Robert-Jan Temmink

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Robert-Jan Temmink |Tom Nixon |Tom Hall |Paul Downes KC

In a judgment handed down on Wednesday 19 February 2025(Nasir v Zavarco Plc [2025] UKSC 5), theSupreme Court has held that the esoteric but longstanding doctrineof merger, which prevents a party from seeking any further reliefon a cause of action once a judgment has been given upon it, doesnot apply to declaratory judgments. Paul Downes KC, Robert-Jan TemminkKC, Tom Nixon and TomHall acted for the appellant, instructed by Lee Donoghueand Jessica Verrall at Teacher Stern LLP.

Apr 12, 2024 | mondaq.com | Chirag Karia KC |Robert-Jan Temmink |Matthew Reeve |Peter Stevenson

In an extensive Judgment of over 200 pages, Mr Justice Henshaw rejected jurisdiction challenges brought by the Defendant international reinsurers on the basis of Russian exclusive jurisdiction clauses (EJCs). Finding that the mostly western owners and lessors of over 200 aircraft were very unlikely to receive a fair trial in Russia, he refused to order a stay of the English proceedings. The case is one of The Lawyer's Top 20 Cases of 2024.

Feb 23, 2024 | mondaq.com | Robert-Jan Temmink

Robert-Jan Temmink KC and Catherine Doran appeared in the Trinidad & Tobago Court of Appeal for the successful appellant. In a decision which will be relevant to certain other Commonwealth and former Commonwealth countries, the Court of Appeal rejected the University of West Indies' contention that the Court's jurisdiction had been ousted by the University Visitor.