Michael
Lazarus has a general domestic and international commercial
litigation and arbitration practice, with a particular emphasis
on information technology and telecoms and banking and finance.
Practice
Domestic
and international commercial litigation and arbitration, including
in particular: banking and finance including bills of exchange,
documentary credits, guarantees and similar instruments, asset
finance, commercial and sovereign loans and other capital
raising transactions; telecommunications and information technology
supply, development, outsourcing and licensing; share and
asset sale transactions especially misrepresentation/breach
of warranty claims; commercial fraud; sale and supply of goods
and services; financial services including group misselling
claims; professional negligence; breach of confidence; joint
ventures. He has appeared in cases in the Privy Council in
a number of fields including commercial law, constitutional
law, land law and taxation. Michael is listed as a leading
junior in the Legal 500 for information technology, commercial
litigation and banking and finance and in Chambers Directory
for information technology, telecoms, commercial litigation
and banking and finance.
Recent
Reported Cases
-
Signet
Partners Ltd v. Signet Research & Advisory SA [2007]
LTL 4.6.07 (agency commission claimed by hedge fund introducer);
- Uzinterimpex
JSC v. Standard Bank Plc [2007] 2 Lloyd's Rep 187 (fraud/demand
guarantees);
- Iran
v. Berend LTL 10.2.07 (title to foreign cultural property);
- NBH
v. Hoare and others [2006] 2 BCLC 649 (fraud/company
law);
- Murray
v. Leisureplay Plc [2005] EWCA Civ 963 [2005] IRLR 946
(penalty clauses);
- Tayeb
v. HSBC Bank Plc [2004] 4 All ER 1024 (CHAPS payments);
- MCI
WorldCom v. Primus Telecommunications [2004] 1 All ER
(Comm) 138 (and on appeal [2004] 2 All ER (Comm) 833 (Telecommunications);
- BCT
Software Solutions v. Arnold Laver [2002] 2 All ER (Comm)
85 (software licensing);
- Killick
and Anor v. Pricewaterhousecoopers [2001] PNLR 1; [2001]
1 BCLC 65 (duty of care of valuers to non-clients);
- Bim
Kemi AB v. Blackburn Chemicals Limited [2001] 2 Lloyd's
Rep 93 (equitable set off);
- Coutts
& Co v. Stock [2000] 1 WLR 906 (banks and s.127
of the Insolvency Act 1986).
Awards
& Scholarships
Cambridge
University Open Entrance Scholarship 1983
Middle Temple Queen Mother's Scholarship 1985
Languages
Spanish
(working knowledge).
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