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Civil fraud and asset recovery, Commercial disputes, Insolvency, PropertyMonday 6 January 2025

Nine Wilberforce barristers feature in three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2025

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce barristers appear in three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2025, identifying the upcoming year’s most-talked-about disputes. Nine of our members are involved across the highlighted matters.

The Public Institution For Social Security v Al Rajaan and others

Tim Penny KC, Emily McKechnie and John Grocott-Barrett are acting for the 39th and 40th defendants, Aerium Finance Limited and Ely Michel Ruimy, in this “mammoth multi-party £1.2bn fraud claim“, as described by The Lawyer.

Credit Suisse Virtuoso SICAV-SIF and another v SoftBank, Joint Liquidators of Greensill Ltd, and others

Daniel Lewis is acting for the seventh defendant, the Greensill Liquidators, in this $440m claim, a figure which Credit Suisse claims is owed to its customers by Katerra, a company funded by Greensill.

38 Curzon Lease (Fantasio) v Curzon Cinemas and Curzon Restaurant & Bar

Curzon Cinema and its landlord, Fantasio, are engaged in a significant real estate dispute concerning a proposed multimillion-pound refurbishment which will unite the cinema and adjoining restaurant. Meanwhile, Curzon wishes to extend its 90-year tenure at the premises.

Jonathan Seitler KC, Benjamin Faulkner and Francesca Mitchell are acting for the claimant, and Joanne Wicks KC and Emer Murphy are acting for the defendant.

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