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October 02 2019

Chancery Division decides that £35 million Partition era dispute over the funds of the Nizam of Hyderabad is justiciable and applies principles of trusts and restitution to award the money to India and others, dismissing the claims of Pakistan.

High Commissioner for Pakistan in the United Kingdom v Prince Muffakham Jah and Others [2019] EWHC 2551...

September 20 2019

Commercial Court confirms for the first time that the rule against the recovery of reflective loss is a rule of substantive law and cannot therefore displace an otherwise applicable foreign lex causae

KMG International NV v (1) Melanie Anne Chen (2) Chipper Management Limited [2019] EWHC 2389 (Comm) In...

September 18 2019

Commercial Court upholds jurisdiction challenge and strikes out claims in respect of the collapse of Russian bank, Promsvyazbank

Tsareva & Ananyev; Galagaev & Ananyev [2019] EWHC 2414 (Comm) Following the collapse of Promsvyazbank...

September 17 2019

Cayman CA confirms dismissal of US$2bn claim by Madoff feeder fund

Primeo Fund (In Official Liquidation) v (1) Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited (2) HSBC Securities Services...

September 12 2019

One Essex Court sponsors Fraud and Asset Tracing Events in London and Miami

One Essex Court is pleased to sponsor two C5 Fraud and Asset Tracing events next month: the C5 Fraud and...

September 05 2019

One Essex Court shortlisted for Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019

Chambers and Partners have today announced the nominees for this year’s Chambers UK Bar Awards,...

August 02 2019

Court of Appeal rejects subjective interpretation of unilateral notice

Stobart Group sued Mr Tinkler under a tax indemnity he had given when he sold the shares in Stobart Rail....

July 31 2019

Court of Appeal sets out new test for rectification

Terra Firma has successfully upheld in the Court of Appeal the judgment it obtained from the High Court...

July 29 2019

Supreme Court clarifies the scope of Article 24 of the Recast Regulation

On 29 July 2019, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Akçil & ors v Koza Ltd & anr...

July 29 2019

The Upper Tribunal has allowed HMRC’s appeal in Ingenious Games LLP & Others v HMRC and dismissed the LLPs’ appeals.

The First-tier Tribunal had concluded that the film LLPs (but not the Games’ LLP) were trading with...

July 04 2019

Enforcement of arbitration awards against States: issues of service

General Dynamics United Kingdom Limited v The State of Libya [2019] EWCA Civ 1110 The Court of Appeal...

June 28 2019

Macquarie successfully claims fees for financial advisory work

Daniel Toledano QC, Nehali Shah and Henry Hoskins acted for Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited in successfully...

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Chancery Division decides that £35 million Partition era dispute over the funds of the Nizam of Hyderabad is justiciable and applies principles of trusts and restitution to award the money to India and others, dismissing the claims of Pakistan.

Commercial Court confirms for the first time that the rule against the recovery of reflective loss is a rule of substantive law and cannot therefore displace an otherwise applicable foreign lex causae

Commercial Court upholds jurisdiction challenge and strikes out claims in respect of the collapse of Russian bank, Promsvyazbank

Cayman CA confirms dismissal of US$2bn claim by Madoff feeder fund

One Essex Court sponsors Fraud and Asset Tracing Events in London and Miami

One Essex Court shortlisted for Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019

Court of Appeal rejects subjective interpretation of unilateral notice

Court of Appeal sets out new test for rectification

Supreme Court clarifies the scope of Article 24 of the Recast Regulation

The Upper Tribunal has allowed HMRC’s appeal in Ingenious Games LLP & Others v HMRC and dismissed the LLPs’ appeals.

Enforcement of arbitration awards against States: issues of service

Macquarie successfully claims fees for financial advisory work