Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

• Acting for the former owners of Axios Systems PLC on a High Court (London) warranty claim seeking £40 million worth of damages.
  
• Representing Elite Sports Group on a high value contract claim relating to the supply of football kit for Rangers Football club.
  
• Acting for the landlord in the defence of a complex £2.5million claim for property damage and loss of profit relating to Rogano restaurant in Glasgow, expected to go to the UK Supreme Court.
  

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• Acting for Browns Plantations Kenya Limited in relation to both a high-profile class action by more than 4,000 current and ex-employees, and seven similar claims in the All Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court.
  
• Advising JLR in relation to emissions class action litigations.
  
• Defending Scottish court actions and an adjudication arising out of a high-value claim in Texas for SPEX Group.
  

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• Defending Diageo Scotland Limited in a large group of claims seeking damages under the law of nuisance for losses allegedly caused by the release of ethanol in the process of scotch whisky maturation.
  
• Advised iiiTEC Limited in connection with multiple connected court actions in Aberdeen Sheriff Court, in respect of multi-layered oil and gas IP agreements and patents flowing from those agreements.
  
• Advised Deepmatter Limited in respect of an intellectual property dispute relating to the development of cutting edge technology in the field of digitising chemistry.
  

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• Acting for a pioneer in healthcare in multiple judicial reviews to challenge the decision of a health board to abandon a major procurement of laboratory services.
  
• Appointed to represent the Department for Business and Trade to resolve the claims of sub-postmasters.
  

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• Advising Renault in its defence of group proceedings in the Court of Session concerning alleged breaches of the nitrogen oxides emission standards for diesel vehicles.
  
• Acting as Scottish counsel to SalMar ASA in its defence of a £675 million claim arising out of the alleged Norwegian salmon cartel being pursued by the UK’s leading supermarkets.
  
• Acting for an individual and Von Der Heydt & Co AG in the defence of a £85million claim for unlawful means conspiracy raised against the clients by MEX Group Worldwide Limited.
  

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• Advising the Scottish Professional Football League Limited on all contentious matters involving the League, including any disputes with third parties, stakeholders (including Clubs) and on the application and enforcement of the SPFL Rules, which is a shareholder agreement amongst the 42 Member Clubs of the SPFL.
  
• Acted for PCI-PAL PLC and its subsidiary, PCI-PAL (U.K.) Limited, (together, PCI Pal) in the appeal brought by Sycurio Limited against the decision of a judge in the Patents Court in London.
  
• Acting for Scottish Sea Farms in relation to a claim before the Competition Appeal Tribunal by seven supermarket brands alleging unlawful cartel arrangements between the thirteen defendants. Currently acting for three defendants, including SSF. There were parallel Scottish proceedings raised in the Commercial Court of the Court of Session. There are also proceedings on behalf of all consumers of salmon in the UK.
  

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• Acting for BMW in the defence of group proceedings in connection with NOx emissions from diesel vehicles, one of the most significant pieces of commercial litigation going through the Scottish Courts at present.
  
• Acting for MAN SE in connection with multiple follow-on damages claims under competition law founding upon the European Commission’s 2016 Trucks Decision.
  
• Acted for Bullet Express in a dispute with a well-known national retailer regarding a distribution agreement.
  

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• Successfully defending a $250m claim against clients following a six-week proof and subsequently acting in the appeal by the unsuccessful party.
  
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  Advising Len Lothian Limited on a VAT appeal
  
• Advising a farming partnership on a challenge to the validity of the partnership agreement
  

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• Acted for Greater Glasgow Health Board and challenge was raised in respect of the client’s procurement for the provision of testing and laboratory services. The pursuer, a prospective bidder, sought to suspend the procurement on an interim basis until the resolution of the dispute.
  
• Acting for the liquidators of AYMA IOT Limited, we have pursued court proceedings against three former directors of the company. The liquidators seek payment ofaround £1.7m from the various directors with the claims being categorised asgratuitous alienations, wrongful trading and misfeasance under the Insolvency Act 1986.
  
