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Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v BNY Corporate Trustee Services Ltd [2009] EWHC 2953

Application for letter of request to be sent to United States judge with conduct of parallel bankruptcy proceedings concerning the application of the anti-deprivation principle.

Asghar v Kiddy and others

Acted for Respondents to a section 994 petition – settled very shortly before trial.

Brazil v Willoughby [2010] 1 BCLC 673

Administrators of Kaupthing Singer Friedlander sought directions as to the entitlement of £147m in a segregated account established by the bank at the direction of the FSA to protect depositors continuing to make deposits after it was recognised that the bank was in financial difficulty as a result of the Icelandic banking crisis. I successfully argued before Peter Smith J that foreign currency depositors were beneficiaries of the trust established. Although the judgment is being appealed, there is no appeal against the judge's ruling on the foreign currency point.

Westbrook Dolphin Square Ltd v Friends Provident Life and Pension Ltd

Acted (together with 2 other members of my Chambers) on behalf of the claimant in a claim for collective enfranchisement of Dolphin Square, a large residential block of flats in SW1. The claim raised company law issues. Appeared in front of Blackburne J to resist (largely successfully) and application for specific disclosure and further information.

Nominet UK v Davies

Acted for Nominet UK, the central registry for .uk domain names, in a claim for an injunction against a director to prevent him from acting in circumstances where there was a conflict with his duties to the company. Claim eventually settled following the resignation of the director in question.

Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd

Administrators of the bank sought directions as to the entitlement to £147m in a segregated account established by the bank at the direction of the FSA to protect depositors continuing to make deposits after it was recognised that the bank was in financial difficulty as a result of the Icelandic banking crisis. I was instructed by the administrators to argue that foreign currency depositors were beneficiaries of the trust established. Hearing before Peter Smith J. Judgment awaited.

Hague v Nam Tai Electronics [2006] UKPC 52

Appeal from the CA of the British Virgin Islands to the Privy Council involving the construction of articles of association.

Equitable Life v Ernst & Young and other (2005)

Acted for one of the executive directors of Equitable Life. The case settled after several months of trial.