Amber Turner

Amber was led by Alec Haydon KC in Alta Trading UK (formerly known as Arcadia Petroleum Limited) v. Bosworth [2025] EWHC 91 (Comm). The case was heard in the Commercial Court from May to July 2024 and concerned an alleged US$325 million West African crude oil trading fraud.

Examples of work include: 

• Acting, led by William Moffett, for the successful appellant in Savage v Savage [2024] EWCA Civ 49, a case concerning the correct interpretation of section 15(3) of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA). 
• Advising on various issues in TOLATA applications, including enforcement of the terms of a Tomlin Order settling a claim under TOLATA, and bringing a claim where one co-owner had died. 
• Drafting statements of case in TOLATA disputes. 
• Advising on claims for possession and appearing at possession hearings (rent, mortgage, forfeiture, and trespass cases) and related applications (including an application to transfer proceedings to the High Court). 
• Advising on and appearing at hearings relating to relief from forfeiture. 
• Appearing in the First-tier Tribunal in lease extension and service charge cases. 
• Drafting legal submissions for the First-tier Tribunal in a breach of covenant claim. 
• Appearing in charging order applications. 
• Appearing in a vesting order application. 
• Drafting Particulars of Claim for landlord’s breach of a tenancy agreement. 
• Advising on various service charge issues. 
• Advising on potential tortious claims against a sewerage undertaker in relation to flooding. 
• Drafting Particulars of Claim in relation to private nuisance. 
• Advising on the status of a tenancy where the agreement contained a potential ambiguity as to the length of the term. 
• Assisting (as a pupil) with advice on the status of an historic Rent Act tenancy. 

Examples of work include: 

• Successfully defending a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (the 1975 Act) at a two-day trial, securing a dismissal of the claim. 
• Appearing in an application to “pass over” an executor under section 116 of the Senior Courts Act 1981. 
• Advising on executor and trustee removal claims, and appearing at a final hearing concerning the removal of an executor under section 50 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985. 
• Advising on and appearing at a hearing concerning an executor’s duty to account. 
• Advising on the likely application of section 9 of the 1975 Act in a proposed claim by a surviving spouse. 
• Advising on the validity of wills, and drafting a Defence and Counterclaim in a probate claim. 
• Advising on the correct interpretation of a will. 
• Advising on Re Benjamin and Fitzhugh Gates (a firm) v Sherman orders. 
• Advising on issues arising out of a discretionary trust. 

As a pupil, Amber also observed and considered issues relating to Nil Rate Band Discretionary Trusts, intestacy and domicile, charitable trusts and permanent endowment, and variation and rectification of Wills. 

Examples of work include: 

• Appearing in various procedural applications, including for strike-out, set aside, summary judgment and security for costs. 
• Drafting various statements of case in contractual disputes, including those raising issues of repudiatory breach and estoppel. 
• Appearing in an appeal to a Circuit Judge against summary judgment. 
• Appearing in applications under s859F of the Companies Act 2006. 
• Advising on claims for misrepresentation, including in a property sale context and in the case of a franchise agreement. 
• Advising on the interpretation of contracts, including in relation to when an entitlement to remuneration arose. 
• Advising on the enforceability of an arbitration award in the High Court. 
• Advising on the removal of directors of a company. 
• Appearing in trials on the Small Claims Track. 

Examples of work include: 

• Appearing in bankruptcy and winding-up petitions. 
• Advising on the winding-up of an overseas company. 
• Appearing in applications:  
  • To set aside a statutory demand, 
  • To annul a bankruptcy, 
  • For an administration order, 
  • To extend administrations,  
  • Under s216(3) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (restriction on re-use of company names), and 
  • Relating to the remuneration of office-holders. 
• Advising Trustees in Bankruptcy on various issues arising in the context of a complex bankruptcy. 

Amber has experience of drafting a defence and appearing at hearings concerning breaches of the UK GDPR.

• BPC, University of Law, 2020-21 (Outstanding)
• BA in Law, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, 2017-20 (First Class)

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• Property Bar Association

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