Recent judgments
Recent Chambers cases include:
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Wharton v Bancroft costs judgment
Reported: [2011] [2011] EWHC (Ch) 3250 & [2012] EWHC 91 (Ch)
Members involved: Constance McDonnell
Issues: -
Weavering v Peterson
Reported: [2011] FSD113 of 2010 (AJJ)
Members involved: David Lord QC
Issues:A Cayman Case on the liability of directors of a hedge fund for “wilful neglect or default”.
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Fairfield Sentry v Julius Baer
Reported: [2012] BVIHC (Comm) 30/2010
Members involved: David Lord QC
Issues:A BVI Case involving liquidators’ attempts to recover redemption payments alleged paid out in ignorance of the Madoff fraud.
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Seashell v Aviva
Reported: [2012] EWHC 1761 (Comm)
Members involved: David Lord QC
Issues:The trial of preliminary issues concerning the construction of non-invalidation clauses and warranties in an insurance policy.
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Howell v Lees-Millais
Reported: [2011] EWCA Civ 786
Members involved: Gilead Cooper QC
Issues:Court of Appeal decision on CPR Part 36 offers.
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Al-Sadi v Al-Sadi
Reported: [2011] EWHC 976 (Comm)
Members involved: Gilead Cooper QC
Issues:Whether claimant can rely on amended pleading when defendant applies to set aside service out of the jurisdiction.
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Island Homes v Haq
Reported: [2011] EWCA Civ 805
Members involved: Sarah Asplin QC | Oliver Hilton
Issues:Proprietary estoppel; subject to contract negotiations
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British Arab Commercial Bank plc and ors v Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company and ors
Reported: [2011] EWHC 2444
Members involved: Andrew Twigger QC
Issues: -
Buzzoni v HMRC
Reported: [2011] WTLR 1163
Members involved: Matthew Slater
Issues:Gifts with reservation of benefit, s 102, Finance Act 1986, ingredients of legal test for donor being
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Citibank v Robert
Reported: [2011] 3 SLR 465
Members involved: Teresa Rosen Peacocke
Issues: -
Futter v Futter
Reported: [2011] EWCA Civ 197
Members involved: Richard Wilson | Jennifer Seaman
Issues:Rule in Hastings-Bass
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Kumari Murphy vs Nicholas Courtauld Rayner, Aeternus Limited & Courtina Corp
Reported: [2011] EWHC (Ch) 1
Members involved: Teresa Rosen Peacocke
Issues: -
Citibank NA v Robert
Reported: [2011] SGHC 21
Members involved: Teresa Rosen Peacocke
Issues: -
Benedetti v Sawiris
Reported: [2010] EWCA Civ 1427
Members involved: Andrew Twigger QC
Issues: -
Independent Trustee Services v GP Noble and Susan Norris
Reported: [2010] EWHC 3275(Ch)
Members involved: Anna Dilnot
Issues:Civil Fraud
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Law Society of England & Wales v Habitable Concepts Ltd
Reported: [2010] EWHC 1449 (Ch).
Members involved: Fenner Moeran
Issues:Issues: Mortgage fraud by solicitors.
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Law Society of England & Wales v Isaac & Isaac International Holdings Ltd
Reported: [2010] EWHC 1670 (Ch)
Members involved: Fenner Moeran
Issues:Issues: Mortgage fraud by solicitors, dishonest assistance and conspiracy, tracing and asset recovery.
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PNPF Trust Co v Taylor (Pilots' National Pension Fund)
Reported: [2010] EWHC 1573(Ch)
Members involved: Sarah Asplin QC | Fenner Moeran
Issues:Pensions; Construction of Scheme documents and powers; s 75 Contributions.
