Guy Adams - Commercial

Guy is a respected barrister with a strong commercial practice that covers complex cases across this field. He has acted in cases up to the Supreme Court level and has had many reported cases.

Guy has recently been involved in a successful appeal to the Court of Appeal in a company case and appeals to Court of Appeal in a professional negligence case and a forex mortgage mis-selling claim.

He has extensive experience acting and advising in banking and mortgage disputes both for and against banks. Guy appeared in the Court of Appeal in the important case of Tidal Energy Ltd v Bank of Scotland Plc [2015] 2 All ER 15, [2014] Bus LR 1167, The Times, 28th August 2014, which concerned misdirected CHAPS transfers.

Guy is also an experienced company and partnership lawyer. In 2017, he succeeded in the Court of Appeal in overturning the judgment at first instance in the Mercantile Court in Cardiff in the case of Davy v Pickering [2017] 2 BCLC 260. This case concerned the extent of the power of the court under the new provisions in section 1032 Companies Act 2006 to make directions upon the restoration of a company to the register, both to disallow a period for the purpose of limitation and to back-date the presentation of a winding-up petition. He was subsequently successful in striking out the main action alleging negligent pensions advice on limitation grounds – Davy v 01000654 Ltd (formerly Heather Moor & Edgecomb Ltd) – [2018] All ER (D) 92 (Mar).