Robert Hantusch

Awards and Achievements

Member Chancery Bar Association

Robert read Law at Cambridge before coming to the Bar.

Please contact the clerks (clerks@3sb.law.co.uk) for a full CV.

Practice

Robert’s practice is predominantly litigious and covers the entire Chancery and Commercial fields His principal areas of practice are:

Banking (particularly in relation to liabiliy for breach of mandate)
Commercial Fraud (civil aspects) and Asset Recovery (as in Crown Resources v Vinogradsky & Ors [2001] concerning the recovery of bribes and secret commissions and the practice applicable on an application to set aside Freezing Orders)
Construction of Commercial Contracts (as in Copyhold Works Ltd v Energy Power Resources Ltd [2003])
All aspect of Company Law and Financial Services
Directors Disqualification
Insolvency (both corporate and personal) (Robert appeared in Ebert v Venvil [2000] Ch 484 which case first established the jurisdiction of the Courts to make Extended Civil Restraint Orders to control vexatious litigants).
Partnership Litigation
Professional Negligence (particularly Solicitors and Accountants)
Real Property litigation (as in D’Abo v Carleton Paget [No.1] and [No.2] The Times 10.08.2000, concerning Strict Settlements and the application of established costs rules to Trusts litigation following the introduction of the CPR)

Robert is also a qualified Mediator and has recently assisted and represented clients at Mediations which led to settlements of a share sale warranty claim and two separate Solicitors Negligence claims.

Robert also undertakes commercial drafting and advisory work in the fields of Banking (Loan and Security documentation), Company Law (Shareholders Agreements and related Articles of Association) and Insolvency (Assignments of causes of action by Insolvency Practitioners).

Notable recent cases

• Robert recently appeared in the Court of Appeal in cases concerning the effect of section 151 of the Companies Act 1985
• Dyment v Boyden [2004] EWCA Civ 1586 the assignment of claims in litigation and construction of an agreement to share the proceeds of such claims
• Landau v Barclays Bank [2004] EWCA Civ 90,
• and the imposition of conditions on permission to appeal
• Vodafone v GNT Holdings [2004] EWCA Civ 1242

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