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Stavrinides & Othrs v Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited [2019] EWHC 1328 (Ch) The High Court (Chancery Division) has today handed down judgment in Stavrinides & Othrs v Bank of Cyprus Public Company Limited [2019] EWHC 1328 (Ch), dismissing a claim by a group of customers for specific performance of a purported settlement agreement. […]

Mr Berezovsky instructed Edmiston & Company Limited (“Edmiston”) to find a buyer for a luxury yacht, the DARIUS (“the Yacht”), while she was still under construction at the Lürssen shipyard in Germany.  There was no written brokerage agreement.  Edmiston (through a sub-broker) passed details of the Yacht to an Emirati family, the Al Futtaims.  In […]

[2010] EWHC 1883 (Comm) Stephen Hofmeyr Q.C. and N.G. Casey; David Allen Q.C. acted for the 1st and 2nd Defendants respectively. Were the defendant yacht brokers the “effective cause” of the sale of the super yacht Darius by Petersham Holdings Limited (“Petersham”) to Paragon International Limited, the corporate vehicle of the Al Futtaim family of […]

[2009] EWHC 982 (QB) James Drake and James Brocklebank acted in this dispute between a US distributor of skate board clothing (etc) with its UK agent. Jim was brought in for the UK agent for the purposes of the appeal by the defendant to the Court of Appeal.

[2008] EWHC 634 (QB) David Bailey Q.C. acted for the Defendant – agency – injunction – arbitration

[2004] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 389 Gavin Geary, Charles Holroyd and Peter MacDonald Eggers acted in this marine insurance matter; double insurance; insurable interest; contribution; non-disclosure; mistake. Insurance (Marine) – Two policies on vessel’s hull and machinery – Second policy cancelled after vessel became constructive total loss – Whether underwriters under first policy entitled to contribution […]

[2001] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 483; [2001] 1 All ER (Comm) 719 Christopher Butcher, David Edwards, Simon Picken, James Drake, and Michael Holmes were involved in one of the leading cases in the film finance insurance litigation, involving various issues such as the question of whether it is possible to exclude liability for the fraud of […]

[1999] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 497 Robert Bright – Agency – Undisclosed principal – Joint venture partner and co-principal – Plaintiffs time chartered vessels to third party – Third party sub-chartered vessels to defendants – Default on charters – Plaintiffs claimed against defendants – Whether sub-charters sham contracts – Whether real relationship between defendant and third […]

[1998] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 322; [1998] 1 WLR 294; [1998] 4 All ER 82 David Allen acted in this matter involviong – Piercing the corporate veil, consideration of the “sham” doctrine, whether a director was personally liable under a contract, agency, conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty Agency – Charterparty – Unnamed principal – Charterparty signed […]

[1996] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 84 Sioban Healy acted in this Political risks matter. Insurance; reinsurance; agency Insurance (CEND) – Indemnity – Political risks – Plaintiffs lost investment in timber concession in Liberia resulting from overthrow of government by insurrectionary movement – First defendant and other insurance companies formed pool – PARIS underwrote on behalf of […]

[1994] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 99 leading Commercial Court decision on the effect of the Leading Underwriter Clause and the agency of leading underwriters and the following market Insurance (Marine) – Non-disclosure – Leading underwriter clause – Underwriters agreed to insure barge provided LSA approved towing and beaching arrangements – LSA refused approval of beaching arrangements […]

[1985] 1 QB 966; [1984] 3 WLR 726; [1984] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 210; [1984] 3 All ER 766 Gavin Kealey acted in this Insurance matter – Contract – Illegality – Statutory prohibition Unauthorised insurance business – Insurance contract made in course of unauthorised business – Whether prohibition on making of contract – Whether contract avoided […]