Judgment handed down in A Corporation v Firm B [2025] EWHC 1092 (Comm)
On 8 May 2025, the Commercial Court handed down its judgment in A Corporation v Firm B. The case provides useful guidance around the obligation of confidentiality in arbitral proceedings, and in particular, the parameters of this obligation where a law firm acts for multiple clients in separate arbitrations arising out of the same or […]
15th May 2025
Court of Appeal hands down judgment in Disclosure and Barring Service v Tata Consultancy Services Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ...
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Disclosure and Barring Service v Tata Consultancy Services Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 380. The decision provides a pithy summary of the principles of interpretation in the context of a condition precedent (with Coulson LJ giving the lead judgment and a concurring judgment from Lewison LJ). It […]
22nd April 2025
Judgment handed down in Contract Natural Gas Ltd v Zog Energy Ltd – Gideon Shirazi
On 21 January 2025, the Chancery Division of the High Court handed down judgment in the case of Contract Natural Gas Limited (in liquidation) v ZOG Energy Limited (in liquidation) [2025] EWHC 86 (Ch), in which Gideon Shirazi of 4 Pump Court was instructed by Prettys Solicitors LLP on behalf of ZOG Energy Limited. Contract […]
14th April 2025
Alex Potts KC appears before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in the case of Raiffeisen Bank International AG v...
Alex Potts KC has recently appeared before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in the case of Raiffeisen Bank International AG v Scully Royalty Ltd et al [2025] CIGC (FISD) 23. The Court delivered a judgment dated 20 March 2025, addressing the Ninth Defendant’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court, following the Plaintiff’s […]
25th March 2025
Judgment handed down in Chugga Chugg Pty Ltd v Privinvest Holding SAL [2025] EWHC 585 (Comm)
On 14 March 2024, the Commercial Court handed down judgment in the case of Chugga Chugg Pty Ltd v Privinvest Holding SAL [2025] EWHC 585 (Comm) in which Rani Noakes and Jacob Haddad of 4 Pump Court were instructed by Preston Turnbull LLP on behalf of the Defendant. Chugga Chugg (an SPV) claimed €9.955m under […]
17th March 2025
Judgment handed down in IBM United Kingdom Ltd v LzLabs GmbH & Ors [2025] EWHC 532 (TCC)
On 10 March 2025, the TCC handed down judgment in the case of IBM United Kingdom Ltd v LzLabs GmbH & Ors [2025] EWHC 532 (TCC). The case, which was featured as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2024, proceeded to a 10-week trial last April on liability issues. IBM UK’s (“IBM”) claim related to […]
13th March 2025
Alex Haines represents successful applicant in substantive hearing before the Islamic Development Bank Group...
Having been successful in the jurisdictional judgment delivered in February 2024 (Decision No. 2024/04), Alex Haines, leading Henry Reid, appeared for the Applicant at the final hearing, before five judges, in Jeddah on 3rd November 2024. Alex represented the Saudi National Applicant against the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (“ICD”) in a […]
6th March 2025
Stop Press – Significant and Substantial new TCC Guidance on Building Liability Orders and Section 132 Information...
In a Judgment delivered today in the case of BDW -v- Ardmore Limited the TCC (His Honour Judge Keyser KC) has given very significant new guidance on both (1) when a Building Liability Order can be made and (2) When a Section 132 Information Order will be made – and the significant limits on such […]
27th February 2025
The FTT’s approach under BSA 2022, Section 124 : “defects”, “building safety risk” and “just and...
As is now well known, section 124 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (the “BSA”) confers jurisdiction on the First-tier Tribunal (Property Division) (“FTT”) to make a Remediation Contribution Order (“RCO”) “for the purpose of meeting costs incurred or to be incurred in remedying or otherwise in connection with, relevant defects”. An RCO can be made against […]
6th February 2025
Key Northern Ireland guidance on the meaning of “finally determined” for the purpose of the Building Safety Act 2022
The residents in one of the most high profile cases in recent history in Northern Ireland – Ulster Garden Villages and others -v- Farrans (Construction) Limited and others, otherwise known as “the Victoria Square case” – have prevailed in the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland. In doing so, the Order arrived at by the […]
13th December 2024
Judgment handed down in Eronat v. CNPC International (Chad) Ltd and another – Simon Davenport KC
Bryan J has ruled on time periods in respect of a section 69 Arbitration Act 1996 appeal (and a section 66 enforcement application). The time period ruling also engaged contractual construction of a clause in a deed of indemnity which provided that the appeal could be brought “within 30 days after the decision is rendered”. […]
26th November 2024
Simon Davenport KC acts in Ellis Richards and others v The State of Trinidad and Tobago
Judgment was handed down in Ellis Richards and others v The State of Trinidad and Tobago in which Simon Davenport KC led Carsten Zatschler SC, Eamon Courtenay SC, Dr Kenny Anthony (the former prime minister of Saint Lucia), Gregory Pantin of Hamel Smith and Prof Happold. Simon was instructed by Miguel Vasquez of Hamel Smith. The case […]
14th November 2024
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