Colin Ross-Munro QC

Arbitrator: ICC

Interesting cases include:

• Esso v Marden [1976] QB 801; appeared on behalf of Esso; duty of care owed in respect of misrepresentation made during negotiations.
• British Airways and British Caledonian v Laker [985] AC 58; appeared on behalf of Plaintiffs; injunction to restrain foreign proceedings.
• Amin Rascheed Shipping Co v Kuwait Insurance [1984] AC 50; appeared for the Plaintiffs; proper law of the contract (Lloyds Policy).
• Rank Film Distributors v Video Information Centre [1982] AC 380; appeared for the Defendants; privilege against self incrimination and Anton Piller.
• Reckless v United Artists [1988] QB 40; appeared for the Plaintiff; statutory right to damages under the Dramatic and Musical Performers Act 1958.
• United Thermosensors v Hibden [1992] 1 WLR 840; appeared for the Plaintiff; Anton Piller.
• Arab Monetary Fund v Hashim and others [1993] including (1993) 4AER 114; appeared for Defendant; admissibility of documents under hearsay rule.
• Sports International Business BV v Inter Footwear Ltd [1984] 1 WLR 776; appeared for Plaintiff; right to forfeiture in commercial contracts.
• Malone v Metropolitan Police Commission [1979] Ch 344; Appeared for Plaintiff; lawfulness as to telephone tapping.
• Wee v Law Society of Singapore [1985] 1 WLR 362 PC – Appeared for Appellant – plea of autrefois convict in Disciplinary Tribunals.
• Friends Provident v Hillier Parker & Others [1995] 4 AER 260; appeared for Third Party; meaning of ‘same damage’ under the 1978 Contributions Act.
• Acting for Tuvalu v Philatelic Distribution Corp Ltd [1990] 1 WLR 926; appeared for Appellant – liability of a director for company's contempt.
• Evans Marshall and Co v Bertola SA [1975] & Lloyds Rep 373 CA [1976] 2 Lloyds Rep 17 HL. Appeared for the Plaintiff. Foreign jurisdiction clause. Repudiation of distribution agreement.
• Buttes Gas and Oil Co. v Armand Hammer and Occidental [1975] 2 WLR 443 HL. Appeared for First Defendant. Alleged conspiracy with Ruler of Sharzha – Act of State doctrine.
• Ashmore, Benson, Pease and Co. Ltd. v AV Dawson Ltd [1973] 1 WLR 828 – Appeared for Defendants – effect of illegality on contract.
• In re Jogia [1988] 1WLR 484 – Appeared for Trustee in Bankruptcy – Quasi Contract – Conflict of Laws.
• SA General Textiles v Sun and Sand Ltd [1978] 1 QB 279 – Appeared for Defendants – Enforcement of French Judgment under the 1933 Act – whether ‘resistance abusive’ is a ‘fine or penalty’.
• Henry v Geoprosco International [1976] QB 726 CA – Appeared for Plaintiff by English PIL what constitutes ‘submission’ to the jurisdiction of a foreign Court.
• Decro-wall International SA v Practitioners in Marketing Ltd [1971] 1 WLR 361 – Appeared for Defendants – repudiation of Distribution Agreement.
• Owen (Edward) Engineering Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [1978] 1 Lloyds Rep 166 – Appeared for Plaintiffs; obligation of Bank under Performance Bond similar to the obligations of a confirming bank under a documentary credit.
• Malone v United Kingdom Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg).
• Chappel v United Kingdom Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg).
• Re Senator Hanseatische and Others [1996] 2 BCLC 562 whether the Brussels Convention applied to Winding Up petitions under S124A of the Insolvency Act 1986
• Re Titan International Inc 9.8.96 before Blackhurst J whether the Titan Scheme was an illegal lottery – jurisdiction of English Courts to wind up a foreign company.