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Aerotron Limited applied to resist the recognition and enforcement in England of two Maltese judgments obtained by Hermes Aviation Limited. Hermes had served an Article 53 certificate, demanded payment and threatened a winding up…
The claimants are creditors under two arbitration awards made in London-seated arbitrations. The first claimant, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan ("SOCAR"), is the direct or indirect parent of the other…
The claimants were Wenda Co Ltd, a Chinese company manufacturing and trading in food ingredient chemicals, and its founder and chairman, Mr Xiong Wei. They sought to enforce at common law in England a judgment of the Intermediate…
Thirteen private investors sued Angus Energy Plc, an oil exploration company, together with five of its individual directors and former directors, for misrepresentation. The claimants each purchased shares in Angus following its…
Tapi Carpets Limited is a flooring retailer operating 220 stores in the United Kingdom, selling carpets, vinyl, laminate and engineered wood, largely to domestic customers. Where a customer bought flooring, the customer could…
Tesla, Inc, a Texas company, and its English subsidiary Tesla Motors Ltd wished to launch 5G-enabled vehicles in the United Kingdom, their fourth largest market. Implementing the 5G standard set by the European Telecommunications…
The second defendant, Hunkemöller International BV, is a Netherlands-based European retailer of intimate apparel. In October 2022 it issued €272,500,000 of Senior Secured 9% Notes under an indenture governed by New York law, the…
The First Defendant operates indoor entertainment parks under the Gravity brand through franchise agreements; Mr Jenkinson, the Third Defendant, is a director of the First and Second Defendants. In June 2019 Mr Gibbons, having…
The Claimants, Domestic & General entities, brought long-running proceedings alleging that a succession of businesses used fraudulent "association misrepresentation" telephone sales calls to sell appliance warranty products…
TTSJV, a Bahraini joint venture vehicle, and its parent companies (Technip Energies N.V., Técnicas Reunidas S.A. and Samsung E&A Co. Ltd) applied on short notice, before issuing proceedings, for an injunction against BapCo…
The claimant, an IT services company, seconded the defendant, whom it employed as a project manager on a six-month probationary period, to a private members' club in London, where he had access to members' personal data including…
The claimant, a civil engineering and groundworks contractor, was subcontracted by ISG Construction Ltd to carry out groundworks on a school extension project in Penarth for the defendant, Vale of Glamorgan Council. The Main…
Hawridge Strategic Land Limited, a land promoter, sued Millen Homes Limited, a developer, over an option agreement affecting land at Bicknacre Road, East Hanningfield, Chelmsford. On 14 June 2019 the defendant entered an Option…
Atlantic Projects Company (UK) Limited, referred to as APC, was engaged by EP NI Energy Limited, a special purpose vehicle incorporated for the development of a power station in Northern Ireland, as contractor for the design…
P provides intelligence gathering services and analysis in support of legal proceedings. A US law firm, C, engaged P in connection with a dispute involving the Claimants — A1 and A2, companies incorporated in Country 1, and A3, a…
JHA (the claimants) were contractors under a suite of contracts dated 5 March 2021, the EPC Contract, for the construction of a power plant in country C for IKC (the defendant). Santander issued on-demand Advance Payment and…
Mr and Mrs Lay sold their shares in Easy Direct Debits Ltd (“EDD”) to Independent Vetcare Limited (“IVL”) under a share purchase agreement (“SPA”) completed on 28 October 2020, which included a warranty that EDD's business had…
Sucden Financial Limited, an English derivatives and commodities broker, provided TMT Metals AG, a Swiss metal trader, with a futures and options trading facility governed by English law. When TMT failed to meet margin calls in…
The claimant, Maersk A/S, a Danish shipping line, was the disponent owner of the container vessel Maersk Seoul, which it held under a chain of time charters descending from the registered owners. In July 2015 the defendant, Sree…
FW Aviation (Holdings) 1 Limited ("FWA"), a Jersey aircraft leasing company within the FitzWalter Capital group, leased four Airbus A321 aircraft — two New Engine Option ("NEO") and two Current Engine Option ("CEO") — to the…