In A v A; A v Line Trust Corporation Corporation & Ors (2017/CACIV/01) (Gibraltrar), Dakis Hagen QC, Jonathan Harris QC (Hon.) and James Weale represented the applicant and Richard Wilson QC represented the respondent husband in one of highest value divorce cases in recent years. The dispute involved two complex overseas trust structures and generated six claims in three different jurisdictions (England, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands).  The proceedings in Gibraltar concerned the court’s jurisdiction to determine matters relating to the validity of actions taken by the trustee of a Gibraltar trust when those issues had been raised in English matrimonial proceedings and gave rise to complex issues of private international law.  

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LWR Nominees v Aziz (24/11/2017 Gibraltar), also part of the above litigation, was a successful application for a stay of a claim for a declaration of non-enforceability in Gibraltar of future judgments in English proceedings. Dakis Hagen QC appeared alongside Jonathan Harris QC (Hon.).