Our Team
Peter Rees
Peter is a legal expert with over 40 years experience. A company law specialist, each matter receives his personal attention so that you can have confidence in the advice that you receive.
A prize winner at Law School and the first solicitor to qualify as an Insolvency Practitioner through the JIEB route, Peter spent nearly nearly 30 years working in City law firms. During his time in the City, Peter acted as the adviser to Lord David Hunt, the then opposition leader in the House of Lords on the passage of the Enterprise Bill (later then Enterprise Act) 2002. The particular points of concern and debate were the priority of statutory objectives which, at the time, was felt to fetter secured lenders’ recovery options with possible consequential impacts on future lending policy. The procedure for appointing an administrator was also of concern as if they did not respond sufficiently quickly, secured lenders would lose their right of appointment.
Peter Set up his own practice, Isca Legal in 2008. By having his own practice, Peter is able to take a much more flexible approach to the benefit of his clients.
Reported cases :
Factortame Limited - status and priority of post-liquidation debts.
Inside Sport Limited - validity of proxy voting in insolvency cases.
Celtic Bioenergy Limited v Knowles Limited - limitations on the scope of challenge of arbitral awards under s.68/69 Arbitration Act 1996.
Foenander v Bond & Lewis Co [2001] EWCA Civ 759 - vexatious litigation.
Jorden Crang
Jorden graduated from the University of Birmingham with a first in Law in July 2021. Her decision to pursue a career as a solicitor was cemented after undertaking legal work experience at a range of law firms at the end of her first year at university, one of which was Isca Legal.
Jorden began working at Isca Legal full time in September 2021 and is currently studying for the LLM at the University of Law in Bristol and will be sitting SQE1 in January 2023.
Philippa Rees
Philippa graduated with a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology from University of Durham in 2008 and after spending nearly ten years working in the festival and events industry, turned back to the world of law that she grew up surrounded by. She has experience of working in the Middle East and with clients from across all industries, from finance and professional services to luxury brands and media companies.
Philippa passed the PGDL with distinction in 2021 before studying for the LLM incorporating the SQE at the University of Law in 2021/22. She passed both the inaugural SQE1 and SQE2 assessments and was in the first quintile for both. She also achieved distinctions across the board in her chosen LLM key practice areas of Advanced Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquisitions, Advanced Real Estate and Employment. She recently completed a placement in the London office of an American law firm and is now back with the family practice.