Maitland Chambers

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....

27 Jan 22

David Mumford QC successfully appears in ECSC Court of Appeal case deciding the test of “control” of documents for disclosure purposes

David Mumford QC has successfully resisted an appeal to the ECSC Court of Appeal against an order refusing disclosure of documents belonging to a subsidiary company in litigation against an indirect parent. The ECSC determined, for the first time, that the English learning on what constitutes “control” of documents for disclosure purposes applied, including the developments of the Lonrho test seen in cases such as North Shore Ventures and Ardila Investments. The Court of Appeal also gave helpful guidance on the standard of appellate review applicable to decisions of fact based on documents. David was instructed by Andrew Willins and Laure-Astrid Wigglesworth of Appleby....

20 Jan 22

The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2022

We are pleased to see two appeals that our members are involved in this year feature in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2022:...

12 Jan 22

The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2022

We are pleased to see Thomas Grant QC, James Kinman and Edward Armitage mentioned in The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2022 released this week. They are instructed by Mark Hastings and Michael Barnett of Quillon Law, acting for the claimants in the case of Maroil Trading Inc and others v Cally Shipholdings. The Lawyer’s Top 20 list includes cases with the most significant sums in dispute as well as disputes involving high profile parties or issues....