DDDesignDeck

Instructed when it has already gone wrong

We try the cases other firms settle.

A disputes-only practice of nine. We do not advise on transactions, we do not staff a matter with eleven people, and we do not recommend settlement because the trial would be hard. Bring us the file that is already on fire.

Send us the file

Schedule of instructions

What we are instructed to do

  1. 01

    Commercial litigation

    Contract, warranty and shareholder disputes above eight figures.

    High Court
  2. 02

    International arbitration

    Seated arbitration under LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules.

    LCIA / ICC
  3. 03

    Fraud and asset tracing

    Freezing orders, search orders, and recovery across jurisdictions.

    Ex parte
  4. 04

    Regulatory defence

    Investigations, enforcement, and the interviews that precede them.

    FCA / SFO
  5. 05

    Appeals

    Instructed by other firms when the judgment below went badly.

    Court of Appeal

The record, as at this morning

214

Matters tried to judgment since 2009

81%

Of those, resolved in our client's favour

17

Jurisdictions we have appeared in

9

Solicitors. The number is the point.

Closed

Reported matters

[2025] EWHC 1140 (Comm)

2025

Acted for the minority shareholder in an unfair prejudice petition after four years of obstructed disclosure.

Judgment for the claimant

LCIA Arbitration 214592

2024

Defended a supply agreement termination valued at 240m across three seats and two governing laws.

Claim dismissed in full

[2024] EWCA Civ 88

2024

Instructed on appeal by the firm that lost below. The construction point was reargued from the contract itself.

Appeal allowed

Worldwide freezing order

2023

Obtained without notice on a Friday evening, then held on the return date against three respondents.

Order continued

Counsel

Who you actually get

Eleanor Vaux

Founding partner, disputes

Admitted 2004

Daniel Oyelaran

Partner, arbitration

Admitted 2008

Marta Rehnquist

Partner, fraud and recovery

Admitted 2011

Tell us what the other side did.

Chambers

11 Chancery Row, London WC2A

This is Chancery Row, filled with our words.Make it yours