David Mumford KC KC > Chambers of Michael Gibbon KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Maitland Chambers is noted as a go-to set for high-profile, civil fraud, commercial and trust matters at all levels of the court systems, including before the Privy Council, with barristers regularly active across all offshore jurisdictions. Richard Morgan KC successfully acted for the claimant in resisting the recent appeal of Credit Suisse against a $607m judgment in Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited v Ivanishvili. The case involved a claim by the ex-prime minister of Georgia against a subsidiary of a Swiss bank arising out the allegedly fraudulent actions of a rogue employee. ‘Fantastic advocate’ David Mumford KC led an appeal before the Eastern Caribbean Court of appeal in November in Wang v Floreat, a case which sought the winding up of funds worth $500 million. From the set’s juniors, Olivier Kalfon ‘s practice retains its strong offshore disputes emphasis, particularly those in the BVI and Cayman Islands.

The partnership practice at Maitland Chambers covers a range of partnerships, from traditional, including disputes within solicitor’s firms and doctors practices, to complex partnership structures in offshore funds, private equity and high net worth individuals’ wealth management structures. David Mumford KC has advised on a number of partnership disputes and LLP issues, while Watson Pringle is also involved in contentious partnership work. Ted Loveday is involved in Melford Capital Partners LLP v Digby, a cross-border dispute arising out of attempts to expel the client from a private equity partnership. Emily Gailey and Amanda Hadkiss are more key names at the set.

Maitland Chambers frequently appears in the Commercial Court and the Chancery Division, as well as in international courts and arbitration tribunals. David Mumford KC and Watson Pringle are defending the shipping company FESCO against conspiracy claims made by imprisoned Russian businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov, related to his efforts to resist a raid by the Russian state on his assets. Meanwhile, Andrew Twigger KC is representing Primer Design Ltd and Novacyt S.A. in a multi-million-pound claim filed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care over a contract to supply rapid-PCR test kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. In JD Wetherspoon v AB Inbev UK, Gregory Banner KC is representing the claimant in a contractual dispute regarding responsibility for installing taps for serving Budweiser beers under a 20-year agreement. Following the corporate restructuring of a private hospital group, Rebecca Page successfully defended Gerard Barnes against Henderson & Jones’s accusations of breach of directors’ duties, conspiracy, and dishonest assistance.

Regularly appearing before the English courts and in offshore jurisdictions, Maitland Chambers members are experienced in pursuing and defending high-profile civil fraud claims involving conspiracy, deceit, and breaches of fiduciary duty by trustees or directors. In Gibraltar, Richard Morgan KC represents the claimant in Tolkynneftegaz LLP v Terra Raf Trans Trading Ltd, Statie and Others, resisting the defendants’ jurisdictional challenges and strike-out applications in a $500m fraud case related to the operation of Kazakh gas fields. David Mumford KC acts for the Legal & General group of claimants in FSMA s.90 and s.90A claims against Glencore, alleging that the commodities trading and mining conglomerate failed to disclose instances of bribery and corruption in its operations in the Democractic Republic of Congo and other jurisdictions. At the junior level, Caley Wright has been defending Simon Hume-Kendall and Helen Hume-Kendall in London Capital & Finance PLC (in administration) and another v Thomson and others, a £179m claim related to the allegedly misleading sale of mini-bonds.