Jurisdiction challenge rejected in Guernsey investment management case

In Xenfin v GFG [2025] EWHC 172 (Ch), the Chancery Division rejected a challenge to the jurisdiction...

Laurence Rabinowitz KC named in The Lawyer Hot 100 2025

One Essex Court is delighted that Laurence Rabinowitz KC has been recognised in The Lawyer’s Hot...

December 2024-January 2025 Issue

Commercial court upholds jurisdiction in major fraud claim against Indian financial group

The Commercial Court has dismissed a jurisdiction challenge brought by three corporate defendants in the...

High Court dismisses economic torts and rectification claims arising from share transfer

Aziz v B & S Partnership Limited and Ors [2023] EWHC 658 (Ch) In 2009, the Claimant’s 25% shareholding...

Commercial Court delivers judgment in first ever cyber-attack claim

Mr Justice Foxton has delivered judgment in the first civil claim in the English courts arising out of...

Court of Appeal determines novel issue of costs of jurisdictional challenge

On 28 March 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Gorbachev v Guriev [2023] EWCA Civ 327....

Second preliminary issues trial in the SKAT litigation

On 24 March 2023, the Commercial Court handed down judgment following the second preliminary issues trial...

Silks Day 2023

Congratulations to Henry Forbes Smith KC and Marcos Dracos KC following today's Silk ceremony...

International Women’s Day 2023 #EmbraceEquity

International Women’s Day has inspired us to actively reach out to school aged young women to encourage...

Litigant represented pro bono establishes that FOS acted irrationally in refusing to consider new evidence

In a significant judgment recently handed down by the Administrative Court, the Court has concluded that...

Article on the appropriation of financial collateral under English law security financial collateral arrangements

Kenneth MacLean KC has written an article on the exercise of the remedy of appropriation over financial...

Court of Appeal upholds Lugano Jurisdiction judgment

In its decision in Kwok v UBS handed down today ([2023] EWCA Civ 222), the Court of Appeal (Lord Burnett...

Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal dismisses $3bn freezing order appeal

The Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal has upheld the discharge of three freezing orders relating to assets...

Deutsche Bank wins Court of Appeal battle in contempt dispute

Deutsche Bank AG has prevailed in the latest phase of its long-running dispute with Monaco-based billionaire...