With ‘quality from top to bottom’, members of 3 Verulam Buildings handle a wide range of civil fraud matters, from banking fraud and breach of fiduciary duties to bribery and asset tracing. Adrian Beltrami KC is acting for the claimant in Jinxin v Aser Media, a claim of deceit and conspiracy arising from the purchase of a sports media company. In Harrington & Charles Trading Co v Mehta, Ewan McQuater KC heads a counsel team including Ian Wilson KC, Philip Hinks, James McWilliams, and James McWilliams, representing the claimant liquidators, who allege that the defendants fraudulently acquired gold bullion shipments from Indian banks. Various members of the set remain involved in significant cum-ex claims, where the Danish tax authority seeks to recover sums it alleges were lost through unlawfully claimed tax refunds; this includes David Head KC, Christopher Bond, Hannah Glover, and Sophia Dzwig representing the DWF defendant group in SKAT v Solo Capital Partners LLP, and Tom Montagu-Smith KC and Philip Hinks acting for the same claimant in SKAT v Elysium Global (Dubai) Ltd and Elysium Properties Ltd.
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Testimonials
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- 'Stephen Penson and Stuart Pullum are strong clerks.'
- 'The clerks are great - very commercial and sensible. Head clerk Stuart Pullum is a lovely man.'
- 'James Kelly and Andrew Monks are extremely fair clerks.'
- 'Stuart Pullum is absolutely first rate.'
- 'A top set for banking and finance disputes, civil fraud and international arbitration.'
- 'Excellent chambers. Quality from top to bottom.'
- '3VB are a quality set, through and through.'
- '3VB is an excellent set, mainly in the banking, finance, and financial services fraud world.'
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