Jordan Holland

Jordan joined chambers in 2010 following the successful completion of his pupillage. He has a busy Chancery practice in all areas of work undertaken in chambers. He is also developing an additional specialisation in cases involving art and cultural property.

From October 2010 until April 2011 Jordan undertook a secondment as a judicial assistant at the Court of Appeal where he was assigned to Lord Justice Pill and Lord Justice Wilson (now Lord Wilson of Culworth) but undertook work for all members of the court.

Practice

Jordan has a busy advisory practice and also appears regularly in the High Court and County Courts in all areas of chambers expertise. His recent experience includes:

• Acting for a disappointed beneficiary in a claim against solicitors who took deathbed instructions for a new will.
• Appearing in a contested deputyship application involving an £11million estate in the Court of Protection.
• Advising on the construction of a handwritten will involving substantial gifts of real property and gifts to unidentifiable charitable objects.
• Acting for a claimant challenging a will on the basis of forgery and lack of due execution.

In addition Jordan accepts instructions involving commercial matters. He recently advised a UK pharmaceutical supplier on the governing law of a contract for the supply of goods in the USA. He has also acted for the Ministry of Defence in a multi-million pound construction dispute and the Ministry of Transport in a dispute involving allegations of breach of contract and professional negligence against a well –known international engineering company.

Art and Cultural Property

Since joining chambers Jordan has also gained particular expertise in cases involving art and cultural property. He recently appeared with Henry Legge QC for the successful claimant in Avrora Fine Arts Limited v Christie, Manson and Woods Ltd [2012] EWHC 2198 (Ch), a case involving allegations of breach of warranty and professional negligence in respect of a painting sold at auction in London and wrongly attributed to the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev.

Jordan has also acted for dealers, collectors and institutions, both as junior and in his own right. His recent experience includes:

• Advising on a claim for the restitution of paintings and other chattels seized by a French frigate during the American Revolutionary War.
• Acting in a multi-jurisdictional claim involving allegations of theft, fraud and concealment in relation to the multi-million pound sale of a collection of antiquities.
• Advising on the ownership and recovery of paintings and other chattels consigned to a major international dealer.

Judicial Assistantship

While at the Court of Appeal Jordan gained a wide experience of Chancery and non-Chancery cases both at permission and full appeal stage. His role involved assisting the court with applications for permission to appeal, legal research and the drafting of judgments. In particular he gained a wide experience of cases involving matrimonial finance, allegations of undue influence, proprietary estoppel and allegations of professional negligence.

Professional Memberships

Jordan is a member of the Chancery Bar Association.

Publications and Lecturing

Jordan’s recent publications include:

‘Divide and conquer: the court’s treatment of jointly owned land on the separation of cohabiting couples’, PS Magazine (The Law Society’s Private Client Magazine), November 2012

‘Illot v Mitson: a lesson for practitioners?’ The Elder Law Journal, January 2012

‘The Court of Protection’s obligation to enforce foreign judgments: Re MN and Schedule 3 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005’, Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal, March 2011

Jordan also speaks to solicitors and other professionals on areas within his expertise. Recent speaking engagements include a talk to accountants about the use of pilot trusts and a talk to a regional ACTAPS meeting on the latest developments in Family Provision.

Education

• Graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge (History, First Class) (2007)
• Bachelor Scholar of Christ’s College
• Awarded the Mrs Vincent Astor Prize for History and the Sir John Plumb Dissertation Prize
• Called to the Bar (2009)
• Princess Royal Scholar and Duke of Edinburgh Scholar of the Inner Temple