LCIA Arbitration: shareholder dispute concerning £1bn family-owned group.
Judgment Date: 19 Feb 24
Shareholder dispute concerning £1bn family-owned group.
Shareholder dispute concerning £1bn family-owned group.
18-day High Court trial. Successfully defended £33m claims for alleged breach of directors’ duties, negligence, dishonest assistance and conspiracy arising out of the corporate restructuring of a private hospital group. Transaction alleged to include a transaction defrauding creditors (contrary to s.423 Insolvency Act 1996), unlawful dividend, unlawful return of capital and...
Rebecca led Emily Gailey on a 5-day summary judgment / strike out application for the Defendant firm of solicitors successfully striking out a multi-million-pound claim for professional negligence in which the Court found that the claim had been knowingly exaggerated.
Appearing for majority shareholder on 4-day costs and consequentials hearing including determination of costs liability where petitioner had failed to establish some allegations in unfair prejudice petition.
Rebecca appeared un-led in High Court trial on valuation of shares in an unfair prejudice petition involving cross-examination of share valuation experts.
Successfully obtaining interim injunctions to enforce restrictive covenants (non-solicitation and non-compete) and restrain use of confidential information against a former director and employee pending trial.