YS GM Marfin II LLC & Ors v Lakhani & Ors (Rev1)

Richard Waller Q.C., Adam Turner and Charlotte Payne (instructed by Watson Farley & Williams LLP) for the Claimants. Matthew Cook (instructed by Greenberg Traurig LLP) for the Defendants Hearing dates: 22nd and 23rd September 2020. ____________________

parties following its grant. It is said that the giving of these notices, and the manner in which notice was given, was an abuse of the court's process such as to warrant, independently of non-disclosure, the discharge of the WFO.

Tahir or Ali or both. Thus, in January 2013, Tradewinds reported that Ali had "some time ago joined his father in the business" and that it was "understood that another son, Hasan � will be part of DTA after completing his studies at Regent's Business School in London" (There was no dispute that Hasan had indeed attended this college). The article therefore evidences the fact that Ali was already working in the business, and the intention that Hasan would do so. This is consistent with the situation described to Njord in 2016.

Ali was clearly happy to receive the award on this basis. The statement that he had overall responsibility for sale and purchase activities is consistent with a substantial body of documentary evidence which shows Ali's signature on MOAs which related to vessels financed by the Claimants, and indeed Ali accepts in his evidence that he would assist in finding ships to purchase for recycling (although he says that this happened only "occasionally").

Executive Director) or North Star. The description of him as "General Manager of the DTA Ship Agency" indicated that his focus was on the business of DTA Maritime