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CPC Group Ltd v Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company
Reported: [2010] EWHC 1535(Ch)
Members involved: Andrew Twigger QC
Issues:Breach of Contract
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Futter v Futter
Reported: [2010] EWHC 449
Members involved: Richard Wilson
Issues:Setting aside exercises of trustees' discretion under the Rule in Re Hastings-Bass
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Michael Wilson and Partners Limited v Nicholls and Ors
Reported: [2009] NSWSC 1377
Members involved: Joseph Carney
Issues: Breaches of fiduciary duties – Equitable compensation – consequences of Defendants’ breach of disclosure obligations relevant to loss -
CPC Group Ltd v Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company
Reported: [2009] EWHC 3204 (Ch)
Members involved: Andrew Twigger QC
Issues: Expedition; Claim solely for declaratory relief. -
Arjo Wiggins Ltd v Ralph
Reported: [2009] EWHC 3198 (Ch)
Members involved: Geoffrey Topham
Issues: Jurisdiction of the Pensions Ombudsman; Limitation Periods; Maladministration -
In the Matter of M
Reported: [2009] WTLR 1791
Members involved: Charlotte Edge
Issues:Statutory Wills; Charities
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Michael Wilson and Partners Limited v Nicholls and Ors
Reported: [2009] NSWSC 1033
Members involved: Joseph Carney
Issues: Employees; Breaches of Fiduciary Duties and Dishonest Assistance; Misappropriation of Business Opportunities (AIM Listings); Remedies -
Cherney v Deripaska
Reported: [2009] EWCA Civ 849
Members involved: David Lord QC | James Weale | Geoffrey Vos QC
Issues: Conflict of Laws, appropriate forum for trial of an action. -
Re Servoz-Gavin, Deceased
Reported: [2010] 1 All ER 410
Members involved: Gilead Cooper QC
Issues:Nuncupative Wills – validity of an oral will made by a merchant seaman in service with a foreign vessel.
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Re A. C. Skelton Pension & Life Assurance Scheme, Capital Cranfield Trustees Ltd -v- Beck
Reported: [2009] PLR 71, [2008] EWHC 3181(Ch)
Members involved: Fenner Moeran
Issues: Equalisation of pensions and construction of unilateral powers of employers. -
MCP Pension Trustees Ltd -v- Aon Pension Trustees Ltd
Reported: [2009] EWHC 1351 (Ch)
Members involved: Fenner Moeran
Issues: Notice, knowledge and forgetfulness for Trustee Act 1925 s.27 advertisements. -
Benedetti v Sawiris
Reported: [2009] EWHC 1330
Members involved: Andrew Twigger QC | Geoffrey Vos QC
Issues: Restitution -
Aspinall's Club Ltd v Fouad Al-Zayat
Reported: [2008] EWHC 2101 (Comm)
Members involved: David Lord QC
Issues: Involved the legality of the provision of credit arrangements to finance gambling debts. -
Re Stedman
Reported: [2009] EWHC 935 (Fam)
Members involved: David Lord QC
Issues: Reporting Restrictions. -
Cherney v Deripaska
Reported: [2008] EWHC 1530 (Comm)
Members involved: David Lord QC | Geoffrey Vos QC
Issues: Service out of the jurisdiction. -
Jones & Ors v Firkin-Flood
Reported: [2008] EWHC 2417 (Ch)
Members involved: Gilead Cooper QC | Andrew Child
Issues: Removal of trustees for breaches of duty including failure to supervise business assets controlled by the trust. -
Emmott v Michael Wilson & Partners
Reported: [2009] EWHC 1 (Comm)
Members involved: Joseph Carney | Anna Dilnot
Issues: The Court’s powers under s. 42 Arbitration Act 1996 with regard to enforcement of a peremptory order made by a Tribunal. -
Office of Fair Trading v Abbey National Plc & Ors
Reported: [2009] EWCA Civ 116
Members involved: Geoffrey Vos QC
Issues: Whether or not the OFT is entitled to assess the fairness of certain charges made by banks under the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
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August 2010This edition of our Newsletter has a private client emphasis, with articles by Richard Wilson, Andrew Child and Charlotte Edge.
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[2011] [2011] EWHC (Ch) 3250 & [2012] EWHC 91 (Ch)
[2011] FSD113 of 2010 (AJJ)
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