Francesca Mitchell

Recent notable work includes:

• Successfully resisting an emergency injunction application in the High Court on behalf of a residential landlord and recovering the landlord’s costs.
• Acting as junior counsel to defend a £1.5 billion unlawful means conspiracy claim, led by James Bailey KC.
• Successfully representing clients in a number of small claims trials including contractual and lease disputes. This also involved effectively cross-examining witnesses.
• Advising the trustees of a family trust on the exit avenues available to them, and the ramifications of winding up the trust.
• Acting as junior counsel in an international arbitration concerning a €90 million contract to modernize a power station in Eastern Europe, led by James Bailey KC. This included performing detailed document review and preparing highly technical witness evidence.
• Acting in a domestic arbitration concerning the design and installation of hundreds of biomass boilers on farms across England, led by Julian Greenhill KC.

Francesca accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ main practice areas and is equally comfortable being instructed in her own right or as part of a larger team.