Bell Yard Experience

 

The following high-profile corporations, individuals and organisations offer examples of the nature and scope of our assignments (*=client advised):

Extradition - O'Dwyer*: For many years Bell Yard has worked with individuals who have faced or are facing extradition to the US under the Extradition Act 2003. Most recently we were asked to assist Richard O'Dwyer, the 23yr old Sheffield Hallam University student who is facing prosecution in the US for copyright infringement.

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IP Disputes: Bell Yard was hired by a European retailer to expose its copyright dispute with a UK online fashion retailer intent on expanding into its home market. Our client saw the potential for customer confusion, owing to the written and oral similarities of its brand name, and mounted a full legal challenge in Europe.

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Privacy Injunctions: Bell Yard was instructed to assist a woman whose reputation had been besmirched during the cross-fire of a privacy action brought by a premiership footballer against a national newspaper.

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Hedge Fund Clients: Bell Yard has worked with a number of hedge fund managers involved in disputes, with a brief to minimize their resonance in the public arena.

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Credit Crunch Litigation: When the London branch of a foreign bank found itself in dispute with a high-profile individual trader client counterclaiming negligence and regulatory breach (in response to a claim for non-payment of fees), it turned to Bell Yard for assistance on the litigation's reputational aspects.

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Corby families'* out-of-court settlement with Corby Borough Council: Bell Yard supported the Corby families and their lawyer Des Collins with the announcement of the conclusion of their long-running legal battle with Corby Borough Council over what has been described as the biggest child poisoning case since the thalidomide scandal of the 1960s and 70s.

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Parabola Investments Limited* - v - MF Global UK Limited: Bell Yard represented independent trader Rajesh Gill in his fraudulent misrepresentation claim against his former broker, MF Global.

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The BARD Campaign: Bell Yard has been advising the Executive Committee of a large group of concerned residents from across Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire who have opposed a proposed new town at Long Marston since the site was shortlisted in April 2008 as part of the Government's flagship eco-town programme.

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Gary McKinnon* and Extradition: Bell Yard continues to work to highlight the insidious nature of the US/UK extradition arrangements and to this end has worked pro bono to help Gary McKinnon in his fight against extradition to face charges of computer hacking and criminal damage.

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Ansol* & Otrs* - v - RUSAL (Russian Aluminium Company), TadAZ & Otrs: Bell Yard advised Ansol, an international aluminium trading company in its various high-octane disputes against TadAZ (now known as Talco) the Tajikistan aluminium smelter.

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Former Managing Director Brian Duckworth re: Regina - v - Severn Trent Water: This case offered an interesting example of media scrutiny of individuals who have no opportunity to defend themselves in court.

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Oxonica Energy Limited - v - Neuftec Limited*: Bell Yard advised the directors of Neuftec Limited in their dispute with Oxonica Energy Limited over patents and substantial royalty payments.

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Malcolm Perry* - v - Dresdner Kleinwort: Bell Yard acted for Malcolm Perry, an Australian, in his Race Discrimination and Unfair Dismissal claim against Dresdner Kleinwort.

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Lawson-May* & Rivlin* - v - Deutsche Bank: We were instructed to assist in the positioning of this small but consequential claim for breach of contract in respect of two senior former co-heads of Deutsche Bank's real estate investment banking division.

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Madarassy - v - Nomura International plc*: This case has provided a useful and keenly sought interpretation of the burden of proof guidelines in the Sex Discrimination Act.

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Constructive Dismissal claim by Chief Executive Officer*: Bell Yard was instructed to represent the former CEO of a listed professional services company.

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Jeremy Crook* and Extradition: As a result of our work for the NatWest 3, Jerry approached Bell Yard to seek its support for continuing the fight against certain provisions in the 2003 Extradition Act.

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"NatWest 3": Bermingham, Mulgrew & Darby * - v - Director of Serious Fraud Office (Judicial Review): Representing the three former NatWest executives facing extradition to the US, in both their Judicial Review of the decision of the Director of the SFO not to investigate the three for alleged fraud and in their extradition appeal.

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Steven Horkulak* - v - Cantor Fitzgerald: Controversial case at the High Court that drew considerable media comment on City practices.


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Kerim Derhalli* - v - Lehman Brothers & Others: Breach of contract and constructive dismissal claim by one of the stars of the financial markets in the UK.


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Michael Jackson* & MJJ Productions* - v - Granada Media Group Limited: Instructed the morning after Martin Bashir's documentary ‘Living with Michael Jackson' was aired in the UK, Bell Yard set to work devising and implementing a robust rebuttal strategy to overturn the initially hostile global media coverage.

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Cantor Fitzgerald - v - ICAP* & Others: London High Court trial in relation to a claim that employees were induced to breach their contracts.


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Elite Model Management* & Others - v - BBC & Others: Libel action against BBC documentary "MacIntyre Undercover". Targeted and timely media coverage advanced progress towards a successful eve of trial settlement.

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