Maitland Chambers

27 Feb 23

Dismissal of high-profile challenge to the appointment of joint administrators over a technology company specialising in post-quantum computing

Michael Gibbon K.C. and Darragh Connell (acting for the joint administrators) and Nicholas Peacock K.C. and Edward Granger (acting for the appointing party) successfully resisted an expedited application challenging the appointment of joint administrators over a technology company....

27 Feb 23

High Court judgment handed down in highly anticipated case – Osbourne v Persons Unknown & Ors [2023]

A highly anticipated judgment has been passed down from the High Court, allowing for service via Non-Fungible Token (NFT) on a defendant as the sole means of service. Osbourne v Persons Unknown & Ors [2023] EWHC 340 (KB) concerns Ms. Lavinia Osbourne, who sought to restrict the movement of two NFTs, which were misappropriated from her cryptoasset wallet in 2022. In the judgment, Mr Healy-Pratt (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) expanded on the comments made by Lavender J in his January 2023 judgment relating to the same case....

20 Feb 23

Leading Crypto Practitioners join Maitland

We are excited to announce that Dean Armstrong KC and Racheal Muldoon have joined Chambers. They bring further strength to our civil fraud and broader asset recovery credentials, particularly in the field of cryptoassets in which both Dean and Racheal are highly recommended in Chambers & Partners....

16 Feb 23

Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2023

The Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2023 was launched online today (16 February 2023) where we are delighted to be ranked as a leading set in four practice areas.Maitland now has 34 individual barristers ranked across four areas including Commercial Dispute Resolution, Commercial Chancery, Offshore and Insolvency....

09 Feb 23

Success in agricultural finance group claim

Ted Loveday, instructed by Clarke Willmott LLP, has successfully obtained settlements in long-running High Court claims for alleged mis-selling of financial products to farmers by companies including Nationwide Corporate Finance Ltd....

25 Jan 23

Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3

Andrew Twigger KC represented the successful appellant in the Supreme Court. The lead judgment by Lady Rose contains important clarifications to the law concerning implied terms and the circumstances in which the terms of a contract between the parties bar an unjust enrichment remedy. ...

23 Jan 23

Malik, Malik & Malik v Malik [2023] EWHC 59 (Ch)

Thomas Munby KC and James Kinman (instructed by Ken Duncan and Alina Neal of Stephenson Harwood LLP) represented the successful paper title owner in a long-running family dispute over the ownership of a Knightsbridge flat. The case gave rise to important questions relating to the emerging doctrine of what has been termed “judicial estoppel” and the law of adverse possession....

20 Jan 23

Harrington Scott Ltd v Coupe Bradbury Solicitors Ltd

Rebecca Page and Emily Gailey, instructed by RPC, successfully struck out a multi-million-pound professional negligence claim against the claimant’s former solicitors after a substantial 5-day summary judgment / strike out hearing: Harrington Scott Ltd v Coupe Bradbury Solicitors Ltd [2022] EWHC 2275 (Ch). The judgment can be found here....

19 Jan 23

Sara & Hossein v Blacks

Richard Fowler represented the successful landlord in the Supreme Court in a notable new case about commercial leases....