Peter Leaver KC

• Acting in the Grupo Torras litigation (Court of Appeal) involving allegations of conspiracy to defraud the Grupo Torras company of £400 million in connection with investments in Spain by the Kuwaiti Investment Office. The action involves complex jurisdictional issues (recently resolved by the Court of Appeal) and asset tracing questions.

• Appearing [for 47 banks] in the Walker v Standard Chartered Bank and Jasaro SA v Standard Chartered Bank litigation (both in the High Court and the Court of Appeal) involving an application by a dismissed chief executive to restrain the banks from voting to remove him as a director.

• Acting in a large-scale arbitration in Dubai about the validity of the termination of a management contract governed by Middle Eastern law.
• Acting for Claimant in an arbitration in Singapore in relation to the construction of a power boiler at a pulp paper mill in Thailand.

• Appearing for a firm of stockbrokers in the MGNPT Ltd v Invesco case, which was an action by pension fund trustees to recover funds misappropriated by the late Robert Maxwell.
• Acting in the Girozentrale and Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG v TOSG Fund Ltd litigation, involving the liability of a tour operators' trust fund to repay bonded sums obtained from banks in circumstances where the fund had promised to return any money not spent in the exercise of its powers.
• Acting in the Dimskal Shipping Co SA v ITWF "The Evia Luck" case (House of Lords), dealing with issues of duress and interference with contractual rights. The action arose from an initiative by ITWF to improve the employment terms of crew members when Dimskal Shipping's vessel was berthed in Sweden.
• Appearing in the Agip (Africa) Ltd v Jackson litigation (Court of Appeal), involving constructive trust and fraud questions which arose from the forgery of a payment order by an Agip employee in favour of a company incorporated by the defendant accountants.
• Acting in the MacLaine Watson v DTI & International Tin Council case, dealing (among other things) with whether 1. the sovereign states which had signed the treaty establishing the International Tin Council (ITC) were liable for debts incurred by the ITC, and 2. the legal action against the signatory states and the ITC could be tried in the English courts.

Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport: he was appointed as a member of the Ad-Hoc Division of the Court for the UEFA Championships 2000, the Salt Lake City Olympic Winter Games 2002 and also to the Chairmans List of the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel (SDRP). He is listed as a leading silk under sports law in the Legal 500 2002-3. Experience includes:

• Appointed as the only British member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport ad hoc Tribunal for UEFA 2000.
• Has acted in a number of sporting disputes, both as Counsel and as Arbitrator, and both for and against federations, clubs and sportsmen.
• Acting as an Arbitrator in relation to a dispute between a football club and The Vauxhall Conference League.
• Advising Tottenham Hotspur in several matters including their contract with Osvaldo Ardiles.
• Advising Newcastle United Football Club in relation to a contract with Adidas.
• Appointed as President of 2 Panels of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Salt Lake City, and as a member of 2 other Panels.
• Acting as a member of The Court of Arbitration for Sport, usually as Chairman, in relation to various disputes, and has gave an Advisory Opinion to a National Olympic Committee about the rules of an international sporting federation.

• Acting for the Claimant in an arbitration in Singapore in relation to a dispute arising from a share sale agreement and a warranty claim.
• Acting for Railtrack Group plc and Railtrack plc.
• Acting for Applicant for Judicial Review against Independent Television Commission.
• Acting for the Claimants in Donohue v. Armco Inc. and Others ([1999] 2 LLR 649 / [1999] CLC 1748), an important case on anti-suit injunctions.
• Acting for a subsidiary of a major car and construction industry manufacturer, to prevent distributor from supplying goods to competitors under an exclusivity clause in the Distribution Agreement.
• Appearing before the ECJ acting for distributor in relation to Distribution Agreements for Ford Motor Cars.
• Advising and Acting a major Japanese/UK car manufacturer in relation to dealership agreements.