James Sheedy - CPDcast.com
James Sheedy
- Areas of practice:
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- Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Costs & ADR
- Private Client: Wills, Trusts & Lifetime Planning
- Organisation:
- CPDcast.com
James Sheedy’s CPDcasts
James is an official CPDcast contributor and contributes to the following podcasts:
- CPDcasts:
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- A Beginner's Guide to Obtaining a Grant of Representation
- A Practical Guide to Ending a Trust
- Arbitration Agreements & Third Party Rights
- Attachment of Earnings Orders - A Practical Guide
- Beneficiaries and Confidential Documents - Breakspear v Ackland (2008)
- Choice of Law Clauses in International Commercial Contract Disputes
- Common Issues in Boundary Disputes
- Enforcing Judgment
- Entire Agreement Clauses & Misrepresentation in Commercial Agreements
- Equitable Accounting in Cohabitation Cases
- Executing Wills & Codicils
- Forfeiture, Disclaimer and Succession - Old Law & New
- How to Get a Charging Order - A Practical Guide
- How to Put a Company Into Administration
- How to Spot a Company In Decline
- Indemnifying Trustees' Costs - The Re Beddoe Jurisdiction
- Inheritance (Provision for Family & Dependants) Act 1975 - A Trouble Shooter's Guide
- Inheritance Tax - The Transferable Nil Rate Band
- Introduction to Commonhold - Part 1
- Introduction to Commonhold - Part 2
- Introduction to Entrepreneurs’ Relief from Capital Gains Tax
- Introduction to Execution Against Goods
- Introduction to Intestacy
- Introduction to Ordinary Residence for Tax Purposes
- Introduction to Principal Private Residence Relief
- Introduction to Residence for Tax Purposes
- Introduction to the Meaning of Domicile
- Introduction to the Taxation of Offshore Trusts - Capital Gains & Income Tax
- Introduction to the Taxation of Trusts - Inheritance Tax
- Introduction to the Taxation of UK Trusts – Capital Gains Tax
- Introduction to the Variation of Trusts
- Jurisdiction in International Commercial Contract Disputes
- Jurisdictional Challenges to Arbitral Awards
- Landlord & Tenant Case Report – April 2010
- Landlord and Tenant Update - Case Report 2009
- Limitation Act 1980
- Memoranda and Articles of Association - Companies Act 2006 Changes
- Negotiating Property Sale Contracts – Deposits
- Norwich Pharmacal & Disclosure Orders
- Post-Death Deeds of Variation - Effects on Inheritance & Capital Gains Tax
- Pre-Action Protocol on Mortgage Arrears
- Proprietary Estoppel - Case Summary
- Removing, Replacing & Retiring Trustees from Office
- Repairing Covenants in Commercial Leases
- Reservation of Title Clauses
- Residential Landlord & Tenant Update – Autumn 2010
- Residential Property Update - November 2010
- Security for Costs and Interim Payments
- The Forfeiture Rule and Law of Succession
- The Rule Against Perpetuities in Trusts - Old Law & New
- Third Party Debt Orders - How to Get One
- Trustee Liability & Exemption Clauses
- Trustees' Duties
Biography
James graduated in Law from the University of Exeter and went on to study for the Bar in London, obtaining a 'Very Competent'.
James' legal interests lie in the Chancery sphere; particularly trusts, wills, property law, commercial matters and related litigation. He is currently studying for the STEP Diploma for England and Wales. Having been called to the Bar of Lincoln's Inn, James is also knowledgeable in matters of civil litigation and procedure.
James has significant and continuing pro bono experience initially through BPP's Legal Advice Clinic; advising lay clients in a range of property disputes and also represented a client in the LVT. His subsequently voluntary work has been through the CAB. Before joining CPDcast James worked as a freelance LPC advocate from which he brings a wealth of experience in CPR Part 55 possession claims procedures, mortgage law and debt.
He is a member of the Society of Trusts & Estate Practitioners, Lincoln's Inn and the Lord Denning Society.
From October 2012 James will be undertaking pupillage at Chancery Chambers 9 Stone Buildings in Lincoln's Inn.
Awards:
- Sir Thomas More Scholarship (Lincoln's Inn)
- Hardwicke Scholar (Lincoln's Inn)
Legal Articles:
- 'Civil Law Jurisdictions and the English Trust Idea: Lost in Translation?' Vol. 20 Denning Law Journal (2008)
- ‘A Jolly Caucus Race: Should all have prizes in intestacy?' Solicitors Journal Online (June 2010)
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