[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
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 fileSchedule of instructions
What we are instructed to do
- 01
Commercial litigation
Contract, warranty and shareholder disputes above eight figures.
High Court - 02
International arbitration
Seated arbitration under LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules.
LCIA / ICC - 03
Fraud and asset tracing
Freezing orders, search orders, and recovery across jurisdictions.
Ex parte - 04
Regulatory defence
Investigations, enforcement, and the interviews that precede them.
FCA / SFO - 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
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