers, accountants and financial advisers. His current cases include advising Edgeworth Capital in its widely reported €250m professional negligence claim against Cuatrecasas LLP, one of the highest-value solicitors professional negligence claims before the English courts.He is regularly instructed in technically complex claims involving tax advice, trust and financial structuring, and high-value transactions.
Commercial and financial litigation
Joshua has a broad commercial litigation practice, acting in High Court disputes involving contractual claims, shareholder and joint venture disputes, financial services litigation and cross-border enforcement.He regularly advises clients in disputes concerning complex financial products, including derivatives, contracts for difference, spread betting and FX instruments. His work in the area includes acting in the reported cases of IG Index Limited v Tchenguiz [2024] EWHC 216 (Comm), CMC Spreadbet plc v Tchenguiz [2022] EWHC 1640 and Tchenguiz v IG Index [2022] EWHC 793 (Ch), which are of wider significance to the financial services sector and the elective professional client opt-up regime under COBS.
Joshua also advises clients in claims involving payment services, cryptoassets and emerging financial technologies, including disputes arising from alleged banking and payment fraud.
Civil fraud
Joshua has significant experience in civil fraud and asset recovery, advising clients in claims involving allegations of dishonesty, conspiracy and misappropriation. He regularly advises on asset tracing strategies and the use of urgent interim remedies, including freezing orders and disclosure applications, often in multi-jurisdictional contexts.
Contentious insolvency
Joshua has extensive experience in contentious insolvency and restructuring matters, acting for creditors, debtors, officeholders and private clients in complex and high-value proceedings.This work includes a wide range of insolvency disputes, including litigation over statutory demands and winding up petitions (Agarwal v Canara Bank and others [2017] B.P.I.R. 842 and Tchenguiz v IG Index [2022] EWHC 793 (Ch)) and advising officeholders and defendants on claims under the Insolvency Act.
Recent recognition
Insight
Experience
Track record
Say Chong Lim v Ong litigation - a significant High Court fraud claim
Advised the successful claimants in Say Chong Lim & others v Chee Kong Ong & others [2023] EWHC 321 (Ch), a substantial High Court fraud claim arising from a series of property investments, involving dishonest breaches of duty, misapplication of funds and related equitable relief. The matter involved extensive interim relief, including worldwide freezing orders and disclosure orders to preserve assets pending trial.
Joshua also advised in the subsequent contempt proceedings arising from breaches of the court’s orders, including asset dissipation and false disclosure, resulting in a 22-month custodial sentence (Say Chong Lim & others v Chee Kong Ong [2024] EWHC 373 (Ch)). The contempt application was preceded by a rare Bayer AG v Winter passport confiscation application, in which Joshua also acted.
£3.5m dispute over promissory notes
Acted for the successful respondent brother in TP v OP & Anor [2026] EWHC 1179 (Fam) (15 April 2026), a case concerning that status of £3.5m owed under promissory notes in the context of financial remedy proceedings.
Barristers facing negligence claims
Regularly advises barristers, including KCs, facing negligence claims, including Briggs v Clay [2019] EWHC 102 (Ch)).
Contentious insolvency - Tchenguiz v IG Index [2022] EWHC 793 (Ch)
Acting for Mr Tchenguiz in his successful application to set aside a statutory demand exceeding £6 million.
Edgeworth Capital
Advising Edgeworth Capital in its widely reported €250m professional negligence claim against Cuatrecasas LLP (ongoing).
Insolvency practitioners
Advising insolvency practitioners in claims against directors and third parties, including obtaining freezing and asset disclosure orders (Manage Security Services Limited v Neil).
Liquidator of a Cypriot airline
Acting for the liquidator of a Cypriot airline in High Court proceedings against an aircraft lessor (Cobaltair v Wells Fargo).
Major family office
Advising a major family office in securing the withdrawal of a winding-up petition.
Education
Durham University, B.A. (Hons) Politics
Languages
- English
Key dates
- Year joined: 2014