Maitland Chambers

27 Jul 23

Matthew Collings KC and Tim Calland succeed in claim to unravel collapsed fractional ownership investment scheme

Matthew Collings KC and Tim Calland appeared on behalf of the successful claimants seeking to recover misappropriated property interests in two hotels that were the subject of a failed fractional ownership investment scheme on behalf of the insolvent entities that own them....

17 Jul 23

Leslie v Ball [2023] EWHC 1771 (Ch)

Alec McCluskey appeared on behalf of one of the defendants who successfully resisted an application by claimants on a double derivative claim seeking a Wallersteiner v Moir order requiring the company on whose behalf the claim is being brought to indemnify the claimants in respect of the costs of the litigation. ...

14 Jul 23

Maitland shortlisted for three awards at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023

Maitland is pleased to be shortlisted for Technology, Data and Crypto Set of the Year, Property and Housing Set of the Year and Public Services and Charities Set of the Year at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. ...

06 Jul 23

Eshraq Investment v Shehab Gargash and Others

Maria Mulla succeeds in defending all claims on behalf her clients Shehab Gargash, Daman Investments PSC, and Daman Real Estate Capital Partners Limited against claims advanced by Eshraq Investments PJSC with a combined value of 6,284.002.98 AED. ...

06 Jul 23

Raier v Correa and others

9 June 2023, Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, Financial Services Division. Richard Morgan KC and Rosanna Foskett acted for the successful Defendants, instructed by Richard Annette and Adam Russell-Knee of Stuarts Walker Hersant Humphries....

29 Jun 23

Three new tenants join Maitland

Congratulations to our pupils, Kendya Goodman, Jason Mitchell and Georgia Terry, who have all accepted invitations to join Maitland upon successful completion of pupillage. Head of Chambers, Michael Gibbon KC, said “We are delighted that Kendya, Jason and Georgia will be joining us. They are all exceptional, and we look forward to watching their practices flourish at Maitland over the coming years”. They will start their tenancies with us in September 2023, adding additional talent to our outstanding junior barristers....

26 Jun 23

Global Distressed Alpha Capital I Limited v Herman – an important decision for Bermudian directors

On 23 June 2023 the Bermudian Court of Appeal (Sir Christopher Clarke P, Gloster JA, Smellie JA) handed down judgment in Global Distressed Alpha Capital I Limited v Herman [2023] CA (Bda) 12 Civ. Gregory Banner KC acted for the appellant, GDACI, successfully arguing that the usual broad Bermudian indemnity for directors contained in bye-laws of GDACI did not apply to a claim to account for unlawful profits or gains, even when fraud was not alleged; such claims were governed exclusively, and permitted, by a differently framed bye-law. ...

26 Jun 23

Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited v Bidzina Ivanishvili & Ors [2023] CA (Bda) 13 Civ

Richard Morgan KC (who did not appear below), leading Louise Hutton KC and Felix Wardle, instructed by Hurrion and Associates in Bermuda and Blake Morgan in London, appeared on behalf of the successful respondents opposing an appeal by Credit Suisse Life against a US$607 million judgment entered against it in March 2022 relating to the extensive frauds perpetrated in the course of the mismanagement of the respondents’ investments....

12 Jun 23

New Head of Chambers

We are delighted to announce that Michael Gibbon KC has been elected as Maitland’s new Head of Chambers. Michael is a leading Silk at the Commercial and Chancery bar, with a substantial caseload across our core areas of practice. His profile is here....