Contentious & Claims Validation

Our Contentious & Claims Validation Work

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• North America
• UK & Europe

• Longmeade Limited

  Acting for the liquidators of Longmeade Limited, a Lehman Brothers group company. We made an application to court for directions on conduct of a prospective claim in negligence against the Official Receiver and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The judgment of Snowden J was the first time the English courts have examined the effect of changes to the Insolvency Act, which removed the requirement for liquidators to obtain creditor or court sanction before bringing...

  MBI International & Partners Inc

  Mitchell and Another v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber [2025 UKSC 43]. Acting for the liquidators of MBI International & Partners in obtaining a UK Supreme Court judgment concerning the date of valuation of an asset misappropriated by a defaulting fiduciary and the burden of proof in calculating equitable compensation. The judgment follows over 9 years of work, including substantial investigations, a 19 day trial and 3 trips to the Court of Appeal. 

  Saad Investments

  Acting for the liquidators of an investment fund which was one of multiple defendants in a $9.2 billion fraud claim in the Grand Court in Cayman. Actions include obtaining an order from the High Court in London for recognition...

  Value Discovery Partners

  Acting for the dissolution trustees of a BVI limited partnership on certain issues in the solvent liquidation of the same. Actions included dealing with and defending the estate, as appropriate, in relation to claims made by former professional advisors; and also acting for certain warrantors in Serbia on the sale of a portfolio of significant assets of the partnership.

  Swap misselling claims

  Acting for administrators in reviewing and advising on the causes of action relating to high value claims that interest rate hedging instruments were mis-sold to the companies over which the administrators were appointed.

  Lehman Brothers

  Acting for the liquidators of various estates in the Lehman Group. Actions have included reviewing the terms of a US plan of reorganisation in respect of various estates and advising on its impact on distributions to a UK estate; considering and advising on claims on behalf of a UK estate against various third parties and negotiating a multiparty release of rights and obligations under sale documentation, relating to mortgage backed securities.

  Acting for the liquidators of Save Service Stations

  Robinson and Others v AIG and Others: acting for the liquidators of Save Service Stations in applying to the High Court for directions as to the correct distribution of realisations of GBP 40 million in the estate, having regard to subordination clauses in certain finance documents. Succeeding on all issues, including the correct application of the rule in Cherry v Boultbee, in the Court of Appeal.

  Karen Millen

  Acting for the trustee in bankruptcy of Karen Millen in investigating her assets and assisting in realising the same, as well as advising on the pursuit and resolution of various claims arising in the estate, including in the Court of Appeal.

  Telent Technology Services Limited

  Acting for telent Technology Services Limited (“telent”) in respect of insolvency issues arising out of the compulsory liquidation of telent's joint venture partner, Carillion Utilities Services Limited and its ultimate parent, Carillion plc, in respect of  multi-million pound ongoing customer contracts for support and maintenance of critical national infrastructure and installation of superfast broadband, including contracts with British Telecommunications plc.

  Cartel activity claims

  Reviewing claims arising from European Commission decisions on cartel activity and advising the liquidators of two companies in relation to the same. Pursuing claims against the cartel participants.
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• MBI International & Partners Inc

  Mitchell and Another v Sheikh Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber [2025 UKSC 43]. Acting for the liquidators of MBI International & Partners in obtaining a UK Supreme Court judgment concerning the date of valuation of an asset misappropriated by a defaulting fiduciary and the burden of proof in calculating equitable compensation. The judgment follows over 9 years of work, including substantial investigations, a 19 day trial and 3 trips to the Court of Appeal. 

  British Virgin Islands

  Value Discovery Partners

  Acting for the dissolution trustees of a BVI limited partnership on certain issues in the solvent liquidation of the same. Actions included dealing with and defending the estate, as appropriate, in relation to claims made by former professional advisors; and also acting for certain warrantors in Serbia on the sale of a portfolio of significant assets of the partnership.

  British Virgin Islands

  Saad Investments

  Acting for the liquidators of an investment fund which was one of multiple defendants in a $9.2 billion fraud claim in the Grand Court in Cayman. Actions include obtaining an order from the High Court in London for recognition...

  Cayman Islands

  Lehman Brothers

  Acting for the liquidators of various estates in the Lehman Group. Actions have included reviewing the terms of a US plan of reorganisation in respect of various estates and advising on its impact on distributions to a UK estate; considering and advising on claims on behalf of a UK estate against various third parties and negotiating a multiparty release of rights and obligations under sale documentation, relating to mortgage backed securities.

  United States

  Sturgeon Central Asia Balanced Fund

  Acting for the joint provisional liquidators of a solvent investment fund on various issues, including recognition of their foreign proceeding, their investigations following the same, and a subsequent termination application in respect of the recognition.

   

  Bermuda

• Longmeade Limited

  Acting for the liquidators of Longmeade Limited, a Lehman Brothers group company. We made an application to court for directions on conduct of a prospective claim in negligence against the Official Receiver and the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The judgment of Snowden J was the first time the English courts have examined the effect of changes to the Insolvency Act, which removed the requirement for liquidators to obtain creditor or court sanction before bringing...

  United Kingdom

  Swap misselling claims

  Acting for administrators in reviewing and advising on the causes of action relating to high value claims that interest rate hedging instruments were mis-sold to the companies over which the administrators were appointed.

  United Kingdom

  Acting for the liquidators of Save Service Stations

  Robinson and Others v AIG and Others: acting for the liquidators of Save Service Stations in applying to the High Court for directions as to the correct distribution of realisations of GBP 40 million in the estate, having regard to subordination clauses in certain finance documents. Succeeding on all issues, including the correct application of the rule in Cherry v Boultbee, in the Court of Appeal.

  United Kingdom

  Karen Millen

  Acting for the trustee in bankruptcy of Karen Millen in investigating her assets and assisting in realising the same, as well as advising on the pursuit and resolution of various claims arising in the estate, including in the Court of Appeal.

  United Kingdom

  Telent Technology Services Limited

  Acting for telent Technology Services Limited (“telent”) in respect of insolvency issues arising out of the compulsory liquidation of telent's joint venture partner, Carillion Utilities Services Limited and its ultimate parent, Carillion plc, in respect of  multi-million pound ongoing customer contracts for support and maintenance of critical national infrastructure and installation of superfast broadband, including contracts with British Telecommunications plc.

  United Kingdom

  Cartel activity claims

  Reviewing claims arising from European Commission decisions on cartel activity and advising the liquidators of two companies in relation to the same. Pursuing claims against the cartel participants.

  United Kingdom

  Insolvent retail estate leases

  Acting for the administrators of a number of large retail fashion chains including advising on trading issues and, in particular, the categorisation of liabilities under leases in the insolvent estates.

  United Kingdom

  Sub-prime lender

  Assisting the administrators of a sub-prime lender on a major fraud investigation, including obtaining worldwide freezing injunctions and utilising statutory powers to obtain key oral and documentary evidence.

  United Kingdom

  Hachette Group

  Acting for the Hachette group of publishing companies in protecting their proprietary interests in stock supplied to Woolworths, Borders, Hughes & Hughes and British Book Shops. Obtaining a judgment on the Borders case ensuring the protection of Hachette’s ownership of the stock and delivery up of relevant information.

  United Kingdom

  Administration of Speedferries Limited

  Securing the release of a fast ferry from arrest in France via applications in both English and French courts, and dealing with various claims to rights of ownership over the vessel during an administration, including selling the vessel through judicial sale in the admiralty court.

  France
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