LIDW24: Spotlight on corporate regulation and accountability
Wendy Mathers recently featured in the Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) article ‘LIDW24: Spotlight on corporate regulation and accountability’ for her LIDW session on ‘ESG Litigation – Tackling Global Issues on National Platforms’. The article discusses the rise of ESG lawsuits and what trends are on the horizon. Read the full article here.
Osler v Osler [2024] EWCA Civ 516
Dov Ohrenstein, assisted by Matthew Tonnard and instructed by Tim Russ of Roythornes, appeared in the Court of Appeal for the successful respondents in the recent case of Osler v Osler [2024] EWCA Civ 516. The Appeal concerned a High Court judge’s order which contained a clear error and an order of a Court of […]
Terminating Contracts: Avoiding Traps and Pitfalls, and Late Registration and Rectification of Company Charges
In this Junior Programme: Commercial, Alexander Kingston-Splatt and Robert Lee present on ‘Terminating Contracts: Avoiding Traps and Pitfalls’ and ‘Late Registration and Rectification of Company Charges’. The presentation slides are available to download, here. The recording of the webinar is now available to watch on our YouTube channel, here: Please subscribe for notifications of new episodes. This webinar was […]
London International Disputes Week
We are delighted to be members of London International Disputes Week (LIDW) which starts on 3 June. The week kicks off with Arbitration Day, click here to sign up: https://2024.lidw.co.uk/event/2 The main conference takes place on 4 June, there are still some tickets, but they are selling fast so click here to book your place: https://2024.lidw.co.uk/event/33 […]
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 […]
Blessings: when worlds collide – Article by David Mohyuddin KC and Daniel Burton
For over 100 years, the English Courts have entertained applications by trustees for directions, including to bless proposed “momentous” exercises of powers. Recently, this jurisdiction has extended through judicial decisions to corporate office-holders. The jurisdiction has received increasing scrutiny, not least in relation to the vexed question of immunity, resulting in the Court of Appeal’s recent […]
Restructuring and Insolvency Conference 2023 Three Minute Video
Radcliffe Chambers’ Restructuring and Insolvency practice group is proud to present its Restructuring and Insolvency Conference 2023 in this three minute video. Led by members of Radcliffe Chambers’ Restructuring and Insolvency practice group together with industry experts, the conference covered a wide range of pertinent issues and trends faced by the business world today, providing […]
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. […]
Commercial Insights Webinar Series – Unfair Prejudice Claims – webinar and podcast
In this episode of the Radcliffe Chambers Commercial Insights Webinar Series, Stuart Benzie reviews the background to the implementation of Section 994 Companies Act 2006, the fundamental concepts of the current Section 994 Unfair Prejudice regime and discuss recent developments in this important jurisdiction. Stuart also discuss case studies involving directors who have forfeited their […]
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 […]
