In Griffith v Gourgey, Daniel Lightman QC, Adil Mohamedbhai and Emma Hargreaves represent 9 respondents to three unfair prejudice petition which seek share purchase orders in relation to substantial property development companies. There were four highly significant judgments in this case in 2018: in Re Pedersen (Thameside) Ltd [2018] BCC 58, the claim against one of the respondents was struck out; in Griffith v Gourgey [2018] 3 Costs LR 605, Fancourt J ordered the petitioners and three law firms to pay substantial costs in respect of claims made against a trust by which those firms had not in fact been instructed; in a landmark judgment in Re Bankside Hotels Ltd [2019] 1 BCLC 434, [2018] BCC 617, Sir Nicholas Warren decided what role respondents whose defences have been struck can play at the trial of an unfair prejudice petition; and in Re G & G Properties Ltd [2018] EWHC 2807 (Ch), the same judge struck out claims against five respondents to two of the petitions.

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