Maitland Chambers

16 May 23

Restructuring plan rejected: Ted Loveday acts for opposing creditors

Mr Justice Adam Johnson has handed down judgment in Re The Great Annual Savings Company Ltd [2023] EWHC 1141 (Ch) refusing to sanction a restructuring plan for an energy broking company. Ted Loveday acted for three energy suppliers who successfully opposed the plan. The judgment is available here. ...

15 May 23

Alizade v Kudlick

Judgment in the case of Alizade v Kudlick was handed down last week. It is an example of the Court exercising its discretion not to order a (former) trustee to account. ...

11 May 23

Maria Mulla joins Maitland

Maitland is delighted to welcome Maria Mulla to Chambers....

02 May 23

High Court hands down judgment in favour of the actor Eva Green in Green v (1) White Lantern (2) SMC [2023] EWHC 930 (Ch).

The High Court has handed down judgment in favour of the actor Eva Green in Eva Green v (1) White Lantern Film (Britannica) Ltd (2) SMC Speciality Finance LLC [2023] EWHC 930 (Ch). Edmund Cullen KC and Amanda Hadkiss represented Eva Green at the trial and were instructed by Archerfield Partners LLP....

27 Apr 23

High Court hands down judgment in the case of THJ Systems v Sheridan [2023] EWHC 927 (Ch)

The High Court has handed down judgment in THJ Systems v Sheridan [2023] EWHC 927 (Ch), a dispute about intellectual property and expulsion from a two-member limited liability partnership in which Amanda Hadkiss and Ted Loveday acted for the Defendants....

06 Apr 23

The Official Receiver v Shop Direct Finance Company Limited [2023] EWCA Civ 367

Michael Gibbon KC and Maxim Cardew acted for the Official Receiver in his successful appeal to the Court of Appeal against the judgment in Shop Direct Finance Company Limited v The Official Receiver [2022] EWHC 1355 (Comm); [2022] BPIR 1280. ...

05 Apr 23

Dean Armstrong KC Advises Facewatch in Successful Personal Data Compliance by the ICO

Dean Armstrong KC has assisted Facewatch, the UK facial recognition technology company, with expert advice on personal data policy. Mr Armstrong’s advice has led to a successful outcome when key aspects of its personal data processing were recently assessed by the United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)....

03 Mar 23

LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd. v LA Micro Group, Inc [2023] EWCA Civ 214

Andrew Twigger KC succeeded in the Court of Appeal in upholding the Judge’s order, despite the Court of Appeal rejecting the reasons the Judge gave for his decision....

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....