Ian Geering QC Call 1974; QC 1991; BA (Hons); BVM&S E-mail: igeering@3vb.com

Practice

Commercial work, specialising in civil claims based on international and domestic fraud and claims for restitution and related subjects such as company law, banking law, insurance law, domestic and international sales of goods; professional negligence.

Cases

Sybron litigation
Lonhro v. Fayed
Codelco litigation
Nauro Phosphate Royalties v. Allen, Allen Hemsley
NUM litigation
AMF v. Hashim

Some reported cases:

Saif Ali v. Sydney Mitchell & Co [1980] AC 198
Metall und Rohstoff v. ACLI Metals (London) Ltd [1984]
Metall und Rohstoff v. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette [1990] 1 QB 391
Bank of Crete v. Koskatas [1991] 2 Lloyds Rep 587
Bank of Crete v. Koskatas No. 2 [1992] 1 WLR 919
Sybron Corp v. Rochem Ltd [1984] Ch 112
Sybron Corp v. Barclays Bank [1985] Ch 299
Dubai Bank v. Galadari [1990] Ch 98
Dubai Bank v. Galadari No. 2 [1990] 1 WLR 731
Dubai Bank v. Galadari [1990] 1 Lloyds Rep 120
Dubai Bank v. Galadari No. 7 [1992] 1 WLR 106
Lonrho Plc v. Fayed [1992] 1 AC 448
Lonrho Plc v. Fayed (No. 2) [1992] 1 WLR 1
BCCI SA No. 10 [1996] 4 All ER 796
Normaco Ltd v. Lundman [1999] I.L.Pr. 381

Clients

Clearing and other banks, commodity trading companies, commercial institutions, accountants, insurance companies, underwriters, pension funds and pension brokers.

Publications and articles

Standard Chartered Bank v Pakistan National Shipping Corp (No 2) [2003] 1 All ER 173
Motorola Credit Corporation v Uzan (No 2) [2003] All ER (D) 150 (Jun)
Motorola Credit Corporation v Uzan [2002] All ER (D) 223 (Jun)
Medcalf v Mardell [2002] 3 All ER 721
Twinsectra Ltd v Yardley [2002] 2 All ER 377
Bank of China v NBM LLC [2001] All ER (D) 267 (Dec)
BOC Ltd v Instrument Technology Ltd [2001] All ER (D) 53 (Jun)
Money laundering and 'tipping-off' (February 1999)
Effectively using procedural tactics to protect evidence and assets (1998)
Key issues in the conduct of a large fraud case (The Litigator 1996)