With a strong presence across Bermuda, the Channel Islands, and Hong Kong, maitland chambers is geared to handle asset recovery, insolvency, and shareholder disputes. Christopher Parker KC is experienced in professional negligence, fraud, and insolvency, recently securing the restoration of a buy-out order on an unfair prejudice application in Re JF Ming. Richard Morgan KC acted in Ivanishvili & Ors v Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited, defending a Bermudian appeal concerning a $607.5m fraud judgment. Matthew Collings KC represented the unsecured creditors in Northstar Ltd and Omnia Ltd, landmark proceedings on provisional liquidation and segregated accounts in Bermuda, while David Mumford KC acted for the Rasmala Trade Finance Fund in resisting a Cayman winding-up petition following Covid-19 losses.
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Profile
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial and chancery litigation, including business agreements and general commercial disputes, civil fraud, company and partnership matters, jurisdictional disputes, claims against trustees and other fiduciaries, and professional negligence. Notable cases include: BAT v Sequana (dividend claw-back in connection with US environmental indemnity claims); Canary Wharf Finance (dispute over the securitisation of the Canary Wharf estate); Bumi (shareholder and other claims concerning the UK-listed mining enterprise); Red October (jurisdiction challenge in debt and conspiracy claims against Russian steel works); Berezovsky v Abramovich, Hine & ors (various actions involving the famous Russian oligarch); Masri v Consolidated Contractors (alleged conspiracy to evade judgment debts); Jennington v Assaubayev (fraud claims in connection with the sale of a gold mining conglomerate); Cadogan Petroleum v Tolley (fraud and bribery claims in connection with a gas exploration business); Lehman Brothers (concerning the administrators’ liability for rent); Cinnamon v BCP (claim against a Portuguese bank about a mortgage securitisation); Equitable Life v Bowley & Ors (acting for former Managing Director and Appointed Actuary in claims arising out of the collapse of the Society); In re the Buncefield Incident (acting for commercial property owners in claims arising out of the oil terminal explosion); Marlwood v Kozeny (acting for US investors in fraud claims concerning the privatisation of the Azeri oil industry); Scottish & Newcastle v PwC (defending professional negligence claims against management consultants) and Gregson v HAE Trustees Limited (successfully resisting a 'dog-leg' claim against directors of a trust company for breach of trust).
Career
Called 2000; Lincoln’s Inn.
QC 2016.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.
Education
Born 6 March 1975. Educated King's College School and Magdalen College, Oxford (MA Classics, 1st Class Honours). Former Mansfield Scholar and Denning Scholar of Lincoln's Inn.
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