Beijing Songxianghu v Kam [2025] EWHC 3068 (Comm): Commercial Court refuses to suspend asset disclosure in HK$220m enforcement action

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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Judgment handed down in Smarter Applications Ltd v Shenzhen H&T Intelligent Control Ltd [2025]

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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Darragh K. Connell, leading Eoin MacLachlan, successfully defend multi-million dollar Commercial Court claim

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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Edmund Cullen KC and David Mumford KC win at Chambers UK Bar Awards

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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Court of Appeal hands down judgment in National Iranian Oil Company v Crescent Gas Corporation Limited

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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Maitland top-ranked in Legal 500 2026

We are delighted to be ranked once again in the Legal 500....

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Judgment handed down in Core VCT v Soho Square Capital and others [2025] EWHC 1918 (Ch)

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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Maitland shortlisted for four awards at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2025

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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Supreme Court judgment in Recovery Partners v Rukhadze [2025]

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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