James Hannant

Call 2013

"James Hannant is very thorough and analytical - he gives a concise view of what's going on. He's well prepared in court, has a very straightforward advocacy style and is very methodical."

For enquiries please contact

Stephen Arnold
Senior Practice Manager - Civil
0117 930 9000
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Joe Stayte
Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
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Finlay Duignan
Assistant Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
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Charlotte Blair
Assistant Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
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"James Hannant is very thorough and analytical - he gives a concise view of what's going on. He's well prepared in court, has a very straightforward advocacy style and is very methodical."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James is excellent with the law and with judges. He is also very helpful and very responsive while being an absolute gentleman at all times."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James is excellent with the law and with judges."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"He is also very helpful and very responsive while being an absolute gentleman at all times."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James Hannant is very thorough and analytical - he gives a concise view of what's going on."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"He's well prepared in court, has a very straightforward advocacy style and is very methodical."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"Jamie's attention to detail is excellent. He works hard to get the very best results for the clients."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James is always approachable and accessible, and great on his feet. He was able to dispatch our opponents' lines of argument swiftly."


Chambers & Partners 2025

‘James is extremely smart and very straightforward in his advice. He is determined to fight a case to its fullest and willing to explore every angle in order to achieve a positive result for clients.’


Legal 500 UK 2023

"He has a nice gravitas in his court work."


Chambers & Partners UK 2023

"James takes an extremely hands-on approach. He is always willing to roll up his sleeves and get into the details."


Legal 500 2022

"James takes an extremely hands-on approach. He is always willing to roll up his sleeves and get into the details."


Legal 5000 2022

"His advice is concise and proportionate, and he's very persuasive on his feet in court."


Chambers & Partners 2022

"His technical knowledge is sensational, and his understanding of the law and procedure is second to none. He has gravitas beyond his call."


Chambers & Partners 2021

"James is very bright and quick to get to grips with complex sets of facts and to get on top of the documents. His legal advice is always pragmatic, concise and commercially-focused. He is also exceptionally good with clients."


Legal 500 2021

  • Former Judicial Assistant to Lady Justice Arden

  • BCL, University of Oxford
  • LLB Hons (First Class), University of Exeter

James is a busy junior with a broad Commercial practice and a significant focus on Insolvency work and claims brought by or on behalf of insolvent companies.

He is frequently instructed by officeholders and litigation funders as well as company directors, bankrupts and other insolvency process stakeholders. James has contributed to a number of specialist publications and is a co-author of Insolvency Practitioners: Appointment, Duties, Powers and Liabilities (Edward Elgar Publishing (December 2020).

Expertise

James is frequently instructed in a wide variety of Insolvency related matters arising out of both corporate insolvency and personal bankruptcy. He has considerable experience of matters involving directorial misfeasance and applications under the transaction avoidance provision of the Insolvency Act 1986 as well as causes of action which arise under the economic torts.

James has also acted in a number of complex possession and sale applications of both family home and portfolio properties, sometimes against the backdrop of separate proceeds of crime proceedings and matrimonial proceedings.

Additionally, James has significant experience in applications under the information gathering provisions of the insolvency legislation as well as applications seeking contribution by way of income payments orders.

He regularly features in the legal directories and has been described as follows:

‘James is extremely smart and very straightforward in his advice. He is determined to fight a case to its fullest and willing to explore every angle in order to achieve a positive result for clients’ (Legal 500 2023).

‘He has a nice gravitas in his court work’ (Chambers and Partners 2023).

‘James takes an extremely hands on approach. He is always willing to roll up his sleeves and get into the details (Legal 500 2022)

‘His advice is concise and proportionate, and he is very persuasive on his feet in court’ (Chambers and Partners 2022).

‘James is very bright and quick to get to grips with complex sets of facts and to get on top of the documents. His legal advice is always pragmatic, concise and commercially focused. He is exceptionally good with clients’ (Legal 500 2021).

‘His technical knowledge is sensational, and his understanding of the law and procedure is second to none. He has gravitas beyond his call’ (Chambers and Partners 2021).

James has been instructed to both advise and appear in proceedings relating to a variety of commercial matters. These have included:

  • Contractual disputes
  • Disputes arising out of the sale of goods and the supply of services
  • Banking and finance matters
  • Conversion and the wrongful interference with goods
  • Economic torts including conspiracy and causing loss by unlawful means
  • Pre-incorporation contracts
  • Bailment

James has acted for companies, private individuals and banks. He has appeared in a wide variety of procedural applications as well as trials in all three tracks in the County Court and also the High Court.

For enquiries please contact

Stephen Arnold
Senior Practice Manager - Civil
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

Joe Stayte
Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

Finlay Duignan
Assistant Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

Charlotte Blair
Assistant Practice Manager - Commercial, Insolvency, Property & Estates, Court of Protection (Property & Affairs)
0117 930 9000
Click here to email

"James Hannant is very thorough and analytical - he gives a concise view of what's going on. He's well prepared in court, has a very straightforward advocacy style and is very methodical."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James is excellent with the law and with judges. He is also very helpful and very responsive while being an absolute gentleman at all times."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James is excellent with the law and with judges."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"He is also very helpful and very responsive while being an absolute gentleman at all times."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James Hannant is very thorough and analytical - he gives a concise view of what's going on."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"He's well prepared in court, has a very straightforward advocacy style and is very methodical."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"Jamie's attention to detail is excellent. He works hard to get the very best results for the clients."


Chambers & Partners 2025

"James is always approachable and accessible, and great on his feet. He was able to dispatch our opponents' lines of argument swiftly."


Chambers & Partners 2025

‘James is extremely smart and very straightforward in his advice. He is determined to fight a case to its fullest and willing to explore every angle in order to achieve a positive result for clients.’


Legal 500 UK 2023

"He has a nice gravitas in his court work."


Chambers & Partners UK 2023

"James takes an extremely hands-on approach. He is always willing to roll up his sleeves and get into the details."


Legal 500 2022

"James takes an extremely hands-on approach. He is always willing to roll up his sleeves and get into the details."


Legal 5000 2022

"His advice is concise and proportionate, and he's very persuasive on his feet in court."


Chambers & Partners 2022

"His technical knowledge is sensational, and his understanding of the law and procedure is second to none. He has gravitas beyond his call."


Chambers & Partners 2021

"James is very bright and quick to get to grips with complex sets of facts and to get on top of the documents. His legal advice is always pragmatic, concise and commercially-focused. He is also exceptionally good with clients."


Legal 500 2021

  • Former Judicial Assistant to Lady Justice Arden

  • BCL, University of Oxford
  • LLB Hons (First Class), University of Exeter

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