Commercial Court judgment handed down in 10-year-long US$325m West African oil trading fraud proceedings
Last week, following a three-month trial, Mr Justice Henshaw handed down judgment in Alta Trading UK (formerly known as Arcadia Petroleum Limited) v. Bosworth [2025] EWHC 91 (Comm). This was a long-running dispute, which has come before courts at various levels in England and Wales and abroad, regarding an alleged US$325 million West African crude oil trading […]
Mr James Main v SpaDental Ltd and Timothy Alexander Close (In His Capacity as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Mr Main) [2024] EAT 200
Jamie Cockfield, instructed by Katie Farmer at Trowers & Hamlins LLP, was successful for the trustee in bankruptcy in the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The appeal turned on whether a bankrupt dentist’s claim for holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998, brought in respect of a period of working from March 2013 until February 2019, […]
Contract Natural Gas Ltd v Zog Energy Ltd [2025] EWHC 86 (Ch)
Andrew Brown, instructed by Fraser Ritson and Aziz Abdul of Addleshaw Goddard, successfully represented the liquidators of Contract Natural Gas Limited, Joshua Dwyer and Will Wright of Interpath, in the recent High Court decision of Contract Natural Gas (in liquidation) v Zog Energy Limited (in liquidation) EWHC 86 (Ch) in which Andrew Twigger KC, sitting […]
Hirachand v Hirachand [2024] UKSC 43
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment today in Hirachand v Hirachand, a landmark decision concerning the recoverability of CFA success fees as part of awards under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Radcliffe Chambers barrister Sophia Rogers acted for the claimant successfully as sole counsel at trial, and together with Constance […]
Manolete v White [2024] EWCA Civ 1558
The Court of Appeal has just handed down its costs judgment in Manolete v White. It has held that a pro-bono costs award should be made against the unsuccessful respondent, even though it is likely that, if the appellant had been represented, any costs award in his favour would have been set off against the […]
Radcliffe Chambers win ‘Chancery Set of the Year’ at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that we have won the ‘Chancery: Set of the Year’ award at the Chambers UK Bar awards 2024! This recognition reflects on the hard work, dedication and expertise of our Private Client team as they continue to deliver outstanding legal services. We’d like to thank our clients for their continued support […]
Manolete v White [2024] EWCA Civ 1418
The Court of Appeal has just handed down judgment in Manolete v White ([2024] EWCA Civ 1418), in which it held that occupational pensions are protected from injunctions requiring them to be drawn down so as to be available to creditors for enforcement purposes. Manolete had obtained a judgment against Mr White which remained unpaid. […]
Magomedov & Ors v Kuzovkov & Ors [2024] EWHC 2527 (Comm)
A Norwich Pharmacal application (“NP Application”) can be a very useful tool in the armoury of a claimant – particularly in fraud cases – trying to establish sufficient information to be able pursue the ultimate wrongdoer. But what form should an NP Application take? The Chancery Guide at §14.81 states that NP Applications “…should be […]
Kemp & Hunt v WTB UK SPV No.1 Ltd & Telefonica UK Ltd [2024] EWHC 2235 (Ch)
Non-assignment clauses are back in the news again. Many commercial and finance contracts contain a qualified non-assignment clause which prohibits an assignment without the prior written consent of the other party. What happens when one of the contracting parties purports to assign receivables arising under the contract without the prior consent of the other, but consent […]
Members of Chambers join CAMC
We are delighted to share that Shantanu Majumdar KC, Simon Mills and Stuart Benzie have been approved as members of the Cyprus Arbitration & Mediation Centre (CAMC). The CAMC offers a range of services designed to arbitrate and mediate commercial disputes, more information can be found here. For more information about our arbitration practice please click […]
