Matthew Tonnard
Matthew is recognised for combining strong advocacy with commercial judgment. Ranked as a Leading Junior in The Legal 500, he has been described as “an excellent advocate who is tough in cross-examination whilst always appearing reasonable.” He is frequently instructed both as sole counsel and as part of larger counsel teams by financial institutions, corporations, insolvency […]
Honourable Mr Justice Zacaroli hands down Judgment in favour of Mr Howard Spooner, defended by Tina Kyriakides
On the 11th January 2023, the Appeal Court has confirmed that a concluded and legally binding oral agreement was reached between Sally Johnson (Appellant/Claimant) and our client, Howard Spooner (Respondent/Defendant). The appeal was an attempt to overturn Mr Spooner’s success at trial last February, where we secured declarations from the court confirming the existence and […]
Wrongful trading claims: a central plank or dead in the water? – James Morgan KC & Lauren Kreamer
James Morgan KC and Lauren Kreamer were featured in the winter edition of Recovery Magazine. The article titled ‘Wrongful trading claims: a central plank or dead in the water?’ summarises some cases and issues about bringing wrongful trading claims as part of directors duties. In the long‑awaited Supreme Court judgment in BTI 2014 LLC v. […]
Radcliffe Chambers and David Mohyuddin KC featured in The Lawyer ‘Top 20 cases for 2023’!
We are delighted to be featured in The Lawyer ‘Top 20 cases for 2023’! David Mohyuddin KC will be appearing in the High Court in October this year in one of the largest and most-high profile disqualification proceedings to date. The UK Government is taking legal action to hold eight former directors of Carillion accountable […]
Top Restructuring & Insolvency Cases of 2022
On Thursday 8th December, James Fagan and Piers Digby hosted our final Junior Programme webinar of this year on “Top Restructuring & Insolvency Cases of 2022”. During this webinar, James and Piers recapped some of the top restructuring and insolvency cases of the year. Junior Programme events are aimed at recently qualified lawyers and consist […]
High Court hands down judgment in the matter of Re Utility Point Ltd & Others [2022] EWHC 2826 (Ch)
On the 11th of November, the High Court handed down judgment in the matter of Re Utility Point Ltd & Others [2022] EWHC 2826 (Ch), in which Matthew Weaver KC and Andrew Brown appeared on behalf of Contract Natural Gas Ltd. This is a significant and high-value directions claim concerning the provability of various debts […]
An Unsettling Saga for Creditors
Christopher Boardman KC features in The Times today on an important insolvency judgment in the Supreme Court, involving subsidiaries of BAT and Sequana. “More certainty and clarity from the Supreme Court on a range of questions would have been welcome. The judgment may be something of a lost opportunity, as substantial differences of opinion were […]
The CIGA measures – where are we now and where are we going?
On Tuesday 19th July, Tina Kyriakides, Katie Longstaff and James Fagan presented a webinar on ‘The CIGA measures – where are we now and where are we going?’ On the 21st June 2022 the Insolvency Service published its interim report on the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2000 (CIGA), which considers the three permanent CIGA […]
Andrew Brown successful in the appeal of Khan v Singh-Sall & Habib Bank AG Zurich [2022] EWHC 1913 (Ch)
Andrew Brown recently appeared in the appeal of Khan v Singh-Sall & Habib Bank AG Zurich [2022] EWHC 1913 (Ch) heard by David Moyhuddin KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Andrew appeared on behalf of Habib Bank as Second Respondent to the appeal concerning a dismissal of the Appellant’s application to annul his […]
Commercial and insolvency silk, David Mohyuddin makes Radcliffe Chambers his primary professional home
We are delighted to announce that commercial and insolvency KC, David Mohyuddin has moved his full practice to Radcliffe Chambers. David was called to the bar in 1999 before taking silk in 2016 and becoming a Deputy High Court Judge in 2021. He specialises in corporate and personal insolvency and commercial litigation. David’s recent work […]
