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21.07.2023 Fortior Law opens the London Office

Fortior Law opens the London Office

Danil Hristich

We are delighted to announce the opening of our London Office. Following the establishment of our limited liability partnership (LLP) earlier this year, our new office opens on 1 August 2023.

28.11.2022 Force majeure cannot be invoked if it could have been overcome

Force majeure cannot be invoked if it could have been overcome

Danil Hristich

Судовладелец не мог ссылаться на форс-мажор, так как не попытался преодолеть его. Преодолеть форс-мажор можно было, согласившись принять оплату в евро, а не в долларах США (как было предусмотрено чартером). Такое решения вынес Апелляционный Суд по делу MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1406, поддержав решение арбитража LMAA и отменив решение Высокого Суда Лондона.

07.07.2022 Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in England and Wales

Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards in England and Wales

Vitaliy Kozachenko

Enforcement strategy should always be considered before proceedings are started. Otherwise, you risk investing a substantial amount of money in litigation or arbitration, only to realise that despite having the judgment, you can never actually get any money from your opponent. This article starts by outlining possible steps you should consider before commencing proceedings. It then deals with post-award / post-judgment enforcement mechanisms available in England and Wales.

08.06.2022 English Third Party Debt Orders: How they work and when English courts have jurisdiction

English Third Party Debt Orders: How they work and when English courts have jurisdiction

Vitaliy Kozachenko

TPDO is a method of enforcing money judgments. Where a judgment creditor has a judgment against a judgment debtor, and the judgment debtor is owed money by a third party, the judgment creditor can ask the Court to order that the third party pay directly to the judgment creditor.

25.03.2022 Fortior Law represents successful respondents against a Summary Judgment Application filed by Bank GPB International S.A (a Subsidiary of Gazprombank Moscow)

Fortior Law represents successful respondents against a Summary Judgment Application filed by Bank GPB International S.A (a Subsidiary of Gazprombank Moscow)

Fortior Law represents the successful respondents in the High Court in London against Bank GPB International S.A., a subsidiary of Moscow’s Gazprombank, in the Bank’s application for summary judgment. Judgment was handed down by Mrs Justice Moulder on 24 March 2022 in the case Integral Petroleum S.A. & Ors v Dun & Ors [2022] EWHC 659 (Comm).

18.03.2022 The parties may imply during negotiations that a contract will be concluded only upon its signing

The parties may imply during negotiations that a contract will be concluded only upon its signing

Yelyzaveta Holovan

We analysed the decision in Jamp Pharma Corporation v Unichem Laboratories Limited [2021] EWHC 1712 (Comm), according to which the parties may impliedly agree during negotiations that the contract will be concluded only when it is signed by both parties. In other words, the negotiations may imply that the agreement is "subject to contract", meaning the contact comes into effect only when its terms are set out in a formal document signed by both parties.

09.08.2021 Oil & Gas: Worldwide Freezing order in support of Section 423 of Insolvency Act (1986) Claim

Oil & Gas: Worldwide Freezing order in support of Section 423 of Insolvency Act (1986) Claim

Daryna Vasylieva

This article summarises the proceedings in relation an application made in the London High Court in the matter of Integral Petroleum S.A v Petrogat FZE, Mahdieh Sanchouli, Hosseinali Sanchouli, Kanybek Beisenov [2021] EWHC 1365 (Comm).

12.06.2020 Fortior Law obtains a post-judgement freezing order in the High Court in London for the amount of US$4,5 million, and registers a BVI judgment

Fortior Law obtains a post-judgement freezing order in the High Court in London for the amount of US$4,5 million, and registers a BVI judgment

Danil Hristich

There are cases where a final court judgement does not actually mean that the debtor will reimburse the sums due to the creditor.

24.04.2020 Contempt of Court: De facto directors found in contempt of Court for their Companies’ failure to comply with Court injunctions

Contempt of Court: De facto directors found in contempt of Court for their Companies’ failure to comply with Court injunctions

This note addresses the recent decision of the High Court in the Integral Petroleum SA v Petrogat FZE and San Trade GMBH and (1) Mr Klaus Sonnenberg, (2) Ms Mahdieh Sanchouli, (3) Mr Hosseinali Sanchouli and (4) Mr Kanybek Beisenov [2020] EWHC 558 (Comm).

19.02.2020 Decisions Of The LCIA and the London High Court in United Petroleum Trading (UK) LLP v Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Ltd Enforcement of Arbitration awards in England

Decisions Of The LCIA and the London High Court in United Petroleum Trading (UK) LLP v Dragon Oil (Turkmenistan) Ltd Enforcement of Arbitration awards in England

This article originally appeared on the website of the Russian Arbitration Association here.

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