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A go-to commercial set
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Clear, concise, commercial and pragmatic advice
Chambers UK
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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In Dekel v Clerkenwell Lifestyle Limited, the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands declined to grant leave for a minority shareholder to pursue substantial claims on behalf of a capital raising vehicle incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. ...
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The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2025 recognises the most high-profile and high-value disputes on the horizon. Georgia Terry features in The Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation (Dieselgate)....
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The Commercial Court has released for publication a series of judgments addressing the principles applicable to the grant of without notice third party disclosure orders, and related seal and gag orders. The first judgment of Mr Justice Bryan [here] followed the two-stage approach favoured by the courts of Hong Kong and the BVI, under which the Court first considers in private whether or not to grant a seal and gag order, before later considering (at a hearing on notice to the third party only, but under the protection of the seal and gag order) the substantive disclosure application. Bryan J’s second judgment [here] comprehensively analyses and applies the Court’s jurisdiction under the Norwich Pharmacal regime and the Court’s Section 37 Senior Courts Act 1981/inherent jurisdiction to grant third-party disclosure orders to enable a claimant effectively to police freezing injunctions....
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The members of the rock band The 1975, represented by Edmund Cullen KC, have succeeded in their application to strike out the claim brought against them by the promoters of the Good Vibes 2023 festival in Malaysia. ...
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Richard Morgan KC and Duncan McCombe recently appeared in Almeqham v Belgrave Properties Ltd [2025] EWHC 322 (Ch), resulting in an important judgment concerning the Cross Border Insolvency Regulations and service within the jurisdiction. ...
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Richard Bottomley, instructed by Robyn Adams of Debenhams Ottaway, successfully acted for Pheasantland Limited in resisting an application made by Abbotsley Limited for recusal of the trial judge. HHJ Walden-Smith, sitting as a High Court Judge, found after two days of oral argument that the application was totally without merit. The 18-day trial is listed for April....
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