Daniel Jukes

Company law

Recent work includes:

• Confidential: acting for an institutional shareholder in a large medical technology company in a shareholder dispute concerning inter alia breaches of a shareholder agreement (led by Ian Croxford KC).
• Confidential: advising (as sole counsel) on remedying a defective share buyback in the context of an imminent sale of the business.
• Confidential: acting as sole counsel providing advice on technical company law matters including how to remedy a defective share buyback, restorations of a company to the register, and the process by which a company may reduce its share capital.
• Re Hayward Financial Services Limited: acting (as sole counsel) on a court-confirmed reduction of share capital to remedy a defective share buyback in the context of a sale of a business.
• Re The Greater Good Brewing Company [2024] EWHC 837 (Ch): assisting Nigel Dougherty in successfully striking out the entirety of an unfair prejudice petition with indemnity costs (during pupillage).
• Re Jardine Strategic Holdings [2024] CA (Bda) 7 Civ: assisting Martin Moore KC, Anna Scharnetzky, and Andrew Blake at a three day appeal in the Bermuda Court of Appeal. The underlying case concerned the merger appraisal right in the Bermuda Companies Act 1981. The appeal considered (i) the meaning of “possession, custody, and control” for the purposes of disclosure, and (ii) whether the Company can assert privilege against its shareholders (during pupillage).
• Re Carillion Plc: assisting Andrew Thompson KC, Andrew Blake and Phillip Morrison in representing the non-executive directors of Carillion in directors’ disqualification proceedings brought by the Secretary of State (during pupillage).
• Re Rotala plc: assisting Stephen Horan at a members’ scheme of arrangement sanction hearing (during pupillage).
• Confidential: assisting in preparing advice on technical company law matters, including whether a prospectus is required for the purposes of a Takeover Code- governed transaction and the correct interpretation of s 204 of the Companies Act 2006 (during pupillage).
• Re SCA Investments Ltd: assisting Stephen Horan at a members’ scheme of arrangement sanction hearing (during pupillage).
• Re 36 Bourne Street Ltd [2024] EWHC 2983 (Ch): assisting Nigel Dougherty in successfully striking out an unfair prejudice petition on the basis that the conduct complained of by the petitioner did not amount to conduct of the company’s affairs (during pupillage).
• Confidential: assisting Andrew Blake in advising on the powers of a company under its articles of association to determine the price of shares that were subject to a transfer notice and whether the Braganza duty was applicable to the exercise of the power (during pupillage).

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Insolvency

Recent work includes:

• Henderson & Jones v Dharas: acting for the claimant in Chancery Division (ICC) proceedings who brings claims for breach of directors’ duties and a transaction defrauding creditors against the former director of a company now in insolvency (led by Thomas Robinson KC).
• Re Fossil Group: acted (unled) for the Retail Investor Advocate in a Part 26A Restructuring Plan at the Convening Hearing. The Plan sought to restructure USD $150,000,000 senior unsecured notes.
• Re Argo Blockchain Plc: acting (unled) for the Retail Investor Advocate in a Part 26A Restructuring Plan.
• Re a Company: successfully acting for a company to restrain presentation of a winding-up petition. The underlying dispute concerns c USD $20 million arbitration dispute arising out of a joint venture and related English proceedings worth in excess of £10 million (led by Jessica Brooke).
• Advising as sole counsel on the merits of making an application to restrain advertisement of a winding-up petition.
• NOAL SCSp v Novalpina Capital LLP: assisting Stephen Davies KC and Jack Watson at a preliminary issue trial regarding the conversion of a private equity firm from a members’ voluntary liquidation to a creditors’ voluntary liquidation (during pupillage).
• Staveley v Restis: assisting Raquel Agnello KC and Dan Butler in resisting a permission to appeal application relating to an application to set aside a c£36 million statutory demand (during pupillage).
• Re Central Access Hire Sales Ltd: assisting Jack Rivett in preparing an application to remove a liquidator from office (during pupillage).
• Regularly appearing in the Insolvency and Companies Court on a variety of applications including winding up and bankruptcy petitions.

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Civil fraud and asset recovery

Recent work includes:

• Confidential: acting for one of the 21 defendants in a large civil fraud claim currently proceeding in the Commercial Court (in private) said to be worth over £100 million. The claim concerns allegations of unlawful means conspiracy, bribery, dishonest assistance and deceit (led by Adam Zellick KC of Fountain Court Chambers).
• Confidential: acting for a HNW individual and their private office against a former business partner and related entity in a dispute arising from an investment in Eastern European infrastructure. The claim concerns breach of confidence, unlawful means conspiracy, the tort of intimidation and bribery (led by Thomas Grant KC and Kirsten Sjøvoll).
• The Public Institution for Social Security v Al Rajaan & ors – One of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2025: The case concerns an alleged corrupt scheme whereby secret commission worth in excess of USD $1 billion were paid by financial institutions to the Director General of the public institution which operates Kuwait’s social security system and pension scheme. Daniel acted for the 39th and 40th Defendant for part of the trial (led by Tim Penny KC, Emily McKechnie and John Grocott-Barrett).
• Confidential: appearing unled on an interlocutory matter seeking an unless order in the High Court (Business List). The underlying dispute concerns a claim against a solicitor who is accused of fraudulently misappropriating client monies.
• Assisting Jack Watson in resisting a freezing injunction, Chabra injunction and a Bankers Trust order. The underlying dispute concerned an alleged multi-jurisdiction fraudulent property investment scheme (during pupillage).
• Assisting Jack Watson in obtaining a freezing injunction against a solicitor who is accused of fraudulently misappropriating client monies (during pupillage).
• DLA Piper LLP v Henshaw Farming LLP [2025] EWHC 542 (Ch): assisting Zoë Barton KC and Daniel Petrides in successfully opposing the defendants’ strike out and summary judgment application, which was brought on the grounds of champerty and maintenance, as well as alleging that the claim was time barred. The underlying claim concerned a fraudulent property transfer (during pupillage).

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Pensions

Recent work includes:

• Confidential: advising an employer on its liabilities under a pension scheme.
• Brasher v Chief Constable of Suffolk Police Constabulary: acting for a police force in a dispute concerning the award of an injury pension to a retired police officer (led by David Pollard).
• Confidential: assisting Andrew Mold KC and Jennifer Seaman in preparing to issue a Part 8 claim of behalf of a corporate trustee of a pension trust scheme. The underlying claim concerns various issues that have arisen in the historic administration of the scheme (during pupillage).

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