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Marc Delehanty | Littleton Chambers
“very good at cutting through complex and detailed factual circumstances to find the best practical route though a problem”
“unflappable when under pressure”
Details of his experience may be found in the tabs below. The following is a flavour of his work:
Gray v Hurley [2019] EWCA Civ 2222 – as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal – representing a claimant in a jurisdiction dispute in relation to claims of resulting trusts, undue influence and unjust enrichment for recovery of high value real estate, shares and hypercars located abroad (including the Ferrari F1 that Michael Schumacher drove to the 2003 World Championship title).
PrivatBank v Kolomoisky, Bogolyubov and others [2019] EWCA Civ 1708 – as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal – representing corporate defendants in a US$2billion claim for alleged misappropriation of monies from Ukraine’s largest bank prior to its nationalisation.
Juste Puharic v Silverbond Enterprises Ltd – sole counsel in the High Court (trial set for late 2020) – representing a high-net-worth individual in claim for breach of contract concerning alleged failure by a casino operator to pay him sums due under a VIP gambling incentive program.
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov and Khrapunov [2018] UKSC 19 – as junior counsel in the Supreme Court – represented the Second Defendant, challenging jurisdiction for a claim of over US$500m for unlawful means conspiracy based on alleged breaches of freezing orders.
McMillan v UK Anti-Doping (NADP/594/2016) – as sole counsel before the National Anti­Doping Panel – represented a Scottish professional footballer in an appeal against his doping ban.
Allergy Therapeutics (UK) Ltd v Inflamax Research Inc (London Commercial Court, 2017-18; led by Charles Samek QC). Acting for a Canadian medical trial services provider defending a US$10m damages claim for breach of contract and misrepresentation concerning its conduct of a trial of an new allergy treatment drug and counterclaiming for unpaid fees of over US$4m. This case involved complex factual and scientific evidence, relating to drug trial processes and statistical analyses of medical data.
Mr H v Mr D (London Circuit Commercial Court, 2017-18; sole counsel). Representing the claimant in a dispute between businessmen about the funding of a game resort and farm in South Africa, which concerned issues of contract formation and misrepresentation.
Ritz Hotel Casino v Al Geabury [2015] EWHC 2294 (QB) (Queen’s Bench Division, 2015; led by Clive Freedman QC). Successfully represented the casino at a six day High Court trial in a claim for unpaid gambling debts which raised detailed evidential issues about alleged gambling addiction and legal issues concerning the regulation of casinos and their obligations towards their patrons. In finding for the Ritz, Mrs Justice Simler relied upon documentary evidence which had been “painstakingly analysed by Mr Delehanty” (see judgment at para. 16). The defendant’s compliance with his disclosure obligations was scrutinised across a number of hotly contested pre-trial High Court hearings at which Marc appeared unled and secured orders for specific disclosure and inspection. Read more about the case here. The case was extensively reported in: The Mirror, The Guardian, The Express, The Mail and The Evening Standard.
PrivatBank v Kolomoisky, Bogolyubov and others (Court of Appeal and Chancery Division, 2018-19; led by Sonia Tolaney QC and Thomas Plewman QC). Representing six corporate defendants (English and British Virgin Islands companies) which a major Ukrainian bank claims participated in an alleged misappropriation of US$1.9 billion of its money by two Ukrainian oligarchs prior to the bank’s nationalisation. The issues of jurisdiction for the claim and of whether a worldwide freezing order should be discharged were addressed at a 5­day High Court hearing: [2018] EWHC 3308 (Ch), and a 4-day Court of Appeal hearing: [2019] EWCA Civ 1708. Additionally, Marc acted on an application concerning the level of detail which must be provided when a respondent to a freezing order discloses an asset: [2018] EWHC 482 (Ch).
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov and Khrapunov (UK Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and Commercial Court; 2015-18; led by Charles Samek QC). Junior counsel for the Second Defendant, the son-in-law of Mukhtar Ablyazov, in a claim for over US$500m, alleging that he had conspired with Mr Ablyazov to breach asset freezing orders of the English Court (previously made against Mr Ablyazov). These proceedings have raised novel points of law regarding English jurisdiction over conspiracy claims and the availability of causes of action for damages for breach of a freezing order. There have been a wide variety of hotly contested applications and appeals, on a number of which Marc has appeared for Mr Khrapunov as sole counsel. Reported decisions include: (i) the Supreme Court’s judgment regarding Mr Khrapunov’s CPR Part 11 application challenging the English Court’s jurisdiction (at [2018] UKSC 19) – read more about this judgment here; (ii) the Court of Appeal’s judgment on whether Mr Khrapunov should be required to come to England for cross-examination on asset disclosure notwithstanding a consequent risk of extradition from the UK to Ukraine or Kazakhstan (at [2018] EWCA Civ 819); and, (iii) the Commercial Court’s judgment on WFO asset disclosure, the privilege against self-incrimination and the use of ‘confidentiality clubs’ (at [2016] EWHC 289 (Comm)) – read more about this judgment here.
Marc has experience, as both junior and sole counsel, of High Court business protection disputes involving team moves, staff poaching, restrictive covenants, garden leave, fiduciary duties and breach of confidence / misuse of confidential information. He is comfortable working as part of a team and to tight deadlines for injunction applications.
Granite Search v Kaminski (Queen’s Bench Division, 2016; sole counsel). Represented the defendant at a hearing of an application for an injunction against him for alleged breach of post-termination restrictive covenants and misuse of confidential information. Succeeded in: (i)limiting the competitive restrictions on the defendant pending speedy trial; (ii) substantially narrowing the scope and terms of an order that the defendant provide information about any use he made of confidential information; and, (iii) resisting an order for costs.
Marc also writes on topical sporting issues for the popular LawInSport website. His articles include: Why did Coventry City FC’s State Aid claimfail?, The Queensberry Rules of Sky and BT’s Sporting Match-Up, and A Guide to England’s Independent Football Ombudsman.