Maitland Chambers

28 Jul 22

HMRC successfully resists appeal by Inmarsat against a ruling on capital allowances on the costs of launching six leased satellites

HMRC has been successful in the Court of Appeal in a further stage of a long-running dispute with Inmarsat concerning a claim for capital allowances on launch costs in relation to six leased communications satellites which were launched between 1990 and 1996. The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal had agreed with HMRC that no deduction was available....

20 Jul 22

WWRT Limited v Carosan Trading Limited and Boris Kaufman

Richard Morgan QC and Rowena Page, with Richard Brown of Carey Olsen, acted for Boris Kaufman successfully resisting the appeals and an application to adduce fresh evidence made by WWRT Limited. The case concerned an alleged assignment to WWRT Limited of the right to bring Ukrainian law claims in tort against Mr Kaufman in support of which WWRT Limited had obtained a worldwide freezing order and permission to serve Mr Kaufman in Ukraine....

06 Jul 22

The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022

We are pleased to announce that Maitland Chambers and a number of our barristers have been shortlisted for awards at this year’s Legal 500 Bar Awards. Our nominations are for:...

13 Jun 22

Shop Direct Finance Company Limited v The Official Receiver [2022] EWHC 1355 (Comm)

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 whether it was the bankrupt’s or the Official Receiver’s “awareness” that was relevant to the time limit at DISP 2.8.2R(2)(b) of the FCA Handbook and whether the complaints were in fact time-barred. ...

07 Jun 22

Namalco v Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd

The High Court of Trinidad & Tobago has handed down judgment in Namalco v. Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd (EMBD) CV 2016 01522, finding an unlawful means conspiracy between mega contractor Namalco Construction and ex-senior officials of the Government entity EMBD to inflate prices for the development of roads and housing sites for ex Caroni workers on the islands. Supplementary agreements were declared void as a result, reducing EMBD’s liability for work done from TT$ 1.2bn to TT$ 400m....

17 May 22

National Investment Bank Ltd. v Eland International (Thailand) Co. Ltd. [2022] EWHC 1168 (Comm)

The Commercial Court today (17 May 2022) handed down judgment in National Investment Bank Ltd. v Eland International (Thailand) Co. Ltd. [2022] EWHC 1168 (Comm) granting the Claimant’s application under s.72 of the Arbitration Act 1996 for a declaration that the arbitrator, Mr Simon Nesbitt QC of Maitland Chambers, who was appointed pursuant to an order of the Commercial Court in 2020 under s.18 of the Arbitration Act 1996, had no jurisdiction to determine the Defendants’ claim against the Claimant for over US$300 million. ...

29 Apr 22

Sarah Butler-Sloss and Ors v The Charity Commission and HM Attorney General [2022] EWHC 974 (Ch)

The High Court handed down judgment in Sarah Butler-Sloss and Others v The Charity Commission and HM Attorney General [2022] EWHC 974 (Ch) on 29 April 2022....

21 Mar 22

Silk Appointments

Many congratulations from all at Maitland Chambers to our new Silks, Andrew Westwood QC and Thomas Munby QC who were formally sworn in on Monday 21 March following a ceremony at Westminster Hall....

07 Feb 22

Darragh Connell joins Maitland Chambers

Maitland Chambers is delighted to announce that Darragh Connell has joined Chambers from today. Darragh is a leading commercial junior and was called to the Bar in 2012. He has a very busy commercial litigation practice focusing on domestic and international contractual disputes, contentious insolvency, civil fraud and digital asset recovery. Prior to the Bar, Darragh worked in the financial services industry and he is ranked in Band 1 of Chambers and Partners for Cryptocurrency Disputes having been instructed in one of the first reported cases in relation to this burgeoning area....