Andrew Taplin

Fraud and asset tracing

• Acting for three of the Defendants in Suppipat v Narongdej & Ors, a claim involving multiple allegations of fraud, conspiracy and breach of Thai law.  Reported as one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2022 and resolved at trial in 2024.
• Acting for a leading Abu Dhabi family in recognising, enforcing a judgment of the Cassation Court in Abu Dhabi in excess of AED1bn. The instruction involves actions across multiple jurisdictions.
• Acting for the seller of a portfolio of care homes in an arbitration defending claims including allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Acting for a UK property developer in defending claims of fraud, unjust enrichment and breach of the terms of a joint venture agreement.
• A US business on pursuing a former accountant within the business for fraud including obtaining summary judgment and supporting the client in the police investigation and subsequent prosecution.
• Acting for a retail bank on claims in relation to push payment frauds, alleged liability for operation of an account used by someone engaged in fraud and obtaining an urgent ex parte search and seizure order and executing the searches in response to potential removal and misuse of code for a new banking software system.

IT and outsourcing

• Acting for a major IT and outsourcing business on multiple disputes concerning:
  • Adjustment of contract pricing.
  • Data breach.
  • Delay in delivery of Services.
  • Software licences.

The matters have involved arbitration and typically involve major outsourcing contracts with UK government departments.

• Acting for an IT and outsourcing business in defending claims arising from a failed pan-European ERP software and business process transformation project.

Commercial and finance

• A provider of trading services (infrastructure, clearing and leverage) to individuals and groups of traders on a variety of matters including disputes with trading groups and litigation enforcing restrictive covenants, confidentiality and commercial agreements.
• A group of individuals on litigation brought by a leading spread betting business concerning the terms of business, use of trading software and powers of attorney to trade accounts.
• A social media enterprise specialising in creation of music led communication applications in relation to claims against a former director.
• A client on substantial arbitration in relation to a commercial conch farm in the Caribbean, the dispute concerned property and development rights, breach of contract and defamation concerning events spanning over 20 years.
• The SPV owner of a German property in a dispute with a leading investment bank over the terms of a swaption and payment of gains yielded on breaking the underlying interest rate swap.
• A hedge fund specialising in development finance on a professional negligence action against a valuer in relation to a property in Ipswich.
• A series of SMEs on consequential loss claims against major banks as part of the review and compensation process for miss-sold IRHPs.
• An investment manager on a dispute with a former co-manager of an oil and gas technology fund.
• An investment manager on the contentious exit of a partner and calculation of the partner's partnership interest (expert determination).
• A pan-European property fund in a dispute with its insurer and broker concerning rectification of policy documents.
• Lehman Brothers entities in Luxembourg on claims under English law against Lehman Brothers in England.
• The Special Administrators of an insolvent building society on claims concerning various Enterprise Zone investment syndicates arising from default under the loan and security documents.
• A Japanese investor in relation to a derivatives transaction in which the client held loan notes issued by a leading Swiss bank (based on an underlying swap transaction under a 1992 ISDA Master Agreement).