David Mumford KC and Watson Pringle, instructed by Mark Hastings and Abigail Healey of Quillon Law, acted for PJSC Far-Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO) in its successful challenge to the English Court’s jurisdiction to hear the $13.8 billion claim brought against it in the Commercial Court by Ziyavudin Magomedov and others. FESCO succeeded in relation to all three limbs of the test: serious issue to be tried, gateways and forum. James Mitchell also appeared for FESCO at the consequentials hearing. 

The judgment of Mr Justice Bright, which was handed down today, is available here