High Net Worth Litigation
Experience in representing and advising High Net Worth clients in a range of commercial litigation.
Fraser Chambers provides the full range of litigation services for High Net Worth individuals. Fraser Chambers appreciates that many High Net Worth individuals have complex disputes, covering many jurisdictions and welcome clear advice about the best litigation strategy to be adopted.
A dispute may involve a freezing order (potentially worldwide) which requires careful advice as to the scope of the freezing order and permissible exceptions to spending allowed by the freezing order.
Breach of court orders is particularly serious where the court order is endorsed with a penal notice, as this carries exposure to an application for committal to prison for contempt of court.
High Net Worth clients may also decide to bring private prosecutions where criminal conduct has occurred, rather than pursue claims in civil courts. Although there is a higher standard of proof, there are many advantages to private prosecutions, including that proceedings are commonly faster and there is a greater measure of protection from paying the Defendant’s legal costs and recovering legal costs, even if the prosecution is unsuccessful.
When assets have been seized, challenges frequently need to be brought using trust principles and public law challenges to public authorities.
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Recent High Net Worth Litigation Cases
Remote High Court financial services hearing settled with consent order
Dr Anton van Dellen was instructed in a financial service dispute which was heard remotely in the High Court. Part of the dispute concerned the migration of financial services from one institution to another. The hearing was settled with a consent order. Anton was lead by Damian Falkowski and [...]
Remote High Court hearing in financial services dispute
Dr Anton van Dellen represented the Defendant in a remote High Court hearing in Leeds in a financial services dispute. The Defendant alleges that the Claimant, a financial institution based in Gibraltar, failed to operate segregated client accounts, failed to reconcile accounts and withdrew third party funds. The claim [...]
Remote High Court hearing in claim against expert witness
25 June 2020 Dr Anton van Dellen represented the Claimant in a remote High Court hearing. Professor David Marks provided expert witness services for the Claimant in Employment Tribunal (ET) proceedings. The Claimant alleges that Professor Marks acted negligently in the preparation of his report and when he gave evidence [...]
Recent High Net Worth Litigation News
Fraser Chambers teams up with Constantine Cannon in Global Legal Hackathon
With the expectation of significant numbers of large scale COVID-19 frauds, investigation and prosecution by the State is likely to be an overwhelming task. The use of whistleblowers is something that would make that task much easier and quicker. Not only the State may bring a criminal prosecution under [...]
Helpful guidance from Mr Justice Mann on preparation of pdf bundles
Mr Justice Mann, judge in charge of Live Services, has provided some guidance in order to achieve a level of useful consistency in the provision of PDF bundles for use by judges in hearings. Download PDF
Remote hearings should continue
Interesting judgment about remote hearings by John Kimbell QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in Re Blackfriars Ltd [2020] EWHC 845 (Ch). The message is that as many hearings as possible should continue and they should do so remotely as long as that can be done safely. The presumption [...]
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