Recent highlights include acting for:

• AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AAH) in obtaining rare mandatory injunctive relief against Mercury Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Amdipharm UK Ltd (AMCo) requiring AMCo to continue to supply under a semi-exclusive supply arrangement
• Volkswagen Aktiengesellchaft, Thales Communications and Securities SAS in obtaining an injunction to prevent the publication of an academic paper (University of Birmingham and Stichting Katholieke Universiteit in the Netherlands) concerning the security of immobilisers used in Volkswagen vehicles worldwide
• Two corporate service providers and three 'nominee' companies opposing winding up petitions brought by the Secretary of State. The petitions alleged that the de jure directors had failed to fulfil their fiduciary duties. These petitions amounted to an attack on the system of nominee structures - whereby offshore individuals beneficially own UK companies. They were dismissed on the respondents giving undertakings to the Court
• Sycamore/Bidco in its successful claim for breach of warranty and misrepresentation. It concerned the important legal point: whether a warranty can also be a representation and subject to a misrepresentation claim. We acted on a conditional fee basis
• 8 Mile LLP and others in a dispute concerning involvement in the creation of a private equity fund, the focus of which was to be investments in Africa. Our clients succeeded summarily in respect of the biggest part of the claim. We threw out the argument that an 1890 Partnership should be imposed over the LLP structure. The decision may affect structures used to set up private equity funds in future
• Parties in a professional negligence claim against solicitors concerning their involvement in a settlement relating to large charitable trusts. Parties to the trust have been involved in Jersey litigation for several years
• Dena Technology (Thailand) Ltd and 4 J Holding Co. Ltd in proceedings arising out of a joint venture in Thailand in which our clients had invested. It is alleged that the investment was induced by a series of fraudulent misrepresentations made by the defendant, relating to ownership of a patent
• A major UK bank defending High Court proceedings based on breach of confidence. The case involved consideration of the bank's duties of confidence including the Tournier principles – where a bank can legally disclose information about its customers; it also considered the measure of damages for breach of duty where there is no loss

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