Recent Successful Judgments at Forum Chambers
18 / 1 / 2022
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The Great Gatsby & Insolvency – Darragh Connell acts for the joint liquidators in AFM (1932) Limited & Ors v Belisco Estates Limited [2021] EWHC 3460 (Ch)
5 / 1 / 2022
Darragh Connell instructed by Howes Percival LLP recently acted for the applicant joint liquidators in the 3-day trial of AFM (1932) Limited & Ors v Belisco Estates Ltd [2021] EWHC 3460 (Ch). Judgment was handed down on 21 December 2021. In the course of the trial, the Insolvency and Companies Court was required to consider a complex […]
Full articleSuccessful judgment for Philip Currie:
7 / 12 / 2021
Acting on behalf of the Claimant in a claim for the repayment of unlawful dividends and transactions at an undervalue, Philip Currie secured judgment against the Respondents in an oral judgment delivered at the end of trial. The unlawful dividends were declared by the Respondents as directors without interim accounts by which they could be justified, while […]
Full articleSuccessful Judgement for David McIlroy
6 / 12 / 2021
Acting on behalf of the respondent to a claim under section 423 Insolvency Act, David McIlroy was successful in a contribution claim against the main shareholders of accountancy practice. The judge found that the transaction had been designed by the principal director to leave the creditors of the company high and dry, whilst lining his […]
Full articleDarragh Connell – Band 1 Cryptocurrency
1 / 12 / 2021
We are delighted to announce that Darragh Connell has been ranked Bank 1 for Cryptocurrency in Chambers and Partners 2022 Edition. https://chambers.com/lawyer/darragh-connell-uk-bar-14:25494900
Full articleSetting Aside Statutory Demands
5 / 10 / 2021
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New Dawn for Witness Evidence by Nathan Webb
1 / 4 / 2021
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Authorised Push Payment Fraud
30 / 3 / 2021
Authorised Push Payment fraud is a significant and growing problem which has risen sharply since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this type of fraud, customers are persuaded, often stealthily, to make payments to a bank account controlled by a fraudster and last year it caused the loss of nearly £500million to victims. In […]
Full articleLloyd Maynard Successful in 8 day trial in Queens Bench Division.
11 / 3 / 2021
Lloyd Maynard was successful after an 8-day remote trial acting for Credit Capital Corporation Ltd and Market Financial Solutions Ltd in claims for more than £1m arising from an unpaid bridging loan in 2017. Lloyd persuaded Freedman J to dismiss the Defendant’s counterclaims that the credit relationship was unfair because Credit Capital and Market Financial […]
Full articleDarragh Connell writes for LexisNexis on the boundaries of the Quincecare duty in cases of Fraud
9 / 2 / 2021
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