Direct access barrister
Graeme Wood
Barrister · Called 1984
Practice at the highest level, involvement in law programs at some of the world's leading institutions, leadership of a major transatlantic law programme, experience of civil law practice and global speaking experience....
Regions served: London and South East
About Graeme
Practice at the highest level, involvement in law programs at some of the world's leading institutions, leadership of a major transatlantic law programme, experience of civil law practice and global speaking experience.
Contentious Chancery and Probate:
- Handling contentious probate disputes.
- Expertise in disputes related to trusts and inheritance, including Inheritance Act claims.
Equitable Claims:
- Proficiency in handling claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act.
- Experience in resolving disputes involving trusts and other equitable remedies.
Family Law:
- Representation in applications for financial remedies before the Family Courts.
- Handling private Children Act proceedings.
Real Property Practice:
- Experience in handling disputes related to Wills and intestacy.
- Proficiency in litigation involving equitable issues.
Common Law Practice:
- Expertise in common law claims related to Wills and trusts, including professional negligence claims.
- Handling disputes concerning proprietary estoppel.
About me
Called to the Bar in 1984, Graeme was invited by Anthony Clarke QC (now Lord Clarke JSC) to undertake his training for the Bar at 2 Essex Court (now Quadrant), a recognised leader in commercial, shipping and EU law. He cut his teeth in practice at the highest level amongst the top practitioners of the day including Nicholas Phillips, Jonathan Sumption, Jonathan Mance and Anthony Clarke, (all subsequently President and Justices of the Supreme Court). He worked closely with Nigel Teare QC (now Mr. Justice Teare), Belinda Bucknell QC and Simon Gault.
Notable cases
He has been involved in cases at all levels and worked on landmark commercial cases such as The Hollandia. He appeared in the High Court and Court of Appeal and has experience of commercial arbitration. He also experienced (and survived!) the equivalent of a 'Bushtucker trial' for an advocate in the last century, arguing a case before 'Harman the Horrible' (Mr. Justice Harman) in the Chancery Division. Graeme has practical experience of civil law systems having been an Associate Attorney for Spanish commercial firm Ramos & Arroyo headed by Ignacio Arroyo and Franceso Ramos. During this period he lived and worked in Antonio Gaudi's renowned 'La Pedrera' building in the centre of Barcelona. He worked alongside Spanish, Italian and German lawyers. Graeme also practised in the field of commercial property law with West End firm Fox and Gibbons founded by noted British-Israeli lawyer, Michael Fox, who also founded Herzog, Fox and Neeman, Israel's largest law firm. He has acted as consultant to major US organisations including Time Warner.
Professional & academic
He has delivered legal programs at the highest level including the LSE global summer school in commercial law, the European Academy of Law in Germany and the UK Trading Standards Institute. He has conducted hundreds of lectures, seminars and programs for lawyers in the UK, the EU and the Middle East. He has been an Associate Professor at ESCP one of Europe's leading business schools and for the American University of Technology in Beirut. Graeme is referenced for his academic work by the Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford.
What clients say
Sam and my barrister Mr Graeme Wood helped me win my appeal which means a lot to me. Huge thank you to them. I will highly recommend them. Mr Wood is highly professional and experienced barrister. Date of Experience;24 Jun 2022 This was our first time going to court. Sam Morgan sorted a very nice Graeme Woods as our barrister. He was brilliant at putting us at ease and was very good at explaining what we had to do. He knew his job inside out. I would recommend both Sam and Graeme to any one. If we needed a Barrister again I wouldn't hesitate to use him again. Date of Experience;16th May 2022 Sam Morgan made an excellent choice when he provided me with Graeme Wood's profile. I found Graeme Wood to be extremely knowledgeable and professional in the manner in which he handled my case. I would highly recommend Sam Morgan to provide you with a suitable Barrister and would recommend Graeme Wood, should your case fall under his remit. Date of Experience;16th April 2022 I consider myself fortunate to have had Graeme Wood as my barrister. I would like to extend my gratitude to Sam Morgan and Johnny Bennett for introducing Graeme to me. My divorce case is quite complicated. My partner perpetrated a marriage scam by using a non-English marriage certificate to file an English Divorce Petition to lay claim to my UK assets. Despite my non-participation in the marriage registration process, I have been embroiled in a divorce case without any knowledge of how to defend myself. Graeme researched my case thoroughly and prepared an exceptionally well-written Witness Statement and Skeleton of Arguments for my final hearing. Graeme's charm and composure greatly helped to educate and convince the judge of the statements that I was attempting to convey. Without Graeme, I would not have had a chance to vindicate myself. I am now confident that I have a 50% chance of winning the case. Even if the judge's decision favors the petitioner, I am confident that Graeme will put forth another excellent performance during the follow-up hearing. I would like to thank Sam Morgan for his prompt response and for making it so easy to book my preferred barrister. I am eager to work with both of them again. Ting Date of experience: 03 April 2023 We found Clerksroon Direct Barristers late into our case. However, Sam was still able to find us an excellent barrister and at a very agreeable price. Sam was on hand to help us set everything up, nothing was a problem. Our barrister Mr Graeme Wood was superb. We were so impressed how someone could take in hundreds of pages of documents in such a short space of time, understand the arguments fully and undertake additional research to provide an easy to understand and very well presented argument. However, what we are most grateful for was his incredibly kind and understanding character. He removed all the stress and fear for us attending court and of course won our case for us without issue. We cannot recommend him and CRD enough Date of experience: 20 March 2023 Graeme Wood our Barrister a great guy and without doubt the best Barrister I've come across, he had little time on my 5 day trial but he knew all about it within a day he asked all the right questions putting the opposition under pressure and he backed the Judge into a corner making it very difficult to get out, haven't got the verdict yet, either way he done a great job. 10/10 Clerksroom Direct, people that do care, sensible prices and good communication hope I don't have to but I would use there services again. don't go anywhere else! 10/10 Date of experience: July 03, 2023 'Thanks once again Graeme for so much of all your hard work your expertise is worth more than gold to us' Date of Experience:8th August 2023
Areas of practice
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