Maitland Chambers

21 Oct 24

Charity fundraising and Abbey Mills Mosque – Mohammed v Daji [2024] EWCA Civ 1247

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Mohammed v Daji [2024] EWCA Civ 1247, a significant case relating to the ownership of the Abbey Mills Mosque in West Ham and the split within the Tablighi Jamaat movement of Islam. The judgment of Newey LJ discusses various aspects of judicial fact-finding about the intentions of donors to a charitable trust, as well as judicial findings of fact....

14 Oct 24

Maxim Cardew represented successful applicants in Mohammed v Patel [2024]

Maxim Cardew represented the successful applicants in Mohammed v Patel [2024] EWHC 2581 (Ch) in their application for a declaration and injunctive relief calling for fresh elections to the Executive Committee of a Charity operating a substantial mosque. The case concerned the correct construction of the constitution of the Charity (an unincorporated association), the lawfulness of a previous election that had been held, and the appropriate test for granting declaratory and injunctive relief in such circumstances. The decision also considered whether and in what circumstances the constitution of a charitable unincorporated association could be waived or varied....

04 Oct 24

Maitland ranked in all its core areas, together with 90 individual rankings in Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025

We are delighted to be ranked once again in The Legal 500 across all our core areas of practice. Thank you very much to our clients and colleagues across the profession for their feedback and for the interesting and challenging instructions sent our way. Our clerking team has also rightly received excellent comments from the market. The Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025 is now available to view online. You can view the rankings for Chambers and its barristers here....

23 Sep 24

Three new tenants join Maitland

We are delighted to welcome Robert Watt, Olivia Horn and Promit Chatterjee as members of Maitland, following the successful completion of their pupillages....

12 Sep 24

Darragh Connell and Eoin MacLachlan successful in landmark High Court crypto judgment that establishes USD Tether as property under English law

Judgment has been handed down in D’Aloia v Persons Unknown, Bitkub & Ors [2024] EWHC 2342 (Ch). Darragh Connell and Eoin MacLachlan, instructed by Nicola McKinney of Quillon Law, acted on behalf of a crypto exchange, Bitkub Online Co. Ltd (“Bitkub”), in successfully defending a claim brought by Fabrizio D’Aloia. Following a 5-day trial, the High Court held that the Claimant had failed to establish that any of his misappropriated USD Tether had reached the relevant wallet controlled by Bitkub, the sixth Defendant in the proceedings. The entirety of the Claimant's claims against Bitkub in unjust enrichment and as an alleged constructive trustee were dismissed. The judgment considers, for the first time following a contested trial, the status of USD Tether under English law. The High Court concluded that USD Tether did constitute property for the purposes of English law as follows: ...

11 Sep 24

Freezing Injunctions - The appropriate order for costs following a contested return date hearing

What is the appropriate order for costs following the continuation of a freezing injunction after a contested return date hearing? Is it the usual order for interim injunctions of costs reserved, or do costs follow the event because freezing injunctions are materially different to normal interim injunctions? These are questions which have caused debate on the authorities. ...

05 Sep 24

Maitland is delighted to participate in the COMBAR mentoring scheme

Having helped lead the way at the Commercial and Chancery Bar over the last 5 years with its own award-nominated mentoring scheme for underrepresented groups, Maitland is delighted now to join the wider scheme run by Combar - The Commercial Bar Association. ...

23 Aug 24

Timothy Harry successful in the Court of Appeal case ‘The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs v Payroll & Pension Services (PPPS Umbrella Company) Limited’

On 23 August 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v Payroll & Pension Services (PSS Umbrella Company) Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 995....

23 Aug 24

Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2024

We are delighted to announce that Maitland and a number of our barristers have been shortlisted for awards at this year’s Chambers and Partners UK Bar Awards 2024. Our nominations are as follows:Company / Insolvency Silk of the Year - Catherine Addy KCCompany / Insolvency Junior of the Year - Rebecca PageCompany / Insolvency Set of the Year - MaitlandThe awards ceremony will be taking place on Thursday, 14 November 2024 and the full shortlist can be found here....