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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Joshua Folkard

Joshua Folkard

Call: 2013 (England and Wales); 2020 (British Virgin Islands)

Josh is described by the directories as “everything you would want in a commercial junior”, “extremely bright and inventive” and “impressive on his feet”. He has extensive oral advocacy experience, including in the Commercial Court, Chancery Division and Court of Appeal, often against opponents in silk.

Josh is ranked in seven areas: commercial litigation (Asia Pacific), commodities (tier 3), civil fraud, insurance and reinsurance, international arbitration: counsel (tier 3), professional negligence, and offshore.

Josh has a particular specialism in private international law/the conflict of laws and is regularly instructed in international and cross-border disputes. Alongside full-time practice, Josh teaches International Commercial Litigation and Conflict of Laws at University College London. He has published widely on issues of jurisdiction and enforcement, most recently in Hart Publishing’s Landmark Cases in Private International Law.

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Conflicts, jurisdiction and enforcement

Civil fraud and asset tracing

Commodities, energy and infrastructure

Company and insolvency/restructuring

International arbitration

Insurance

Interim relief

Offshore

Professional negligence

Public international law

Sports law

Art law

Sectors and services

Publications

Professional memberships

Lectures / talks

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Joshua is highly skilled at legal research and writing. He works at a blazing speed and always produces superbly well-written and coherently constructed work.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

His written work is of a consistently exceptional standard. He is inordinately careful and leaves no consideration unaddressed in his analysis of a matter.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

An exceptionally talented junior with exceptional drafting and analytical skills. Easy to work with and always available.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

Joshua is very responsive and thorough and is a pleasure to deal with. He adds commercial and practical input to his technical knowledge.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

A strong intellect and also easy to work with, Joshua provides decisive and concise advice.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

Joshua is outstandingly bright, with impressive intellectual rigour which really shows in his pleadings, advice and submissions.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

He is particularly recommended for cases with an international dimension, especially those involving complex jurisdictional and conflict of law points. However, he also has broad experience of insurance and reinsurance disputes, and a deep knowledge of the law in this field.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

Josh is very user friendly and analytical. He is also very good with clients and fits into the team seamlessly.

The Legal Caribbean, The English Bar Offshore 2023

Very responsive and insightful; excellent research and analysis skills.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

He has an excellent understanding of complex legal issues, his written work is of a consistently exceptional standard.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

A pleasure to work with, a very capable and skilled advocate, and extremely bright.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

Very hard working and thorough, excellent draughtsman and great at producing comprehensive and relevant legal research.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

Everything you would want in a commercial junior.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

Impressive on his feet. I would highly recommend him.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

Thorough and approachable.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

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