Arnold Ayoo, acting for the Claimant (C), successfully resisted the Defendant’s (D) application to suspend asset disclosure under a freezing injunction, pending challenges to the freezing injunction which included an anti-suit injunction in Hong Kong and an appeal to the English Court of Appeal (“the Challenges”). ...
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The Commercial Court has handed down a judgment in Smarter Applications Ltd v Shenzhen H&T Intelligent Control Ltd [2025] EWHC 3067 (Comm), in relation to various procedural issues arising from attempts to serve a Claim Form on a Chinese manufacturer pursuant to a problematically drafted service agent clause....
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Judgment has been handed down in Al Othman Holding Company v Al Rajhi Holding WLL [2025] EWHC 3078 (Comm) in which the Claimant’s claim for sums allegedly due under a loan agreement was dismissed by Mrs Justice Dias following a contested Commercial Court trial....
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Huge congratulations to Edmund Cullen KC and David Mumford KC who won at the Chambers UK Bar Awards held at Old Billingsgate last night...
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David Mumford KC and James Kinman acted for the National Iranian Oil Company (“NIOC”) before the Court of Appeal, together with Bankim Thanki KC, Laura Newton and Marc Delehanty....
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We are delighted to be ranked once again in the Legal 500....
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On 25 July 2025, judgment was handed down by Tom Smith KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, in Core VCT v Soho Square Capital and others [2025] EWHC 1918 (Ch), a decision concerning amendment of statements of case and the application of section 32 of the Limitation Act in the context of summary judgment applications. ...
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We are pleased that Maitland has been shortlisted for four awards at this year’s Legal 500 UK Bar Awards. Our nominations are for: Commercial Litigation: Junior of the year – Benjamin John Public Services and Charities: Set of the year Technology, Data and Crypto: Junior of the year – Darragh K. Connell Set of the year View the full shortlist. ...
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The Supreme Court’s judgment in Recovery Partners & anr. v Rukhadze & ors., handed down last week, considers what role, if any, principles of causation have to play when deciding the scope of an account of profits, particularly in relation to a breach of fiduciary duty involving the pursuit of a maturing corporate business opportunity by directors after they have left office. ...
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