Yasmin Yasseri is part of chambers Business & Property group, and has considerable and wide-ranging experience of commercial litigation.
Yasmin has considerable and wide-ranging experience of commercial litigation. She acts for Claimants and Defendants in high value and complex disputes involving allegations of fraud, negligence (including professional negligence), breach of contract and breach of statutory duty in the full range of commercial settings.
In addition to substantial experience of multi-day trials in both the High Court and the County Court, Yasmin is regularly instructed to provide written advice at the pre-issue stage, through every stage of litigation, including settlement at FDR and/or mediation. She often represents clients at hearings for orders for pre-action disclosure, preservation of goods, security for costs, summary judgment and/or strike out.
Yasmin also has a thorough knowledge with the drafting of documents for, and representation of, those seeking or defending against emergency injunctions at short notice.
Yasmin regularly appears in cases arising under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and associated legislation. Such work typically involves challenges to the enforceability of credit agreements including the sale of payment protection insurance.
In addition to substantial experience of multi-day trials in both the High Court and the County Court, Yasmin is regularly instructed to provide written advice at the pre-issue stage, through every stage of litigation, including settlement at FDR and/or mediation.
Yasmin also has a thorough knowledge with the drafting of documents for, and representation of, those seeking or defending against emergency injunctions at short notice.
Examples of recent instructions include:
Advice and representation in a claim relating to mis-selling of financial products;
Representation at hearing where breach of ICOBS was alleged;
Advice as to enforceability of a loan and associated personal guarantee; and
Representation at various debt recovery trials.
Further Experience
After graduating from Cambridge University in Law, Yasmin went on to achieve an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law from King’s College, London.
Yasmin’s experiences in law are multifaceted. She spent a year working as a paralegal in the Dispute Resolution department at Slaughter and May and gained considerable experience of the pre-trial preparatory stage of litigation, with particular emphasis on disclosure, in so doing. At the other end of the process, Yasmin has gained valuable knowledge working in the Court of Appeal as a judicial assistant to Lord Justice Latham and Lord Justice Sedley. These experiences enable Yasmin to effectively relate specialist knowledge as a member of a legal team that fully incorporates both professional and lay client.
Yasmin was appointed as a Recorder (South Eastern Circuit) on 12 October 2020.
Yasmin has considerable and wide-ranging experience of commercial litigation. She acts for Claimants and Defendants in high value and complex disputes involving allegations of fraud, negligence (including professional negligence), breach of contract and breach of statutory duty in the full range of commercial settings.
In addition to substantial experience of multi-day trials in both the High Court and the County Court, Yasmin is regularly instructed to provide written advice at the pre-issue stage, through every stage of litigation, including settlement at FDR and/or mediation. She often represents clients at hearings for orders for pre-action disclosure, preservation of goods, security for costs, summary judgment and/or strike out.
Yasmin also has a thorough knowledge with the drafting of documents for, and representation of, those seeking or defending against emergency injunctions at short notice.
Yasmin regularly acts in company and partnership disputes. In particular she has experience in dealing with complex cases including shareholder disputes, director’s misfeasance, partnership breakdown and asset division.
In addition to substantial experience of multi-day trials in both the High Court and the County Court, Yasmin is regularly instructed to provide written advice at the pre-issue stage, through every stage of litigation, including settlement at FDR and/or mediation.
Yasmin also has a thorough knowledge with the drafting of documents for, and representation of, those seeking or defending against emergency injunctions at short notice.
Yasmin advises and represents parties involved in proceedings issued under the Insolvency Act 1986. Regularly appearing in the winders court, Yasmin has experience representing both petitioning creditors and debtor companies. She is familiar with the full range of connected issues such as applications to set aside statutory demands, injunctions to restrain, substitution of petitioning creditors, supervening applications for administration orders and applications for annulment.
Yasmin is commonly instructed by IPs and debtors in antecedent transaction claims involving transactions at an undervalue (section 339), preferences (section 340), transactions defrauding creditors (section 423) and void dispositions (section 284).
In addition to substantial experience of multi-day trials in both the High Court and the County Court, Yasmin is regularly instructed to provide written advice at the pre-issue stage, through every stage of litigation, including settlement at FDR and/or mediation.
Yasmin’s practice encompasses all aspects of real property including trusts of land, TOLATA applications, adverse possession, boundary disputes and claims relating to the enforcement of restrictive covenants. Yasmin also has a vast range of experience in relation to mortgage disputes, possession hearings, applications to suspend warrants, forfeiture, charging orders and orders for sale.
In addition to substantial experience of multi-day trials in both the High Court and the County Court, Yasmin is regularly instructed to provide written advice at the pre-issue stage, through every stage of litigation, including settlement at FDR and/or mediation.
Yasmin also has a thorough knowledge with the drafting of documents for, and representation of, those seeking or defending against emergency injunctions at short notice.
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"Very commercially astute, with strong advocacy skills and great tactical awareness."
"She has a keen eye for detail and gets on very well with lay clients."
"She combines a keen eye for detail with a willingness to go the extra mile."
"She has excellent analytical skills and a real eye for detail. She communicates with clients very well in conference and they are quickly put at ease by her friendly manner but no-nonsense approach to their case."
After graduating from Cambridge University in Law, Yasmin went on to achieve an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law from King’s College, London.
Yasmin’s experiences in law are multifaceted. She spent a year working as a paralegal in the Dispute Resolution department at Slaughter and May and gained considerable experience of the pre-trial preparatory stage of litigation, with particular emphasis on disclosure, in so doing. At the other end of the process, Yasmin has gained valuable knowledge working in the Court of Appeal as a judicial assistant to Lord Justice Latham and Lord Justice Sedley. These experiences enable Yasmin to effectively relate specialist knowledge as a member of a legal team that fully incorporates both professional and lay client.
Yasmin was appointed as a Recorder (South Eastern Circuit) on 12 October 2020.
Following the release of the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners UK rankings, we are pleased to announce that No5 has once again obtained its…
On 14 December 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWCA Civ 1648 which provides some helpful guidance…
