Bláthnaid has obtained experience in a wide range of commercial disputes during pupillage, including breach of contract, contract termination and breach of fiduciary duties arising out of a joint venture. Bláthnaid assisted with an arbitration involving a partnership dispute which raised complex questions of authority, as well as a number of civil fraud cases, including claims for unlawful means conspiracy, causing loss by unlawful means and the tort of intimidation.
- Athena Capital Fund v Secretariat of State for the Holy See: 4-week High Court trial concerning the sale of 60 Sloane Avenue (a former Harrods depository building) to the Vatican’s Secretariat of State of the Holy See (described by the press as “the trial of the century”), led by Charles Samek KC and Tetyana Nesterchuk.
- Frontiers Capital I Limited Partnership v Flohr [2023] EWHC 2723 (Ch): High Court claim concerning the effect of section 38 Partnership Act 1890 (currently on appeal to the Court of Appeal) – led by Jonathan Cohen KC and Nicholas Goodfellow.
- Domestic & General Insurance Plc v Premier Protect Holdings: 8-day High Court trial of claims for causing loss by unlawful means and unlawful means conspiracy – led by Nicholas Goodfellow.
- Explosive Learning Solutions Ltd v Landmarc Support Services Ltd [2023] EWHC 1263 (Comm): successful application for security for costs in a High Court commercial contract claim – led by David Lascelles.
- Guy & Ors v Brake & Ors (Re Moratorium Cancellation Costs) [2023] EWHC 3179 (Ch): successfully resisted a costs application in the context of a mental health moratorium.