Commercial Litigation Experience

  • The KPMG case: Acting on behalf of the liquidators of a group of Canadian and Jersey associated companies, conducting an asset-tracing exercise against a Jersey trust company The instructions were received as a result of a recommendation from KPMG Jersey;
  • Jersey Evening Post v Al Thani [2002] JLR 542: A landmark Jersey case on confidentiality in international criminal matters, and on the procedure of hearings in private and camera.
  • The Black case: acting for corporate and individual defendants to a claim for compensation brought by the Jersey Financial Services Commission under the collective investment scheme legislation – recently succeeded in getting the claim struck out in its entirety against one of the defendants.

  • Federated Trust Co Ltd v Kleinwort Benson:We were instructed by Mishcon de Reya on a Norwich Pharmacal application.

  • The Bow Valley case: Acting and on behalf of a Canadian oil group with Jersey subsidiaries. The case arises out of the development of an oil field in Iran and involves issues of Jersey, English and Iranian law. The sum claimed is in excess of US$10m and there are allegations of conspiracy, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of confidence, breach of trust and malicious falsehood/unlawful interference.
  • The Park Heights case: Acting on behalf the main contractor involved in the construction of a large luxury apartment development affected by subsidence.Crill Canavan is instructed by English specialist construction firm Pinsent Masons

 

 

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