Appointment of Special Administrators of WealthTek LLP
On Thursday 6 April 2023, at a final hearing, Mr Justice Zacaroli made a special administration order in respect of WealthTek LLP, a wealth management firm which also trades as Vertem Asset Management and Malloch Melville. The Judge appointed Shane Michael Crooks, Mark James Shaw and Emma Sayers of BDO LLP to act as WealthTek’s […]
Marcellus Kooter v (1) The Official Receiver, (2) Manuela Radeva, (3) Simon Underwood and Laurence Pagden (as trustees in bankruptcy) – A review by Lauren Kreamer
On 22 March 2023, Deputy Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Agnello KC handed down judgment in the matter of Marcellus Kooter v (1) The Official Receiver, (2) Manuela Radeva, and (3) Simon Underwood and Laurence Pagden (as trustees in bankruptcy), on an application made by the former trustees in bankruptcy of Ms Radeva relating to […]
A candid approach? Leave to act applications and evidence for directors (Re V1CE Ltd) – by Zachary Kell
Zachary Kell recently wrote an article for Lexis titled ‘A candid approach? Leave to act applications and evidence for directors (Re V1CE Ltd)’ Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: By an application for leave to act as a director despite the acceptance of a disqualification undertaking pursuant to section 17 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 […]
Identity fraud: can a solicitor owe a duty of care to a non-client?
Jeremy Cousins KC and Peter Dodge (instructed by Mills & Reeve) appeared in the Court of Appeal for the Seventh Defendant, Rees Page, in Ashraf v Lester Dominic Solicitors [2023] EWCA Civ 4, CA (having previously appeared for Mishcon de Reya in Dreamvar) UH exchanged contracts for the sale of his house to A. Unusually, […]
Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Musst Holdings Ltd v Astra Asset Management UK Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 128 – Christopher Boardman KC and Tom Beasley
The Court of Appeal has upheld Freedman J’s finding that an agreement between an introducer and an investment manager was novated to two successors entities. It has also confirmed that certain changes in investment strategy by the successor did not end the introducer’s entitlement to its share of management and performance fees. The case concerned […]
Robert Lee
Robert has worked on cases across the range of traditional and commercial Chancery work including insolvency, company, commercial, wills and probate, trusts, property, landlord and tenant, and professional negligence. He is developing a particular expertise in insolvency, commercial, and contentious probate matters. Before starting pupillage at Radcliffe, Robert worked as a Legislation Adviser at the […]
Amber Turner
Amber has experience acting as sole counsel in the County and High Courts and First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), as well as appearing as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal and in the Commercial Court. Amber is continuing to build a mixed Chancery practice combining commercial, insolvency, private client and property work. Before starting pupillage […]
Chloe Shuffrey
She regularly appears in the High Court (both led and as sole counsel) and before Insolvency and Companies Court (ICC) Judges. She was instructed in the recent groundbreaking Supreme Court appeal in Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd [2020] UKSC 31 as part of a team of five counsel. Chloe has experience and accepts instructions in […]
Simon Mills
Simon been long been recognised as a leading barrister in Commercial Dispute Resolution in Chambers and Partners, and Chambers Global, and in Legal 500 he is recommended in Civil Fraud, Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance, and now in Crypto and Blockchain Assets. Directory quotes comment that he is “A formidable advocate and a must-have part of our litigation arsenal”, “Brilliant […]
Alexander Kingston-Splatt
Alex was ranked as a Rising Star in the 2025 and 2024 editions of Legal 500 for Insolvency, that guide recommending that he “is easy to work with”, “delivers clear, effective written advice and pleadings” and that, on his feet, Alex “builds good rapport with the judiciary and delivers arguments in a firm yet amenable manner”. […]
