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Recent Assignments

• Representing a Zurich based Investment House, in applying for and obtaining from the English High Court, a Worldwide Freezing Injunction, against an English registered company, to prevent the dissipation and removal of its assets, pending the commencement and continuation of proceedings in the Swiss court, which had exclusive jurisdiction to deal with the dispute between the parties.

• Representing the Administrators of a company, in investigating and uncovering a fraudulent arrangement between the Director of the company and a major customer of the company. Having established the mechanics and workings of the fraud, applying for and obtaining Worldwide Freezing Injunctions against the fraudsters, pending the outcome of court proceedings commenced against the fraudsters, on behalf of the Administrators.

• Acting for the Voluntary Liquidators of a Company, in applying for and obtaining orders against the registered Directors of the Company, and against their extended family members, pursuant to sections 234 - 236 Insolvency Act 186, to compel the production of information and documents, in the absence of their co-operation.

• Advising a global furniture manufacturer in its attempts to recover a multi million dollar secured debt from its UK based supplier. This involved advising on the appointment of Administrators to the debtor company, as well as advising on a myriad of other issues to include validity of security, realisation of security, continuity of trade by the Administrators and retention of title issues.

• Representing the Director of a failed, high profile Plc in his heavily contested defence of director disqualification proceedings, which proceedings involved and required an understanding and grasp of issues as diverse as flotation law, pensions law, company commercial law and personal injury law.

• Receiving and actioning instructions to represent a high net worth individual, served with Freezing Order proceedings by an Insolvency Practitioner, which if they had gone unchallenged, would have resulted in the destruction of the client's high profile management business. Challenging on an immediate and urgent basis, the evidence on which the Injunction was obtained, instructing and working with Leading Counsel on an overnight basis, to prepare Counsel to attend at Court and ultimately, to obtain an Order dismissing the Freezing Order with an Order for costs in favour of our client.

• Advising the Director of a high profile Midlands trading company about fraud within that company that he had discovered and which had been perpetrated by his co-Director. Successfully pursuing the co-Director for recovery of £300,000 plus costs having procured the resignation of that co-Director from the business.

• Representing a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner, as Creditors Voluntary Liquidator of a company, in circumstances where serious allegations of professional misconduct were made against that Practitioner. Successfully opposing those claims before the High Court and separately, before the Insolvency Practitioners regulatory body.

• Representing minority shareholders who were being treated unfairly and being prejudiced by the majority shareholder in a very successful trading company. Attempting to reach a negotiated settlement with the majority shareholder. In the absence of that happening, issuing proceedings under the Companies Act and ultimately obtaining a financial settlement for the clients and an Order for substantial legal costs in favour of the client against the opponent.

• Representing a significant trading company, faced with the threat of a Winding Up Petition being presented against it, by a trade creditor in respect of a disputed liability. In the absence of that trade creditor agreeing to withdraw the threat of presentation of a Petition, applying to the High Court on an emergency basis and obtaining an injunction restraining that creditor from presenting the Winding Up Petition.

• Representing a Solicitor summoned to appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in respect of allegations of professional misconduct.

• Advising a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner faced with serious allegations of misconduct made by his professional body and resolving those complaints by negotiation.

• Obtaining injunctive relief for an SME client, to stop a breach of its intellectual property rights.