James Davies has a civil practice specialising in commercial, chancery and property matters. He appears regularly in the County Court and the High Court on interlocutory applications as well as fast track and multi-track trials. Further details of his specialist areas of practice can be found under his Commercial Group and Property & Chancery Group profiles.

Before coming to the Bar James qualified as a Chartered Accountant. His professional practice included the audit of family owned companies (in particular construction businesses) and professional partnerships. James continues to remain up to date with industry developments and is able to apply his commercial experience to many of his cases.

James contributed to the Bar Council response to the DCA Consultation Paper "The Law on Damages". The Bar Council team was led by one of our then Heads of Chambers Tim Lamb QC (now His Honour Judge Tim Lamb QC). James also worked on the Chancery Bar Association's response to the Ministry of Justice consultation on "Solving Disputes in the County Court". He is the co-author, along with Doctor Michael Reynolds, of "Partnership Disputes" published by Sweet & Maxwell.

James has been placed in the Legal 500 for both 2012 and 2013 for Commercial and Chancery work on the South Eastern Circuit. He is "recommended for commercial disputes and insolvency matters".