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General
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He specialises in large-scale witness actions with substantial documentation and heavy cross-examination and has frequently been instructed in civil fraud, professional negligence or breach of trust actions lasting or estimated to last many weeks. He often appears in Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man.
He also sits as a Deputy High Court Judge and accepts Appointments as an Arbitrator and Mediator.
The range of his practice is indicated by the following list of selected reported cases in which he has appeared
Companies and Insolvency:
Re Bond Worth Ltd [1980] Ch 228
Re Medisco Equipment Ltd [1983] BCLC 305
Re Esal (Commodities) Ltd [1985] BCLC 450
Fargro Ltd v. Godfroy [1986] 1 WLR 1134
Brinds Ltd v. Offshore Oil [1986] BCC 98, 916
Re Land & Property Trust plc [1991] 1 WLR 601
Exeter Trust Ltd v. Screenways Ltd [1991] BCLC 888
Re Hans Place Ltd [1993] BCLC 768
Re Ross (A Bankrupt) [1998] 1 BCLC 56
Directors Disqualification:
Re Probe Data Systems Ltd (No.3) [1992] BCLC 405
Re Rex Williams Leisure plc [1994] Ch 1
Guarantees:
Barclays Bank v. TOSG Trust Fund [1984] AC 626
Re B.C.C.I. (No.8) [1998] AC 214
Pension Funds:
Lloyds Bank Pension Trust v. Lloyds Bank plc [1996] PLR 263
Judicial Review
Reg. v. HM Treasury ex p. Smedley [1985] QB 657
Reg. v. Registrar of Companies ex.p. Central Bank of India [1986] QB 1114
Housing
Reg. v. Plymouth City Council ex p. Freeman (1988) 19 HLR 328
Reg. v. City of Westminster ex p. Castelli (1996) 28 HLR 616
Reg v Housing Benefit Review Board ex p.Mehanne [2001] 1 WLR 539 (HL)
Human Rights
Fok Lai-ying v. Governor-in Council [1997] HKLRD 810
Agency
Presentaciones Musicales SA v. Secunda [1994] Ch 271
Proprietary Estoppel
Gillett v. Holt [2001] Ch 210
Fraud
Logicrose Ltd v. Southend United FC [1988] 1 WLR 1256
Undue Influence
Naidoo v Naidu - The Times @ 1 Nov 2000
Breach of Confidence
Re R.(M.J.) (A Minor) (Publication of Transcript) [1975] Fam 89
Medway v. Doublelock Ltd [1978] 1 WLR 710
X Ltd v. Morgan Grampian Publishers Ltd [1991] AC 1
Damages
Radford v. De Froberville [1977] 1 WLR 1262
Professional Negligence
Andrew v. Kounnis Freeman [1999] 2 BCLC 641
Medical Negligence
Sellers v. Cooke (1990) 6 BMLR 88
Personal Injuries
Ward v. Ritz Hotel Ltd [1992] PILR 31
Building Contracts
Rush & Tompkins v Deaner (1987) 13 Constr LR 106
Charity
Re Spence [1979] Ch 48
Ip Cheung-kwok v. Sin Hua Bank Trustee Ltd [1990] 1 HKLR 497, [1990] 2 HKLR 499
Varsani v. Jesani [1999] Ch 219
Trusts
Sin Hua Bank Trustee Ltd v. Ip Cheung-kwok [1991] 1 HKLR 639, [1992] 1 HKLR 211
Lemos v. Coutts (Cayman) Ltd [1992-3] CILR 5
Steele v Paz Ltd (1995) 1 Butterworth Offshore Cases 338 (Isle of Man)
Murphy v. Murphy [1999] 1 WLR 282
Al-Ibraheem v Bank of Butterfield International (Cayman) Ltd [2000] 3 ITELR 1
Chinese Customary Law
Ip Cheung-kwok v. Ip Siu-bun [1988] 2 HKLR 247
Secretary for Justice v. To Kan-chi [2000] 3 HKLRD 756
Partnership
Turner v. Fenton [1982] 1 WLR 52
Walters v. Bingham - The Times @ 29 Dec 1987
Re Senator Hanseatische VgmbH [1996] 2 BCLC 562
Solicitors
Swain v. Law Society [1983] AC 598
Sale of Land
Norman v. Hardy [1974] 1 WLR 1048
Kling v. Keston Properties Ltd (1983) 49 P & CR 212
Huckvale v. Aegean Hotels Ltd (1989) 58 P & CR 163
Markfaith Investment Ltd v. Chiap Hua Flashlight Co.Ltd. [1991] 2 AC 43
Chi Kit Co.Ltd. v. Lucky Health International Enterprise Ltd [2000] 2 HKLRD 503
Landlord and Tenant
Richards v. De Freitas (1975) 29 P & CR 1
Collin v. Duke of Westminster [1985] QB 581
BP Properties v. Buckler (1987) 55 P & CR 67
Allen v. Rochdale MBC [2000] Ch 221
Ports
Ipswich BC v. Moore - The Times @ 25 Oct 2001
Construction
Rush & Tompkins Ltd v. Deaner (1987) 3 Constr LR 106
Intellectual Property
Mothercare Ltd v. Robson Books Ltd [1979] FSR 466
Def American Inc v. Phonogram Ltd - The Times @ 16 August 1994
Arbitration
Dulwich College v. Williams (1994) 70 P & CR 67
Commons
Bracken Bank Lodge Ltd v. Peart [1996] NPC 124 (HL)
Evidence
Harmony Shipping v. Davis [1979] 1 WLR 1380
McKinnon v. Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette [1986] Ch 482
Procedure
Imprint Ltd v. Inkblot (Print & Design) Ltd - The Times @ 23 Feb 1985
Cobham v Frett [2001] 1 WLR 1775 (PC)
Contempt of Court
Danchevsky v Danchevsky (No.2) (1977) 121 Sol.Jo.796
Cinderby v Cinderby [1978] 8 Fam Law 244
Limitation
Rahman v Sterling Credit [2001] 1 WLR 496
The Cadle Company v Hearley [2002] 1 Lloyds Rep 143
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