Dominic Dowley KC

Dominic’s work, both chancery and commercial, mostly involves and concerns offshore jurisdictions.

Recent Cases

• Re Salem – Lengthy contested applications to the Royal Court of Guernsey in connection with the reorganisation of trusts (instructed by Clifford Chance LLP).
• Wong v Grand View Private Trust Co & Ors – Bermudian proceedings concerning very substantial purpose trusts.
• A v B – Substantial arbitration involving allegations that valuable industrial contracts were obtained as a result of bribes paid by the Respondent’s agent (instructed by Arnold & Porter).
• SCAL v Beech – Supreme Court of Bermuda; dispute over hedge fund management and remuneration (instructed by Goodman Derrick).
• Omega Group Holdings Inc v Kozeny & Ors – International financial fraud covering privatisation of state property in Azerbaijan (instructed by Macfarlanes).
• Zayed Charitable Foundation v Union National Bank – Arbitration concerning banking security documents in Abu Dhabi (instructed by Clyde & Co).
• The Earl of Durham v Lambton & Others – Contested inheritance involving England and Italy (instructed by Withers).
• Novoship UK Ltd v Mikhaylyuk – International commercial fraud; offshore asset tracing and disputes concerning trust structures in various jurisdictions, including St Christopher & Nevis, Guernsey, Jersey, New York and Florida.
• Re M’s Trusts – International trusts disputes; Jersey and Isle of Man; terms of trusts, duties of trustees, entitlements of beneficiaries, and jurisdiction (instructed by Macfarlanes).
• Re A’s Trusts – International trusts disputes; beneficiaries’ entitlements; asset management strategies; England / Jersey (instructed by Macfarlanes).
• RCB Trustees – Guernsey; discretionary management of trust investments (instructed by Macfarlanes).
• Re Dragon Trust – Bermuda: discretionary trust, availability of trust assets, liability of trustees (instructed by Macfarlanes).
• BBX Capital Management v Royal Bank of Canada Trust Co – Enforcement of Florida judgment in Cayman (instructed by Maples & Calder).