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