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The Lawyer Top Appeals of 2020
February 14 2020One Essex Court is delighted that 7 members of chambers are instructed in cases which feature in The Lawyer’s recently published Top Appeals of 2020. Mastercard / Visa – Interchange Fee Litigation A 4-day Supreme Court appeal of the £450m claim brought by retailers against alleged anti-competitive and excessive interchange fees on credit and debit card transactions. Judgment now...
Privy Council tests meaning and effect of s112(2) of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands
February 14 2020Section 112(2) was introduced into the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands in 2009. In Pearson (in his capacity as Additional Liquidator of Herald Fund SPC) v Primeo Fund [2020] UKPC 3, the JCPC considered, for the first time, an important point of statutory construction surrounding the meaning and effect of this provision. Section 112(2) of the Companies Law of the Cayman Islands provides...
First-tier Tribunal upholds group relief claims
February 10 2020LINPAC Group Holdings Ltd v HMRC [2020] UKFTT 60 (TC) LINPAC Group Holdings (“Holdings”), a global plastics supplier, has successfully overturned HMRC’s rejection of c£40 million of group relief claims (>£10m tax at stake) before the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) (“FTT”). Holdings made domestic claims for group relief in respect of losses of group...
The Lawyer Reveals its ‘Top 20 Cases’ of 2020
February 06 2020One Essex Court members are involved in seven cases featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases for 2020: Amjad Rihan v E&Y Global Limited & Ors The ‘whistle-blower’ proceedings brought by former partner Amjad Rihan in negligence and conspiracy, have generated significant media interest, including coverage in the BBC’s Panorama programme (28 October 2019). The claim by...
