Angus Rance

Jan 15, 2024 | lexology.com | Jon C. Gale |James Levy |Tim West |Sophie Law |Angus Rance |Justin Browne | +3 more

Once again the commercial litigation team at Ashurst welcomed the New Year with a discussion on the main issues of 2023 and our predictions for 2024. Our top ten are as follows. 1. Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR, is no longer an alternativeThis year we moved several steps closer to Sir Geoffrey Vos’ vision of ADR forming part of an integrated dispute process, rather than being seen as alternative.

Oct 23, 2023 | lexology.com | Tom Cummins |Sophie Law |Angus Rance

An English Court of Appeal judge recently suggested in the case of PJSC National Bank Trust (NBT) and PJSC Bank Otkritie (Otkritie) v Mints & ors [2023] EWCA Civ 1132 that every company in Russia could be regarded as "controlled" by Russian President Vladimir Putin and therefore targeted by UK financial sanctions. We take a look at the implications. The claimThe underlying claim was brought by two Russian banks: Otkritie and NBT, including against four individuals (the Mints).