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Permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal has been granted in: Almacantar Centre Point Nominee Ltd v De Valk and Others
Property
Martin Hutchings KC | Harriet Holmes
Wednesday 22 October 2025
Civil fraud and asset recovery, Commercial disputes, Insolvency, PropertyMonday 6 January 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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