Stuart has mediated the following disputes involving allegations
of fraud:

• Claim by buyers of transport company for fraudulent misrepresentations and breaches of warranty and cross-claims for purchase consideration and additional consideration.

• Claim by Russian investors against UK property developers for fraud and against Russian and off-shore fellow investors/promoters for conspiracy.

• Claim for invoices defended on the grounds of bribery in the procurement of the contract.

• Claim for fraudulent misrepresentation against vendors of minority shareholding.

• Claim by Court of Protection appointed representative against care home for negligence in failing to prevent the theft of money from a MHA patient’s bank account through cash point withdrawals over several years.

• Dispute between former friends about the transfer of properties and other partnership dealings alleged to have been facilitated by fraudulent misrepresentations.

• Claim by finance company against secondary credit broker and car dealer following multiple fraudulent credit applications.

• Claim against majority shareholders for fraud in withholding information during the negotiation of a settlement of minority shareholder’s share purchase.

• Claim for fraudulent misrepresentation by former minority shareholder against acquiring majority shareholder following immediate on-sale of the company at a substantial uplift in price.

• Claim by employer and shareholder against sales director and shareholder for fraudulent expenses claims.

• Financial warranty claims against vendors of regulated medical waste management company, including claims of fictitious invoices.

• Claim by an elderly widow and her daughter against her son
for fraudulent breaches of duty to the rest of the family beneficiaries in the management of the family estate.

• Claim of forgery of signatures on stock transfer forms in shareholder dispute between family members of incapacitated shareholder.

• Claim following successful interim injunction application against a former senior executive for bribery in the asset management
of aircraft engines and engine parts.

• Claim by university against former IT director and associates
for various procurement frauds.

• Conspiracy claims arising out of share sale agreement in respect of a silage film business, following settlement of injunctive relief application.

• Counter-allegation of fraud against senior finance officer
in employment dispute.

• Allegation against former director of fraudulent diversion
of contracts and company funds to competitor business.

• Allegations of secret profits and breaches of fiduciary duty.

Stuart has experience of litigating and advising on a number
of fraud cases, including the following:

• The Maxwell prosecution by the SFO (acting for the bank).

• Fraud investigation and report following discovery of “hole”
in the balance sheet of contracting subsidiary of listed company.

• Successful claim against fraudulent supplier of engineering parts, including “lifting the corporate veil”.

• Defending claim for fraud against former director of grocery business by members’ group.

• Defending relative of alleged fraudster in international
tracing claim.

• Investigation of alleged frauds in the public funding scheme
for adult education.

• Representing parties in three separate DTI investigations.

• Defending former director of listed company in DTI and insider dealing proceedings.