Advising the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry on bankruptcy issues (2023)
Judgment Date: 01 Jan 23
Advising Good Law Project on complaint regarding financial mismanagement and political activity
In Transworld Payment Solutions UK Ltd (In Liquidation) v First Curacao International Bank NV [2022] EWHC 2742 (Ch), Mr Justice Freedman dismissed challenges by the Defendants to the jurisdiction of the court and/or seeking a stay of the proceedings on forum non-conveniens grounds. The Claimant (“TWPS”) was a company that provided...
Rebecca led Emily Gailey on a 5-day summary judgment / strike out application for the Defendant firm of solicitors successfully striking out a multi-million-pound claim for professional negligence in which the Court found that the claim had been knowingly exaggerated.
Michael Gibbon QC and Maxim Cardew acted for the Official Receiver in Shop Direct Finance Company Limited v The Official Receiver [2022] EWHC 1355 (Comm). The case concerned bulk PPI complaints made in respect of thousands of bankrupt consumers of whom the Official Receiver is the trustee in bankruptcy, and in particular...