Commercial litigation case studies
Re: Briamore Shipping Limited
This case defined the use that solicitors may make of documents disclosed by their opponents in error.
Gulf Oil (GB) v Page
An injunction may be granted to restrain publication of defamatory material even when the material is true, if the publication is for a malicious purpose.
Re: Sevenoaks Stationers Limited
This landmark case laid down the tariff as to how long delinquent company directors should be disqualified for, now applied by the DTI.
Aylesbury United Football Club v Watford Football Club
Jeffrey Green Russell acted for Aylesbury United in their quest to prevent their under-18 footballers from being poached by another club, in a keynote case on the enforceability of contracts with minors.
Gur Corporation v the Government of the Republic of Ciskei
The first case on the recognition of foreign governments since Karl Zeiss v the Weimar Republic.
Films Rover International Limited v Cannon Film Sales Limited
A landmark case on the enforceability of company pre-incorporation contracts.
Harris v Wallis
Security for costs against a wealthy individual who has arranged his affairs so as to make himself judgment-proof
Hydrosan Limited
This landmark case achieved the decision that an individual shareholder respondent to a S 459 shareholders’ dispute cannot use the company’s funds to pay his own legal bills – the origin of the ‘Hydrosan letter’ concept.
Worldcom International Inc v Primus Telecommunications Inc
ADR ordered after a judgment.
City Alliance Limited v Advanced Transaction Systems Limited
Grant of share options dilutes rights of existing shareholders.
Lennox Lewis v Panos Eliades
Jeffrey Green Russell acted on the UK enforcement of a $7million New York judgment between Lennox Lewis, the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion, and Lewis’s former manager, Panos Eliades. The enforceability in the UK of the judgment was, however, tainted by the United States’ RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act of 1970. The Court of Appeal confirmed that multiple judgments are not enforceable in this country.
The case also featured an application to quantify damages on a cross-undertaking supporting a worldwide Freezing Order.
Ronnie Wood v Harrington Club Limited
Jeffrey Green Russell represented the exclusive Harrington private members' club in London's South Kensington, in a dispute with founding member and Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood over chattels.