Introduction
Felicity Wood is undertaking a specialist business and property pupillage under the supervision of David Nuttall.
Before coming to the Bar, Felicity gained more than three years’ experience in litigation. For two years she worked as a paralegal at a regional firm, where she managed her own caseload of commercial and property disputes and assisted with high-value property matters.
Felicity subsequently joined a specialist litigation practice, where she led the preparation of an urgent application to restrain the advertisement of a winding-up petition, which was later dismissed. Her work also included advising a bankrupt individual on joint trustees’ applications under sections 279(3), 363 and 366 of the Insolvency Act 1986, and negotiating access to the family property for an inventory. She also assisted with an urgent application for an injunction to prevent receivers from selling a castle.
In company-related matters, Felicity has assisted with the demerger of a substantial Midlands property-holding company, following a reported High Court judgment concerning share buyback agreements and an order for sale under sections 14 and 15 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.
More recently, Felicity assisted with a dispute with a large supermarket concerning alleged breaches of the terms of a commercial lease,
Felicity graduated from the University of Birmingham with a First Class degree in Law. She then completed the Bar Practice Course at The University of Law, where she obtained a Senior Advocacy Scholarship. Felicity is a Lord Denning Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn.
Outside of law, Felicity enjoys watching Formula 1, reading and going on city breaks.
