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Our core practice areas are Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Civil Fraud, Company & Partnership, Insolvency & Asset Recovery and Offshore & Trusts, with a number of leading specialists in related fields.
We excel in the most challenging commercial disputes at the Bar. We have been consistently ranked as a leading set in all our areas of practice and we are particularly recognised for our cross-disciplinary expertise.
Maitland is described as a “go-to commercial set”, with significant expertise in commercial litigation and arbitration both in the UK and internationally.
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Maitland is a pre-eminent set noted for its expertise in high-value fraud disputes, with barristers appearing in the major trials, arbitrations and appeals taking place in England and internationally in this area.
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Maitland’s pedigree in company & partnership disputes is longstanding. We cover the full range of work, e.g. breach of directors/fiduciary duties, shareholder claims & corporate governance issues.
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Described as “a powerhouse for insolvency”, Maitland deals with everything from domestic issues to global group collapses. It has expertise in using insolvency processes to support enforcement.
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Maitland is regularly instructed in heavyweight offshore and trusts disputes offering significant experience before foreign courts at first instance and at appellate level.
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Including Banking & Financial Services, Real Estate, Media & Entertainment, IP, Cryptoassets, Professional Negligence, Tax, Private Client, Charities, ADR, Technology.
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A successful outcome for the First Defendant in Kireeva v Zolotova, in which a Russian bankruptcy trustee had attempted to claim ownership of a valuable property in Italy via a share in an English company. ...
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On 21 October 2024 the High Court handed down judgment in Lane v Lane [2024] EWHC 2616 (Ch). ...
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Judgment has been handed down in Re a company [2024] EWHC 2656 (Ch), in which ICC Judge Burton granted an injunction to restrain a winding up petition on the basis that the applicant company has a genuine and serious cross-claim against the would-be petitioning creditor, in the sum of £44m. The Judge expressly rejected the creditor’s contention that the asserted cross-claim must be capable of being set out in a pleading, holding that “there is scope for this court to determine an asserted cross-claim to be genuine and serious even in circumstances where all of the information one would usually require for it to be properly pleaded, is not before this court.” The Judge reiterated that the threshold test for an injunction of this kind is “low”, and that if there is any doubt about the cross-claim, the court should proceed with caution....
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The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Mohammed v Daji [2024] EWCA Civ 1247, a significant case relating to the ownership of the Abbey Mills Mosque in West Ham and the split within the Tablighi Jamaat movement of Islam. The judgment of Newey LJ discusses various aspects of judicial fact-finding about the intentions of donors to a charitable trust, as well as judicial findings of fact....
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Maxim Cardew represented the successful applicants in Mohammed v Patel [2024] EWHC 2581 (Ch) in their application for a declaration and injunctive relief calling for fresh elections to the Executive Committee of a Charity operating a substantial mosque. The case concerned the correct construction of the constitution of the Charity (an unincorporated association), the lawfulness of a previous election that had been held, and the appropriate test for granting declaratory and injunctive relief in such circumstances. The decision also considered whether and in what circumstances the constitution of a charitable unincorporated association could be waived or varied....
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We are delighted to be ranked once again in The Legal 500 across all our core areas of practice. Thank you very much to our clients and colleagues across the profession for their feedback and for the interesting and challenging instructions sent our way. Our clerking team has also rightly received excellent comments from the market. The Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025 is now available to view online. You can view the rankings for Chambers and its barristers here....
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