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, is available here: Magomedov v PJSC [2025] EWHC 59 (Comm)