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Contentious & Claims Validation

Speed is of the essence when fraud and related causes of action are uncovered and our team is experienced in all forms of contentious insolvency cases, and adept at achieving results quickly.

We pride ourselves on our ability to add value and to act in partnership with our clients to obtain successful outcomes, assisting in the strategy and sharing the risk where appropriate.

We are involved in a comprehensive range of investigatory and civil recovery actions, as well as procedural court applications and criminal compensatory processes in insolvency cases.

We also act for insolvency practitioners in bringing claims in mainly non-contentious cases to ease through the resolution of those estates, and defending office holders in claims made against them, as well as representing and protecting the positions of key creditors in distressed financial scenarios.

Our Contentious & Claims Validation Work

  • All
  • North America
  • UK & Europe

  • Longmeade Limited

    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.

  • 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