Lonham Group Limited v Scotbeef Limited & DS Storage Limited
Today, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Lonham Group Limited v Scotbeef Limited & DS Storage Limited (in liquidation) [2025] EWCA Civ 203 in which Christopher Boardman KC and Andrew Brown appeared on behalf of the First Respondent. The appeal was concerned with the construction of a contract of insurance and the potential […]
Tom Beasley successfully appears in bitterly fought shareholder dispute
After a two-week trial, involving eight witnesses of fact and two accounting experts, Charles Morrison (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) has ruled in favour of the Defendant in Singh v Bains and G B Retail Ltd [2025] EWHC 141 (Ch), rejecting the Claimant’s case that he was entitled to a share […]
Commercial Court judgment handed down in 10-year fraud proceedings
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Henry Day appointed to Attorney General’s B Panel
We are delighted to announce that Henry Day has been appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. The appointment is effective for 5 years, starting from 1st September 2024.
