Call (1989) Inner Temple
LL.B (Hons) London
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Summary
Principal work: Commercial
litigation/arbitration (contracts, banking, insurance &
reinsurance, shipping (dry) and commercial fraud), jurisdictional
disputes, private international law (conflicts) and Japanese law.
Areas
of Practice
Banking
In the field
of banking specialities include the defence of claims brought by banks,
particularly against small to medium sized businesses (those with an
annual turnover of up to £50 million) where facilities are secured with
guarantees and/or legal charges over the personal property of directors
or shareholders.
Insurance
In the field
of insurance specialities include coverage disputes under legal
expenses insurance and/or professional indemnity, & maritime
umbrella policies.
Notable Cases
- TICC v Cosco (UK) Limited 2001 December
5, Court of Appeal (claim by a freight forwarder for repayment of post
season surcharges imposed by an international carrier of goods by sea
and paid to its UK agent under duress)
- Import Car Specialists Limited v Chief
Constable of Hampshire Constabulary & Others 2001 QBD (various
claims against multiple defendants involving the recovery and re-sale
in the UK of cars originally stolen in Japan worth about £60 million)
- In Re Crookshank Limited 2000
Administrative Court (various claims against multiple defendants
involving the recovery and re-sale in the UK of cars originally stolen
in Japan worth about £4 million)
- Casio Computers Ltd v Sayo & Others
1998 Ch D (a fraud of about $100 million involving 20 defendants in
multiple jurisdictions)
- Jyske Bank (Gibraltar) Ltd v Spjeldnaes
& Others 1996 Ch D (a fraud of about £70 million involving 30
defendants in multiple jurisdictions)
- In Re a Company (No 62 of 1995) 1996
Times 15 February (a technical point of procedure in presenting
petitions to wind-up UK companies)
Publications
1995
English/Japanese Legal Dictionary and Handbook (Cassell 1995).
1992 Attacking Assets in Japan, chapter in Attacking Foreign Assets,
editor D. Campbell (Lloyd's of London Press, 1992, 1997).
1992 A Report on the Application and Practice in Japan of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, (a report by the
Japan Federation of Bar Associations to the UN Human Rights Commission,
1992). Translation Editor (Japanese to English).
Languages
Japanese
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