Novoship (UK) Limited & ors v Nikitin & ors [2014] EWCA Civ 908

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | November 2014 #144

Mr Mikhaylyuk (M), a manager for the first respondent, NOUK, with responsibility for negotiating the charters of vessels owned by companies within the Novoship group, the remaining respondents, owed fiduciary duties to all the respondents. M had arranged a series of schemes by which he defrauded his principals and enriched himself and others by the payment of bribes given to him by those who chartered his principals’ vessels. These schemes included one concerning vessels chartered to companies owned and controlled by Mr Ruperti (R) which R then sub-chartered at substantially higher rates...

Jurisdiction: When you’re tired of London…

Andrew Hearn assesses the process and pitfalls for international litigants in the Commercial Court ‘If potentially complex jurisdictional battles are to be avoided, try wherever possible to contract for a suitable choice of law and for the courts which will determine any disputes.’ The international caseload of the English Commercial Court is enormous. A survey …
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