Notable Civil Fraud cases
Forgery / Conspiracy case
Advising a client on his response to allegations that he participated in a conspiracy to forge evidence for use in employment tribunal proceedings and High Court litigation. The case is currently at the pre-action stage.
Miranda Investments Ltd & Ors v Abraham Dodi & Ors
Acting for defendants to a real estate development claim involving allegations of mismanagement and misappropriation.
Skatteforvaltningen v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors.
Andrew acts for the Danish tax authority in a c.$1.5 billion claim against c.90 defendants. The case relates to fraudulent applications for refunds of dividend withholding tax and has been described by the trial judge as “one of the most complex pieces of litigation in British history”. Related civil and criminal proceedings are ongoing in the US, Malaysia, onshore Dubai, the DIFC, Denmark and Germany. There have been two trials of preliminary issues, including one relating to the ‘revenue rule’ which was recently decided in SKAT’s favour by the Supreme Court. The main trial began in April 2024 and is scheduled to conclude in April 2025. The case is in The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2024, having previously appeared in its list for 2021.
JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank v Kolomoisky & Ors.
Andrew acts for the corporate defendants in a c.$1.9 billion misappropriation claim brought by a state-owned Ukrainian bank against its former owners (Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov) and six companies. The defendants succeeded in a jurisdiction challenge in 2018 but this decision was reversed by the Court of Appeal in 2019. The trial took place between June and November 2023. The case was included in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2022.
Cryptocurrency fraud
Acting for a cryptocurrency exchange in relation to contested allegations that it received the proceeds of a major fraud (valued at c. GBP 6 million).
Secret commissions case
Acted in 2023/24 for the claimant on an NPO application in Singapore. Disclosure was obtained to assist a worldwide asset recovery effort arising out of payments of GBP millions of secret commissions by a former employee and suspected sales of confidential information to competitors. The case also involved related criminal proceedings in the Netherlands.
Confidential securities fraud action
Acted for the claimant in 2022/23 in a £multi-million securities fraud claim under FSMA s.90A. The claim was resolved at the pre-action stage.
Disclosure in relation to a counterfeiting operation
Acted for a US-based electronic cigarette company on disclosure applications aimed at identifying the manufacturers and distributors of harmful counterfeit versions of its product.
Acting on assigned fraud claims in an insolvency context
Acted for a claimant in a £multi-million shareholder dispute on fraud claims which were assigned during a liquidation process.
Investors in Cattles plc v Blake & Ors
Acted for a defendant to a c.£30m claim brought by investors in a subprime lender regarding misrepresentations in a rights issue prospectus. The case was due to become the first authority on FSMA s.90 until it settled shortly before trial.
National Bank Trust v Yurov & Ors
Acted for a defendant to a c.$830m claim brought by a Russian bank arising out of a loan recycling scheme. The claim was included in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2017.
Shareholder dispute involving allegations of forgery and email collusion
Andrew acted for a shareholder in a dispute involving allegations of another shareholder’s email forgery and collusion with company administrators in connection with an auction of the company following a pre-pack.
