We are acting for a local fiduciary company defending a negligence claim for damages of £9.5 million.
We are presently acting in a claim for breach of mandate against a local bank to obtain the release of multi-million pound funds.
We recently obtained freezing and disclosure orders in relation to Guernsey assets in support of overseas litigation.
We recently sought and obtained variation of a Restraint Order to release a client's funds at a Guernsey bank which had been caught up in a foreign prosecution.
On behalf of a foundation based in Liechtenstein we acted against a Guernsey based asset management company in respect of investment underperformance, achieving a successful settlement.
We recently acted for one investment bank against another in relation to an unsatisfied demand on a guarantee for US$2m
We successfully mediated a claim on behalf of the lessor of commercial property claiming against the lessees and guarantors.
On a number of occasions we have obtained evidence in Guernsey under the Hague Convention for use in overseas proceedings.
On the instructions of Canadian lawyers we acted against a locally based fund as part of US and international litigation.
In 2006 we won a significant victory on behalf of a member of the Association of Guernsey Civil Servants in a Judicial Review involving pension entitlements following redundancy.
In 2005 we acted for Cable & Wireless and Pender, in their highly publicised claim against Messenger, a Guernsey protected cell company insurer. This is the first case anywhere in the world where a freezing injunction has been successfully obtained against all the cells of a PCC.