Archive for the 'Expert Witness' Category

The Regulation of Financial Institutions

Posted on August 10th, 2021 · Posted in Adjudication, Arbitration, Expert Information, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

Financial Regulation has changed dramatically over the last century. Dr Walford and Ausaf Abbas here give a lecture to understand the principles and features of modern regulation. This deals with the development of the regulatory environment in the US and UK and how different types of financial institutions are now regulated.…

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Mrs Frances Wood Combine Harvester in Setting Sun

Mrs Frances Wood v Commercial First & Others

Posted on July 13th, 2021 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Lending, Property

Interesting case over lending to a farmer for agricultural land and lost by the lender over payment of secret commissions…

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Essex County Council v UBB Waste

Essex County Council v UBB Waste (Essex) Limited

Posted on June 17th, 2021 · Posted in Expert Information, Expert Witness

Expert witnesses should be independent, impartial and objective.…

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Arbitration Law

Enka Insaat VS v Chubb re Arbitration

Posted on May 12th, 2021 · Posted in Arbitration, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

On 9 October 2020 the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi A.S. v OOO Insurance Company Chubb [2020] UKSC 38 (Enka v Chubb). It dismissed.. read more

Secretariat Consulting

A v X Y & Z and Secretariat Consulting v A

Posted on April 6th, 2021 · Posted in Arbitration, Expert Information, Expert Witness

These reported cases are two stages of the same case heard in the last 12 months. The first was in the Technology and Construction Court (‘TCC‘), the second, the Secretariat.. read more

Car Crash with police

David Pinkus v Direct Line Group

Posted on January 28th, 2021 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Lending

Mr. Pinkus (P), a film director, was involved in a road traffic accident on the M4 motorway in August 2012. The Defendant driver, a Mr.Khodak (K), had pulled out into.. read more

BDW Trading v Integral Geotechnique (Wales) Ltd

Posted on December 16th, 2020 · Posted in Expert Witness, Investment, Lending, Property

This case illustrates the pitfalls of relying on a surveyors report when there is no contractual relationship between the parties and no duty of care can be found. Bridgend County.. read more

Coal Mine Trucks Underground

Sanrus & Ors v Monto Coal 2 & Ors

Posted on November 23rd, 2020 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation

This judgment from the Supreme Court of Queensland highlights important principles on the admissibility of expert evidence, relevant to common-law jurisdictions not just in Australia but around the world. The.. read more

Mining Iron Ore

Vale SA v BSG Resources Ltd & Anor

Posted on October 20th, 2020 · Posted in Arbitration, Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Lending

Winning a claim in court is one matter; actually obtaining the value of your claim can be quite another. This judgment, handed down in July, concerned a challenge to an.. read more

Offshore Oil Rig near Nigeria

JPMorgan Chase Bank v Federal Republic of Nigeria

Posted on September 25th, 2020 · Posted in Expert Witness, Financial Litigation, Fraud, Lending

This is another case which illustrates the Quincecare duty of care imposed on banks and the extent of its reach. This well-established duty ensures that a bank should not execute.. read more