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  Kireeva v Bedzhamov

  The Supreme Court has given an important judgment in the context of international insolvency, endorsing the immovables rule and rejecting the suggestion that there is a common law power to …

  20 Nov 24
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  £20m Attachment of Debts Order against Federal Republic of Nigeria

  In a judgment dated 8 November Justice Webster of the British Virgin Islands High Court held that Nigeria was not immune from execution of an arbitral award and subsequent judgment …

  15 Nov 24
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  Blackstone Chambers wins two awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024

  We are delighted to announce that Blackstone Chambers won in two categories at the 2024 Chambers UK Bar Awards:

  15 Nov 24

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  Various Claimants v Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Others

  On 14 November, the High Court (Constable J) issued a high-profile judgment concerning preliminary issues in the Pan-Nox Emissions Group Litigation. The judgment is the first resolving issues of substantive …

  14 Nov 24
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  The Times - Lawyer of the Week

  We are pleased to announce that Nick De Marco KC has been featured by The Times as Lawyer of the Week.

  14 Nov 24
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  Benjamin Mendy v Manchester City Football Club

  Nick De Marco KC represented the former Premier League football player, Benjamin Mendy, in his multi-million pound unauthorised deduction from wages claim before the Manchester Employment tribunal.

  6 Nov 24
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  BIOT Migrants to come to the UK

  A group of Tamil migrants who have been stranded on Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory (“BIOT”) for three years will be admitted to the UK, it has …

  5 Nov 24

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  Abu Qamar v Secretary of State for the Home Department

  On 15 October 2024, the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) handed down judgment in the human rights appeal of Abu Qamar v Secretary of State for the Home Department.

  1 Nov 24
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  ADP RPO UK Ltd v Haycocks

  On 29 October 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of ADP RPO UK Ltd v Haycocks. The decision addresses the principles governing the fairness of …

  30 Oct 24

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  Vladimir Gheorghe Plahotniuc v Council of the European Union

  On 23 October 2024, the European Court of Justice annulled sanctions imposed on Moldovan politician and businessman, Vladimir Gheorghe Plahotniuc. Mr Plahotniuc was designated in May 2023 under the EU’s …

  25 Oct 24
• Employee Competition Bulletin

  A changing approach to the issues of memory and contemporaneous documents?

  In Jaffe v Greybull Capital [2024] EWHC 2534 (Comm) Cockerill J determined a case involving an allegation of fraudulent misrepresentations made orally eight years previously, in which: (i) there was …

  16 Oct 24

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  Calor Gas Limited v Walsall Gas Cylinders Limited & Ors

  The High Court has handed down judgment in favour of Calor Gas Limited, one of the main suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas, in respect of various claims in fraud.

  11 Oct 24
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  BM Brazil & Ors v Sibanye BM Brazil & Anor

  The Commercial Court has given judgment following a 5-week trial of liability issues in this dispute under US$1.2 billion contracts for the sale and purchase of Brazilian mining assets.

  10 Oct 24
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  His Excellency Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al Hamed and others v His Excellency Sheikh Hamed Bin Ahmed Al Hamed and another

  The Commercial Court (Stephen Houseman KC sitting as a High Court Judge) has dismissed a jurisdiction challenge in relation to a claim seeking to enforce a judgment of the UAE …

  3 Oct 24
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  FCA v BlueCrest Capital Management

  The Court of Appeal has today given judgment in a landmark case addressing the scope of the Upper Tribunal’s jurisdiction in financial services cases and the power of the FCA …

  2 Oct 24
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  Hinds v British Boxing Board of Control

  The Employment Tribunal has dismissed claims of direct race discrimination and victimisation brought under the Equality Act 2010 by a boxing referee against the governing body of professional boxing in …

  1 Oct 24
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  Blackstone Chambers shortlisted in the International Employment Lawyer Awards 2024

  We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the following awards:

  1 Oct 24
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  Gorbachev v Guriev

  The Commercial Court (HHJ Pelling KC) has handed down judgment, dismissing entirely the Claimant’s claim, which was said to be worth materially in excess of US$1 billion. The Claimant alleged …

  27 Sep 24
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  Blackstone Chambers wins three awards at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024

  We are delighted to announce that Blackstone Chambers won in three categories at the 2024 Legal 500 Bar Awards:

  26 Sep 24
• Employee Competition Bulletin

  Damages as an adequate remedy in Employee Competition claims

  Much ink will be spilt over the Supreme Court’s decision in Tesco Stores v USDAW [2024] UKSC 28 relating to an implied contractual term preventing Tesco from firing (and then …

  23 Sep 24