Simon Mills successfully opposed mandatory injunction
Last month it was reported that that Unicorn Payment Ltd has settled its £5.1 million claim against Worldpay (UK) Ltd in which it asserted Worldpay had wrongly withheld remittances under a payment facilitation agreement. This follows Unicorn’s attempt last year to obtain a mandatory interim injunction that Worldpay should part of the sums withheld before […]
Jaffer v Jaffer [2024] EWHC 135 (Ch)
Robert Pearce KC and Matthew Mills, instructed by Alistair Robertson and Darryn Hale of DAC Beachcroft LLP, have successfully defended substantial charity proceedings in Jaffer v Jaffer [2024] EWHC 135 (Ch). The Claimant had alleged that the 2020 election for President of the World Federation of the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities was invalid, and […]
Docklock Limited v C Christo & Co Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 45
Reuben Comiskey, led by Daniel Lightman KC (of Serle Court), and instructed by Stephen Baker of Herrington Carmichael, represented the successful appellants in Docklock Limited v C Christo & Co Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 45. In a judgment handed down this morning, the Court of Appeal – Lords Justice Lewison, Nugee and Newey – held […]
Newell Trustees Ltd v (1) Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd & (2) Ian Putland
On 23 January 2024 Mr Justice Michael Green handed down judgment in this case concerning the former Parker Pension Plan, the assets and liabilities of which were transferred to the Newell Rubbermaid UK Pension Scheme (“the Scheme”) in 2007. The case was a Part 64 application by the sole trustee of the Scheme, seeking directions […]
Josh Lewison in the Cayman Islands
We are delighted to announce that Josh Lewison is in Cayman Islands this week. Josh will be speaking at the Private Client Global Elite Thought Exchange today alongside Rachael Reynolds KC as well as attending the STEP Cayman Conference 2024 on the 18th and 19th January. If you would like to arrange a meeting with […]
Zachary Kell featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2024 for a “Hollywood blockbuster” of a case
Zachary Kell appears in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2024 for Upham & Others v HSBC UK Bank PLC (the ‘Eclipse Litigation’), due to commence later this month. Described as a case with “all the hallmarks of a Hollywood blockbuster”, two sets of claims are due to be heard against HSBC later this month. […]
David Mohyuddin KC admitted to the Bar of British Virgin Islands
David Mohyuddin KC has been admitted to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands, with effect from 12 December 2023. David specialises in corporate and personal insolvency and commercial litigation, involving business disputes of all types, including contractual and company claims, allegations of fraud and breach of directors’ duties. He has experience of high profile, significant […]
Wolverhampton City Council & Ors (Respondents) v London Gypsies and Travellers & Ors (Appellants) [2023] UKSC 47
The Supreme Court confirm that ‘newcomer injunctions’ are a new and permissible form of injunction. Caroline Bolton and Natalie Pratt have responded successfully for the Third to Tenth Respondent local authorities in Supreme Court in the appeal of Wolverhampton City Council & Ors v London Gypsies and Travellers & Ors. The issue before the Court […]
Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd v Attorney General [2023] EWCA Civ 1332
The Court of Appeal has now conclusively determined that the National Fund (a charitable fund of approximately £550m) should be applied in reduction of the National Debt, confirming the judgment given by Mr Justice Zacaroli in [2022] EWHC 102 (Ch). The Trustee’s appeal, which was brought with the authority of the Court, raised significant questions […]
Last Bus Ltd (t/a Dublin Coach) v Dawsongroup Bus and Coach Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ
Stuart Benzie acted for the Respondent in Last Bus Ltd (t/a Dublin Coach) v Dawsongroup Bus and Coach Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ. 1297, in an appeal against the order of Andrew Baker J in the Commercial Court giving summary judgment in favour of the Defendant. The case involved a transaction where the Claimant had purchased […]