Karina Champion
King's Counsel
Joint Head of Chambers
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Year of call
Professional bio
On the foundations of a Classics degree from Exeter College, Oxford, followed by a Conversion to Law and a successful commercial pupillage at Oriel Chambers, Karina has built a thriving commercial, chancery and insolvency practice and is highly regarded in her field. She is the Joint Deputy Head of Hundred Court Chambers, Joint Head of the Business & Property Group at Hundred Court Chambers, Secretary to the Liverpool BPC Forum, and the Liverpool representative of the Northern Business and Property Bar Association.
Karina is approachable, friendly and candid, which sets her apart from many of her peers in her areas of specialism. She is sought after as much for the accessibility and commercial pragmatism of her advice as for the robustness of her advocacy. Her attention to detail, coupled with her user-friendly approach, ensures that both solicitors and lay clients receive the highest standard of service.
She has a wide breadth of technical knowledge and experience across her areas of practice, with particular expertise in invoice financing. She is the author of A Practical Guide to Factoring and Invoice Financing, published by Law Brief Publishing.
Education and qualifications
- BA Honours in Classics, Exeter College, Oxford
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Law, College of Law
- Bar Vocational Course, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Further Information
Karina specialises in commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, debt recovery, company litigation such as high-value shareholder disputes, sale and supply of goods and services, assignment and novation, guarantees and indemnities, business transfer agreements, and recruitment and estate agency contracts.
She is highly regarded for her expertise in factoring and invoice financing litigation and is regularly instructed by prominent national and international invoice financing companies across commercial and insolvency matters. In 2023, she authored A Practical Guide to Factoring and Invoice Financing, published by Law Brief Publishing.
Her insolvency practice spans all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency, restructuring, and company dissolution or restoration. She has represented several high-profile individuals in both sporting and commercial spheres. Alongside her casework, she regularly delivers training and seminars in these areas, most recently in conjunction with members of the judiciary on behalf of the Liverpool BPC Forum. In her role as Secretary to the Forum, she acts as a conduit between the Judges of the BPC in Liverpool and her professional clients, facilitating the dissemination of local practice directions and legislative developments.
In contentious probate, Karina acts on claims under the Inheritance Act, undue influence, testamentary capacity, knowledge and approval, proprietary estoppel, and TOLATA. She also delivers training in these areas, most recently for the Liverpool BPC Forum.
Her real property practice covers all aspects of landlord and tenant disputes, both residential and commercial, as well as nuisance, boundary disputes, easements, and trusts.
Karina also has extensive experience in relation to injunctive and contempt proceedings, including harassment and related issues. Most recently, she has successfully represented high-profile religious and educational organisations in harassment matters.
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