• Acted for Rocep-Lusol Holdings Limited in a Commercial Action in the Court of Session against Lindal Dispenser GmbH. Our client licensed various patents to Lindal for use within products which dispensed highly viscous material.
  

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• Acting for Mowi Scotland obtaining permanent interdict orders in respect of 47 sites, running proceedings through the Sheriff Court, the Sheriff Appeal Court and the Court of Session.
  
• Acting for a partner of Panda Rosa Metal in landmark proceedings before the Commercial Court of the Court of Session, successfully having an interim judicial factor of the partnership removed.
  

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• Acting for the Ford Motor Group defending one group litigation actions raised in Scotland.
  
• Acting for DMWSHNZ Limited (in liquidation), a subsidiary of HBOS, in a damages claim of £26M, plus interest against the Bank of Scotland for breach of duties owed by the bank as a shadow director.
  
• Instructed by Bangladesh Power Development Board in defending attempt by another Bangladesh company to enforce an arbitration award for $11 million originally made in 2002.
  

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• Defending a high value (£11.5m) claim for damages on behalf of client, arising after a fire at the client’s premises in 2018.
  
• Act for Stagecoach in respect of group proceedings which allege the client abused its dominant position. Aggregate damages in the region of £96m was sought to be recovered.
  
• Represented a client in a $14 billion multi-jurisdictional dispute over a hostile takeover of a Russian entity.  Successfully defended against a worldwide freezing order and challenged the jurisdiction of the English Courts, navigating complex legal issues across England, Russia, the British Virgin Islands, and Cyprus.
  

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• Advising Biffa Waste Services Ltd on its high profile claim against the Scottish Government in respect of the Scottish Governments’ failures with the Deposit Return Scheme.
  
• Advising Axon on the eagerly awaited Digital Evidence Sharing Capability (DESC) program is a Scottish government initiative that aims to improve how digital evidence is used in the criminal justice system. The programme is a collaboration between the Scottish Government and Police Scotland.
  

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• Representing Orkney Islands Council and its ferry operator OFL in a Competition Appeal Tribunal case brought by Blue Planet Holdings Ltd, alleging an illegal cartel, which was resolved in favour of the Council with no permission to appeal.
  
• Acts for Aberdeenshire Council in judicial reviews involving challenges to age assessments.
  
• Acting for Aberdeen City Council in pursuing a £1 million negligence claim against contractors for the construction of the Diamond Bridge.
  

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• Representing Tecjet in a Court of Session litigation for damages arising out of the fire to the Glasgow School of Art.
  
• Advising prominent Scottish politician Murdo Fraser in respect of his claim against Police Scotland who have recorded a ‘non crime hate incident’ arising out of an innocuous posting on X.
  
• Acting for a client, for the finder of the Galloway Hoard in a claim raised against him by the Church of Scotland for a share in the treasure trove payment he received from the exchequer.
  

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• Acting on behalf of minority shareholders in an unfair prejudice petition in the Court of Session.
  
• Acting on behalf of the leading specialist insolvency litigation financing company in the pursuit of a high-value unpaid director’s loan in the Court of Session.
  
• Acting on behalf of a property developer in a high-value breach of contract and professional negligence action against its former architects and cost consultants.
  

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• Representing energy international super-major in relation to a high-value commercial dispute involving the cessation of production at multiple oil fields in the UK Continental Shelf, including judicial review proceedings of sector-importance at the High Court (Administrative Court) London, and Court of Session.
  
• Representing Weatherford International plc and subsidiaries in relation to high value commercial and intellectual property disputes in the Court of Session and Sheriff Courts.
  
• Representing renewable energy developer in Court of Session proceedings relating to multi-million pound claims for breach of contract and negligence against renewables consultants and contractors.
  

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