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Richard Lissack QC



Ambassador for Action Aid

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Commercial
Case/Court Solicitors Type of Case/Comment
Invista Industries v DuPont New York Colley Mannion, Boston and Burgess Salmon, Bristol Expert witness on UK and EC law in multimillion dollar commercial dispute
Government of Brazil v various banks and other parties
Privy Council
LG, London with Crill Canavan, Jersey World wide proceedings to recover in excess of US$1 billion - successful
Pacific Electric Wire Company and others
Privy Council
WK To and Co, Hong Kong
Farara Kerins, BVI
Charles Russell, London
Multi billion dollar forum non conveniens appeal from Eastern Caribbean
Norris v United States of America
House of Lords
SFO Landmark case on cartels and conspiracy
Henley v Mirvahedy
House of Lords
Jane Phillips Statutory Interpretation
Animals Act 1971
Stokes Pension Fund Trustees
House of Lords
Davis Wood Construction of CPR re Costs
Leave to Appeal refused
K Ltd v NatWest Bank plc
Court of Appeal
DLA
London
Test case on meaning of suspicion in PoCA - successful
R v London Fire Authority ex p FBU
Court of Appeal
LFA in house counsel Judicial Review re Pension scheme - successful
Lloyds Bank v C&A
Court of Appeal
Martineau Johnson Striking out - abuse and estoppel
Ratcliff v Harper Adams College
Court of Appeal
Cunningham John Test case on duties of an occupier in tort
Wyke v Lloyds Bank
Court of Appeal
Edge Ellison,
London
Commercial case appeal
Autopaint v de Beer and others
Court of Appeal
Bevans Intellectual property claim - leave to appeal granted by the trial judge
Mirage Inks v Rexam Limited
Court of Appeal
Bevan Ashford
Taunton
Commercial Court appeal - successful
Shah v HSBC Private Bank
Court of Appeal/QBD
DLA Piper, London £300 million claim - strike out - successful
NFU v various defendants
Court of Appeal/QBD
NFU Counsel/Thring Townsend Class action arising out of foot and mouth disease outbreak 2007
CMC Marketmaker
Court of Appeal/QBD
Radcliffe Le Brasseur
Forex Asia General Counsel, Emeratt
Contempt proceedings against MD of FX house in China
Emarat Petroleum v Trafigura PTE
Commercial Court
General Counsel, EMARAT $81 million claim concerning contractual trading terms in Gulf
Kovacs v Howard and Howard
QBD
Public Access, with Devonshires Claim by former Vice President of Tiffany and Co - successful
In re a Hedge Fund
LCIA Arbitration
Abu Dhabi Attorneys International Arbitration in London and Abu Dhabi re application of Sharia’h and commercial law
Re a worldwide freezing order
Chancery Division
LG, London Litigation relating to offshore trust of Middle Eastern family
Re a worldwide corporate
restructuring
PWC legal Advising re international banking and regulatory compliance issues
Re a Bahamian Trust Hunton and Williams Advising re international financial services regulatory compliance issues
Re K Lavelle Coleman, Dublin Advising re multi-billion dollar international investment transaction
Re Chesleden Mischon de Raya Assigned claims for health authority fee costs
In re an employee General Counsel, The Reserve, New York Inter jurisdictional employment law issue
Re an international corporation Hughes Hubberd, Washington DC
Slaughter and May
Advise re POCA/FCPA compliance issues
Levitt Group Pension Scheme
QBD
Nabarro Nathanson Multi million pound pension fraud
Re Princess Madawi
Chancery Division
Travers Smith Braithwaite
London
Professional Negligence claim against former solicitors for Crown Princess of Saudi Arabia