One Essex Court

Maintaining its reputation as an ‘exceptional set with breadth and depth in expertise and talent at every level’, One Essex Court is well-prepared to handle fraud cases involving elements such as bribery, misrepresentation, deceit, and breach of fiduciary duty. In the Magomedov litigation, a conspiracy claim alleging that the defendants wrongfully deprived the claimant of $18.3bn in assets in Russia, Daniel Toledano KC, Sebastian Isaac KC and Joyce Arnold are defending the TGP Group, while Joyce Arnold is representing Transneft. Similarly, Simon Colton KC and David Caplan represent Milhail Rabinovic and associated companies in resisting a Commercial Court claim by Magomedov seeking $8.8bn for an alleged conspiracy to take control of the Port of Vladivostok. In PJSC National Bank Trust v Mints, where the claimants seek $850m in damages alleging that certain defendants induced them into an unfavourable transaction, Laurence Rabinowitz KC defended four members of the Mints family in Court of Appeal proceedings, and the defendants are currently represented by a team led by Sebastian Isaac KC. Several members of the set are also involved in Public Institution for Social Security v Al Rajaan and Others, an $800m fraud claim alleging large-scale embezzlement, corruption, and misappropriation of funds during Al Rajaan’s tenure at the Kuwaiti public pension fund, with Camilla Bingham KC and Daniel Fletcher defending EFG Bank AG and Kenneth MacLean KC acting for the Pictet defendants. Nicholas Sloboda KC took silk in March 2024, and James Gardner joined the set in May 2024.