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in 2010, Jonathan Sumption
QC was
acting on behalf of David Miliband, then foreign secretary,
in a
case on British secret service collusion
in the torture of Binyam Mohamed
in Guantanamo Bay.
In the first of two articles marking 10 years of the Arbitration
Act 1996, Khawar Qureshi
QC discusses some key
cases
Examples of his recent
case - load are: led by Ed Pepperall
QC in a large - scale action arising from a defective share sale; defended solicitors from allegations arising from property transactions, including alleged breaches of the Etridge guidance;
acting for a claimant against solicitors who negligently handled his litigation; defending an IFA from allegations of inappropriately risky investment advice;
acting for solicitors claiming contributions from another firm
in respect of their own liability for breach of trust; advising clients on a claim against surveyors for losses arising from negligent property valuations.
Chief Constable of West Midlands Police v Blackburn [2009] IRLR 135 (Court of Appeal) Appeared (led by Elizabeth Slade
QC — now Mrs Justice Slade) on behalf of the Chief Constable at first instance,
in the EAT and
in the Court of Appeal
in a
case brought under the Equal Pay
Act 1970 concerning the genuine material factor defence and justification for the payment of night shift supplements.
Martin Downs
acted as a Junior for June Venters
QC in the
case of Re: P & Q to assist with the Human Rights implications — and
in particular the meaning and import of current statutory restrictions on Court reporting.
Richard Morgan
QC, one of the barristers who argued the
case, says that although these types of issues may be litigated more frequently, the English courts are doing a good job
acting as a gatekeeper
in relation to the extent of their jurisdiction.
She
acted for the Republic of Cyprus
in the remedies phase (with Professor Vaughan Lowe
QC) of the Inter-State
case against Turkey before the European Court of Human Rights.
Successfully
acted for the Council
in the first
case considering the exercise of school intervention powers (led by Clive Sheldon
QC).
Ian Wise
QC also
acted for the Claimants
in the SG
case.
Notable
cases include
acting for former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers, who succeeded
in obtaining bonuses promised by Dresdner Kleinwort to its investment bankers prior to its takeover by Commerzbank
in 2008, and Tillman v Egon Zehnner Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1054
in which Daniel Oudkerk
QC was instructed by the successful appellant
in litigation concerning the enforceability of a non-competition clause.
In 2013/2014, Jeremy acted as junior counsel in the leading Court of Appeal case of The Royal Bank of Scotland v Highland Financial Partners & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 328 with Graham Dunning QC in relation to a major appeal concerning anti-suit injunctive relief and the doctrine of «clean hands» in the context of a commercial frau
In 2013/2014, Jeremy
acted as junior counsel
in the leading Court of Appeal case of The Royal Bank of Scotland v Highland Financial Partners & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 328 with Graham Dunning QC in relation to a major appeal concerning anti-suit injunctive relief and the doctrine of «clean hands» in the context of a commercial frau
in the leading Court of Appeal
case of The Royal Bank of Scotland v Highland Financial Partners & Ors [2013] EWCA Civ 328 with Graham Dunning
QC in relation to a major appeal concerning anti-suit injunctive relief and the doctrine of «clean hands» in the context of a commercial frau
in relation to a major appeal concerning anti-suit injunctive relief and the doctrine of «clean hands»
in the context of a commercial frau
in the context of a commercial fraud.
Angus McCullough
QC of 1 Crown Office Row
acted as Special Advocate
in this
case.
Valentina has extensive experience of EU procurement and is currently
acting in a variety of leading
cases against
QCs.
Lorne MacLean,
QC successfully obtained a declaration that a contingent interest
in a $ 15,000,000 family trust was a family asset under our old family Relations
Act in the
case of Fulton v. Gunn 2008 BCSC 1159.
Elizabeth Anne - Gumbel
QC and Justin Levinson of One Crown Office Row
acted for the Claimant
in this
case.
The
Act only obliges the judge to respect it to the extent that such contact is consistent with the child's best interests; if other factors show that it would not be
in the child's best interests, the court can and should restrict contact: Young v. Young, 1993 CanLII 34 (SCC), [1993] 4 S.C.R. 3, at pp. 117 - 18, per McLachlin J. Lorne N MacLean,
QC was the winning counsel on Young v Young, Canada's most famous child custody
case.
Michael Mansfield
QC who
acted in landmark miscarriage of justice
cases such as the Birmingham Six, the Bridgewater Four and the Cardiff Three also
acted for Stock
in two appeals.
James Goudie
QC acted for Fazia Ali
in her
case before the European Court of Human Rights,
in which Judgment was given on 20 October...
At a recent
case management conference
in the Mercantile Court at Leeds, Judge Kaye
QC posed the question — as have a number of claims — whether the Unfair Contract Terms
Act 1977 (UCTA 1977), s 4 or the Supply of Goods and Services
Act 1982 (SGSA 1982), s 15 are applicable.