Selected experience · High Court, Business and Property Courts in Birmingham
Ansell Rus LLC v Prologic (UK) LLP
E40BM056
E40BM056
High Court, Business and Property Courts in Birmingham
2021
Sole counsel for the claimant, instructed by Shakespeare Martineau
Guarantees, authority and estoppel
His Honour Judge Worster, sitting as a Judge of the High Court under section 9
Alexander successfully represented a Russian company at trial in a guarantee claim worth more than £3 million. The claimant succeeded on liability and on the pleaded basis of quantum.
Case overview
The High Court claim concerned enforcement of a substantial commercial guarantee and required close analysis of the authority by which the guarantee had been entered into and the parties' subsequent conduct.
Principal issues or remedies
- Actual and ostensible authority to enter into the guarantee.
- Estoppel and ratification arising from the parties' conduct.
- Liability and assessment of the claim on the pleaded quantum basis.
Alexander's role, work and outcome
The claimant succeeded at trial on all claims and on the pleaded basis of quantum.
Why the case matters
The result followed a substantial sole-counsel trial involving commercial, cross-border and guarantee-enforcement issues.
Official, reported and published materials
The trial decision is unreported and no public judgment is available.