Piers Digby

Piers has been instructed in a variety of commercial disputes, particularly relating to insurance, warranties, misrepresentation, and mistake. Piers has both provided advice on the merits and likely quantum in such cases, and represented parties at trial.

During pupillage, Piers followed members of Chambers on a wide range of commercial matters, including:

• Claims involving breach of fiduciary duty, breach of directors’ duties, and directors’ qualification proceedings
• Disputes between HMRC and taxpayers
• Disputes between shareholders

Piers has considerable experience in defending lenders in consumer credit matters. This has covered credit card agreements, mortgages, and fixed-sum loan agreements, and has deal with the nature of unfairness, standard tests or assumptions of unfairness in case law, whether a given agreement is a regulated agreement, and the appropriate quantum.

Piers has been on secondment with the Financial Conduct Authority’s General Counsel’s Division, providing general regulatory advice and interpretation on the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to assist the work of the Financial Conduct Authority, and has been involved with large-scale disclosure and preparatory work for the Financial Conduct Authority’s Enforcement Division.

Piers has appeared in the High Court and County Court on bankruptcy and winding-up petitions and other related matters, including:

• Applications for the extension of administrations
• Applications to rectify the Companies House register
• Applications for an interim injunction against the presentation of a bankruptcy petition

Piers has a broad range of experience with wills, trusts, and estates matters, including:

• Advice on the prospects of success, likely quantum, and generally in Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims and Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 claims
• Claims for breach of trust arising from monies due under a will
• Advice on the replacement of the administrator of an estate
• Drafting of the various statements of case associated with the above claims
• Advising on the directions to be given to expert witnesses on the needs of parties as a part of determining reasonable provision

Piers has appeared in possession hearings and claims for arrears of rent and service charge, and the drafting of statements of case in such matters. Piers has successfully represented a claimant in an appeal from a County Court decision on the proper meaning of a contractual clause for costs.

• 2019 – 2020: LLM at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (first class)
• 2018 – 2019: BPTC/LLM at City Law School, University of London
• 2017 – 2018: GDL at City Law School, University of London (with distinction)
• 2012 – 2016: BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Balliol College, University of Oxford (2:1)

• 2020: The EM Burnett Prize, awarded by Hughes Hall for performance in final examinations.
• 2018: The Richard Yorke Award, awarded by Gray’s Inn for potential as an advocate

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