Attorneys
Vincent Nelson Q.C - Counsel
E-mail: vincent.nelson@mfg.com.jm

Vincent Nelson, University of Birmingham graduate and Ashworth Scholar in the Inner Temple, was called to the Bar (England and Wales) in 1980. He has practiced at the Bar (England and Wales) since 1992. In the period 1980 - 1992 he was initially a legal adviser and subsequently a senior executive of a number of major UK companies. Since returning to the Bar (England and Wales) in 1992 he has regularly been instructed in high profile commercial disputes involving some of the UK and USA's most well known names. He was appointed Q.C. in 2001.

Vincent Nelson has appeared regularly in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and Privy Council in England. His high standing as an advocate is recognized by the Advocacy Training Council of England and Wales, which has ranked him as a Grade A trainer of lawyers in the skills of advocacy. He is an Accredited Mediator admitted to the list of mediators maintained by the Bar Council of England and Wales. He is also the author of the leading standard legal textbook The Law of Broadcasting and Entertainment (published by Sweet & Maxwell).

His commercial law practice comprised the bulk of work undertaken by him, with an emphasis on the following:

  • Large-scale multi-party commercial litigation;

  • Commercial contracts: Senior junior, and subsequently leader, in long running litigation relating to Equitas and in The Society of Lloyd's v Jaffray, the longest, most complex, litigation to have been heard by the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal.

  • Commercial fraud. Represented, among others, local government authorities in High Court proceedings involving complex fraudulent misrepresentation claims (including interim preservation of assets of the fraud by means of freezing injunctions over defendants' assets )

  • Represented government body in the landmark case Ashworth v MGN, which defined and extended the boundaries of the commercially important Norwich Pharmacal Order.

  • On the Attorney General's list of approved counsel authorised to represent her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in the complex area of Value Added Tax litigation. He represented the Government, inter alia, in cases involving complex European VAT carousel fraud which potentially exposed the Government to in excess of £5billion in lost revenue

    • Mr. Nelson joined Myers, Fletcher & Gordon as Counsel in September 2008.