Promit Chatterjee has written an article for Lexis Nexis analysing a recent High Court decision
Promit Chatterjee has written an article for Lexis Nexis analysing a recent High Court decision (Re Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd [2025] EWHC 205 (Ch)). In this decision, the Court approved a restructuring plan despite the dissent of two out of four classes of creditors and the plan disproportionately benefiting the shareholders. The article discusses the practical implications of the case, the background, and the court’s decision....
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Supreme Court judgment in Bilta (UK) Ltd v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025]
Christopher Parker KC and Andrew Westwood KC, instructed by Jamie Leader at Enyo Law LLP, acted for the successful liquidators in an important decision of the Supreme Court on the scope of the fraudulent trading provisions in section 213 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (“IA 1986”) in Bilta (UK) Ltd v Tradition Financial Services Ltd [2025] UKSC 18. ...
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Jason Mitchell appointed Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Jason Mitchell has been appointed a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), following his completion of CIArb’s Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration....
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South Africa grapples with the act of state doctrine and choice of law in delict
The Supreme Court of Appeal delivered judgment today in East Asian Consortium v MTN Group. ...
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Judgment handed down in Hipgnosis SFH 1 Ltd v Barry Manilow & Anr [2025]
Rights owner, Hipgnosis SFH 1 Ltd, represented by Edmund Cullen KC, has successfully appealed against the grant of a stay of its claim against Barry Manilow. Edmund was instructed by Andrew Sharland of Clintons....
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Judgment handed down in Okuashvili v Ivanishvili & Ors [2025]
Thomas Munby KC, instructed by Bree Taylor and Reece Davison at Alius Law, acted for one of the successful defendants in the recent jurisdiction challenges in Okuashvili v Ivanishvili & Ors [2025] EWHC 829 (Ch). ...
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Relief from sanctions refused where a costs budget was “illusory”
Alec McCluskey, instructed by Sobashni De Silva and Kulwant Sokhal of JMW Solicitors LLP, acted for the claimant in successfully resisting an application for relief from sanctions....
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Judgment on jurisdiction challenge in Okuashvili v. Ivanishvili
Watson Pringle, instructed by Sarah Rees and Conor Daly of Blake Morgan LLP, acted for Bidzina Ivanishvili, the former Prime Minister of Georgia, in his successful challenge to the English Court’s jurisdiction in relation to a claim brought against him and others by Zaza Okuashvili based on allegations of conspiracy, intimidation and extortion in connection with large Georgian car and tobacco businesses. ...
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Pro Bono Recognition List 2025
Maitland is delighted to announce that Andrew Westwood KC, Maxim Cardew, and Kendya Goodman have been named in the Pro Bono Recognition List 2025. ...
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