[2017] EWHC 253 (Comm) Stephen Hofmyer QC and Gavin Geary were instructed on behalf of Korean shipbuilders, STX O&S, successfully resisting a claim for about $180 million in this Commercial Court trial.  In April 2013 STX&OS entered into an Option Agreement with Teekay Tankers, providing for the construction and delivery of, in Teekays’ option, up […]

[2016] EWCA Civ 1041 In Leslie v Farrar Construction Ltd, the Court of Appeal has considered the scope of the defences available to a claim for restitution of mistaken payments.  The case concerned a joint venture for the development of property.  Following the repudiation of the agreement by the funder, the parties made various claims […]

[2015] EWHC 58 (TCC) Two-week trial in the TCC concerning a dispute over a joint venture to develop sites in the north of England. Together with Simon Myerson QC, Michael successfully defended a claim in unjust enrichment for £1.2m and recovered substantial damages for lost profits. Michael is also instructed in the appeal for which […]

On 15 October 2013, Lord Mance delivered the judgment of the Privy Council in General Construction Limited v Chue Wing [2013] UKPC 30. This was an appeal from the Court of Civil Appeal of Mauritius and, importantly so far as that jurisdiction and similar jurisdictions influenced by French law are concerned, established the general principles […]

[2014] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 255 To view the judgment please click here.

[2013] EWHC 1718 (TCC) Appearing as sole junior to Anneliese Day QC in a two-week trial in the TCC concerning allegations against surveyors and engineers. Successfully defended the claim. To view the judgment please click here.

[2013] EWHC 1859; [2013] 5 Costs L.O. 746 Following the successful defence of an action at trial, Michael and Anneliese Day QC secured an order for indemnity costs against the claimants. To view the judgment please click here.

Swallowfalls Ltd v Monaco Yachting & Technologies and another References: [2012] EWHC 2057 (Comm), [2012] EWHC 3616 (Comm) and [2013] EWHC 236 (Comm) This is the “Nat Rothschild Super Yacht Dispute”, referred to in a Sunday Times report dated 28 October 2012 as follows: “The billionaire financier Nat Rothschild is at the centre of a […]

In this case Stephen succeeded in setting aside an injunction obtained ex parte by Stellar Shipping restraining Cosco from selling a 79,000 dwt bulk carrier to a party other than Stellar Shipping.   Stellar Shipping and Cosco had entered into a shipbuilding contract for the construction of the ship with a sale price of US$49.8 million […]

 [2003] EWHC 16 (Comm)