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Perjury, Forgery, Freezers, And Mini-trials: How To Unravel The Mess
There is a piece of large scale litigation making its way through the Business List in the Chancery Division in which the Court will eventually have to grapple with allegations of arson, burner phones, and cloth-wrapped shotguns at the bottom of driveways, not to mention language that wouldn't feel out of place in a Guy Ritchie film.
Perjury, forgery, freezers, and mini-trials: how to unravel the mess
There is a piece of large scale litigation making its way through the Business List in the Chancery Division in which the Court will eventually have to grapple with allegations of arson, burner phones, and cloth-wrapped shotguns at the bottom of driveways, not to mention language that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Guy Ritchie film.
Arbitration, Submitting To The Jurisdiction, And Summary Assessment Of Costs: Discouraging Unmeritorious Points
In a hearing just before the Summer vacation, on 30 July 2024, the London Circuit Commercial Court gave a judgment indicating its approach to submission to the jurisdiction in the context of arbitration clauses, as well as useful guidance on the jurisdiction to order summary assessment of costs in the context of a prior consent order in Kataman Metals LLC v TMT Metals (UK) Ltd (unreported). Ryan Hocking acted for the successful Claimant.
Arbitration as an instrument of fraud: Contax v KFH
Earlier this year, Butcher J handed down the judgment of the Commercial Court in the extraordinary case of Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House and Ors [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm), ultimately putting to bed an attempt by fraudsters to purloin over £70 million from a banking group associated with the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund. What made this attempted fraud particularly noteworthy was that its central mechanism was an abuse of the processes of the court used to enforce arbitral awards.
Arbitration As An Instrument Of Fraud: Contax v KFH
Earlier this year, Butcher J handed down the judgment of the Commercial Court in the extraordinary case of Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House and Ors [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm), ultimately putting to bed an attempt by fraudsters to purloin over £70 million from a banking group associated with the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund. What made this attempted fraud particularly noteworthy was that its central mechanism was an abuse of the processes of the court used to enforce arbitral awards.
Arbitration as an instrument of fraud: Contax v KFH
Earlier this year, Butcher J handed down the judgment of the Commercial Court in the extraordinary case of Contax Partners Inc BVI v Kuwait Finance House and Ors [2024] EWHC 436 (Comm), ultimately putting to bed an attempt by fraudsters to purloin over £70 million from a banking group associated with the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund. What made this attempted fraud particularly noteworthy was that its central mechanism was an abuse of the processes of the court used to enforce arbitral awards.
Legal Update: Recent And Anticipated Statutory And Regulatory Changes
After the tumult of the past few years, with emergency legislation being introduced to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the last few months have felt relatively quiet in terms of new legislation. That said, there have been a number of important government publications in relation to the insolvency industry, and it appears that change is on the horizon. First, the government published its response to the public consultation on the future of insolvency regulation on 4 August 2023.
Legal update: recent and anticipated statutory and regulatory changes
After the tumult of the past few years, with emergency legislation being introduced to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the last few months have felt relatively quiet in terms of new legislation. That said, there have been a number of important government publications in relation to the insolvency industry, and it appears that change is on the horizon. First, the government published its response to the public consultation on the future of insolvency regulation on 4 August 2023.
‘A Practical Guide To Adding Or Amending Parties Or Causes Of Action To A Claim In Civil Proceedings' By Ryan Hocking
We're delighted to announce the publication of 'A Practical Guide to Adding or Amending Parties or Causes of Action to a Claim in Civil Proceedings' by Ryan Hocking, published by Law Brief Publishing in June 2023. This book provides a practical, user-friendly guide to help navigate the various intricacies and potential pitfalls involved in amending statements of case or changing the composition of the parties.
LexisNexis Corporate Rescue And Insolvency: Case Alerter – June 2023 - Insolvency/Bankruptcy - UK
At-a-glance cases provided by Gatehouse Chambers' Insolvency Team, featuring: City Gardens Ltd v DOK82 Ltd [2023] EWHC 1149 (Ch) Re Great Annual Savings Company Ltd [2023] EWHC 1141 (Ch) HRH Prince Hussam Bin Saud Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud v Mobile Telecommunications Company KSCP [2023] EWHC 1144 (Ch) [2023] EWHC 1168 (Ch) Read the latest CRI Cases Alerter.
CDR/Insolvency Series: You Shouldn't Have Done That: Post-insolvency Claims Against Directors (Video)
The seminar will focuses on some of the important aspects of the range of potential claims available against directors of a company in an insolvency process. Sarah McCann and Ryan Hocking cover the various different standards of the knowledge and intent of directors which are central to the causes of action unique to this context, and the tactical and evidential difficulties they can give rise to.
CDR #Brew: Unfair Prejudice – What's It Worth? (Video) - Trials & Appeals & Compensation - UK
Emily Betts and Ryan Hocking discuss instructing valuation experts in unfair prejudice petitions and (i) procedural steps including whether to have a split trial, (ii) instructions to your expert witness, (iii) valuation date, (iv) valuation basis, and (v) any adjustments to the valuation on the pleaded case. Watch a recording of the Brew below. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter.
Adding Parties To A Claim: Pre- And Post- Service Regimes
Background This case concerned an application for a declaration that two individuals were properly added as Claimants to the underlying proceedings pursuant to CPR 17.1(1) by an amendment to a claim form: (i) without the written consent of the other parties and without permission of the Court as provided by CPR 17.1(2), and (ii) without also those individuals being required by CPR 19.4(4) to give written consent to their being added as claimants to the proceedings.
J2J Commercial Series: Choice of Forum
European Union, United Kingdom April 8 2022 Click here to watch the video. In this introduction to determining the appropriate choice of forum for disputes, Frederico Singarajah and Ryan Hocking present a methodology for determining the proper forum, by giving an overview of the position under the common law and the Hague Convention, will deal with the impact of arbitration clauses and touch upon the impact of Brexit on jurisdiction challenges. This webinar forms part of our J2J Commercial Series.
Insolvency Team - Recent Insolvency Case Update - Insolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-structuring - UK
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. These case summaries first appeared in LexisNexis' Insolvency Case Alerter. They represent some of the more interesting insolvency decisions to have been published recently.
Insolvency Team - Recent Insolvency Case Update
These case summaries first appeared in LexisNexis’ Insolvency Case Alerter. They represent some of the more interesting insolvency decisions to have been published recently.
A Day In The Life Of A Pupil…At Gatehouse Chambers
UK: A Day In The Life Of A Pupil…At Gatehouse Chambers 08 September 2021 Gatehouse Chambers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Ryan Hocking, an English graduate and former pupil now practising in Commercial, Insolvency, Property, Professional Negligence takes us through what life was like when he was a pupil. 8.30am: I stop for a chat at reception, and pass through the practice room on my way up to my supervisor's room.
A Day in the Life of My Heros
Before everyone gets mad, these are jokes. I know these are stereotypes and I am just trying to write these to project my depression onto others instead of dealing with it myself. It is a work of satire so chill, Daddy. Though I have no friends, I have been at Miami for about two years now. Looking at some other types of people on campus, here is my best estimation of their daily lives.
So vast a throng the stage can ne’er contain: litigation involving groups
This article was first published on Practical Law's Dispute Resolution Blog. Often, a litigator’s single greatest desire is for clarity: of instructions, tactics, or argument. Few circumstances can disrupt this as effectively as a large group of clients or opponents, each clamouring for different (often mutually exclusive) approaches. Once such a case reaches a certain size, it is simply not feasible to proceed in the usual way, with all parties giving evidence and making submissions.
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