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28 Nov 25

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”). ...

24 Nov 25

Civil Fraud: Privy Council Decision Judgment handed down in Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse [2025]

Judgment has been handed down in the Privy Council in Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse [2025] UK PC 53 in which the findings of the courts below in Bermuda were upheld in relation to the correct interpretation of certain life insurance policies where their wording was unclear, as well as confirming the measure of damages applied by the Chief Justice and rejecting arguments on a break in the chain of causation. Richard Morgan KC led the claimants’ successful counsel team of Louise Hutton KC, Felix Wardle and Akash Sonecha of Essex Court, instructed by Sarah Rees, Conor Daly and Alexander Lepretre of Blake Morgan LLP....

24 Nov 25

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....

21 Nov 25

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....

14 Nov 25

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...

10 Nov 25

Tim Calland is successful in important appeal on procedural obligations following invalid service of claim forms and the interpretation of the Civil Procedure Rules generally

Judgment has been handed down in Bellway Homes Ltd v The Occupiers of Samuel Garside House [2025] EWCA Civ 1347. Tim Calland represented Bellway Homes Ltd, the successful appellant....

07 Nov 25

Darragh K. Connell succeeds in setting aside a statutory demand based on a disputed unlimited personal guarantee and indemnity

In a judgment handed down by Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Briggs, a statutory demand predicated on an unlimited personal guarantee and indemnity was set aside. Darragh K. Connell represented the successful applicant....

07 Nov 25

Maitland ranked in Legal 500 English Bar Offshore 2026

We are delighted to once again be ranked for Commercial Disputes in The English Bar Offshore....

06 Nov 25

Judgment handed down in Lee v BDB Pitmans LLP [2025] EWHC 2881 (Ch)

The High Court has handed down a significant judgment on the breadth of the Court’s power to order substitution under r 19.6 CPR after the end of the limitation period. ...