Nicholas Merriman's practice includes banking, insurance, international
trade, shipping and related aspects of company and insolvency
law. He also undertakes maritime, commodity and international
arbitration, intellectual property, entertainment law, gaming
and professional negligence.
Practice
Commercial
work. Banking, insurance, international trade, shipping and
related aspects of company and insolvency law. Maritime, commodity
and international arbitration. Intellectual property, entertainment
law and gaming, and professional negligence.
Cases
MCA
Records v. Charly Records [Rimmer J 1999] (personal liability
for corporate breaches of copyright)
Beatles v. Lingalong [Neuberger J 1998] (rights to
Beatles recordings made in 1962)
Ritz Casino v. Khashoggi [Rougier J 1998] (overseas
cheques and gaming debts)
Creation Records v. News Group [1997] EMLR 444 (Oasis’s
claim to confidentiality in artwork for new album cover)
Gabrielle v Trim [Jacob J 1996] (rights to “Dreams”)
Cunnington v. Barclays Bank [Potter J 1996] (cited
in Paget on Banking 11th edn, p115 - Bank’s liability
to customer relating to financing international trade)
Macmillan v. Bishopsgate Investment Trust [1995] 1
WLR 978 (Claim to shares arising from the dealings of Robert
Maxwell)
James v. Barclays [1994] 4 Banking LR 131 (jurisdiction
of the Court of Appeal to strike out appeals)
Re Paramount Airways Ltd [1993] Ch 223 CA (extra-territorial
effect of IA86 s 238)
Barclays Bank v. Homan [1993] BCLC 680 (anti-suit injunctions)
Baytur v. Finagro Holding [1992] QB 610 (assignments
in pending arbitrations)
Crockfords v. Mehta [1992] 1 WLR 355 (CA analysis of
Gaming Act)
EDF Mann v. Haryanto (No. 2) [1991] 1 Lloyds Rep 429
(anti-suit injunctions)
Eurico v. Philipp Bros [1987] 2 Lloyds 215 (CA - liability
for ship’s inability to enter named port)
Bunge v. Tradax [1981] 1 WLR 711 (HL - conditions and
warranties in GAFTA contracts)
Despina R & The Folias [1979] AC 685 (HL - awards
in foreign currency)
Clients
Banks,
financial institutions, corporations and regulating bodies.
Insolvency practitioners, recording companies, publishers
and artists, casino operators, insurers. FSA & PIA on
pensions mis-selling.
Appointments
Recorder;
Master of the Bench, Inner Temple
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