Chambers UK 2020

Silks

David Blayney QC: "He is an extremely nice man and a very clever, thoughtful and original thinker." "He is very good and deals with the technical aspects of cases enormously impressively."

Legal 500 2020

Silks: 

David Blayney QC: "His intellect has truly frightening firepower, but he wears it lightly and is incredibly easy to work with."

Dominic Dowley QC: "Extremely responsive and helpful in a time-pressured case."

Philip Marshall QC: "One of the best courtroom advocates at the commercial Bar."

Elizabeth Jones QC: "Her intellectual powers are outstanding, as is her tenacity."

Juniors: 

Simon Hattan: "Absolutely brilliant – a real all-rounder who you can totally trust on a range of commercial and financial litigation."

Shanghai Shipyard Co Ltd v Reignwood International Investment (Group) Company Ltd [2020] EWHC 803 (Comm):

The Commercial Court held that a parent company guarantee of the final instalment under a shipbuilding contract was not a demand bond but a true “see to it” guarantee, under which the guarantor did not have to pay unless an arbitration award was first made against the owner.  The case has attracted significant interest in the shipbuilding industry, and permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal has been granted.

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Ang v Reliantco [2019] 3 W.L.R. 161:

Jonathan Harris QC (Hon.) and Zahler Bryan successfully argued that an investor in Bitcoin futures was a consumer for the purposes of the European rules of jurisdiction in Ang v Reliantco [2019] 3 W.L.R. 161. 

Yukos Finance B.V & ors v Stephen Lynch & Ors:

Jonathan Adkin QC successfully acted for one of the Defendants in Yukos Finance B.V & ors v Stephen Lynch & Ors in a five-week Commercial Court trial arising out of the Yukos Oil saga, in which allegations of corrupt participation in a rigged Russian auction were dismissed. 

Grove Park Properties v Royal Bank of Scotland:

Lance Ashworth QC continues to represent the claimant in Grove Park Properties v Royal Bank of Scotland due to be heard in May 2020, in which allegations of forgery are made against the bank's employees, with the result that the Claimant is excused from repaying £16 million.

Punjab National Bank (PNB) v Srinivasan [2019] EWHC 3495 (Ch):

In Punjab National Bank (PNB) v Srinivasan [2019] EWHC 3495 (Ch), Matthew Morrison appeared for the Third Defendant in connection with an appeal from a judgment setting aside permission to serve the Defendants out of the jurisdiction. PNB's claims in respect of loans totaling US$37 m were based on personal guarantees and allegations that the loans had been produced by fraudulent misrepresentation. The decision to set aside permission on the grounds of non-disclosure of existing foreign proceedings, and the absence of viable claims in contract and deceit, was upheld on appeal. 

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