United Company Rusal Plc v Crispian Investments Limited & Anor
The Commercial Court has issued the reasons for its decision in a dispute between United Company Rusal Plc (“Rusal”, a company associated with Oleg Deripaska and one of the world’s major producers of aluminium) and Crispian Investments Limited (“Crispian”, a company associated with Roman Abramovich) as to a proposed sale by Crisipian of its shares in PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, one of the world’s largest producers of nickel and palladium....
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The Investec Appeals – Privy Council Judgment
The Privy Council has given its long-awaited and highly significant judgment on 8 appeals concerning the administration of the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust during the global financial crisis in 2007-08....
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Property Alliance Group Ltd v RBS – Court of Appeal Judgment
On 2 March 2018 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the much-anticipated appeal in Property Alliance Group Ltd v The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (heard over seven days between January and February 2018)....
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Carillion
Michael Gibbon QC and Andrew Westwood, instructed by Dentons, acted for the Official Receiver as compulsory liquidator on his urgent application for the immediate appointment of PwC as special managers over the Carillion companies....
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Lehman - Court of Appeal Judgment on withholding tax
Court determined interest under Insolvency Rules subject to withholding tax. Catherine Addy QC was instructed by HMRC....
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Andrew Walker QC - Chair of the Bar 2018
From 1 January 2018 Andrew Walker QC took up his position as Chair of the Bar, succeeding Andrew Langdon QC....
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Queen’s Counsel Appointments
We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Gregory Banner and George Hayman as Queen's Counsel in the latest silk list....
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Winner in the Legal 500 UK Awards 2018
Maitland is delighted to have won 'Set of the Year' for Private client: trusts and probate in the latest Legal 500 Awards....
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Supreme Court judgment on the leading case in gaming law
On 25 October 2017 the Supreme Court gave judgment in Ivey v Genting, now the leading case in gaming law and the law on dishonesty. The claimant, a world famous gambler, walked into Crockford’s casino in Mayfair and won nearly £8m at Punto Banco in just two sessions. There was no dispute about what he did: it was a card trick called edge-sorting: the only issue was whether it was cheating. The High Court, the Court of Appeal and now the Supreme Court decided that it was, setting a new standard of probity in gaming law and re-writing the law on dishonesty in the process. It has already been called “the most important case in a generation”. Crockford’s was represented by Christopher Pymont QC and Siward Atkins....
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