Star KCs at Brick Court and One Essex Court kick off motor finance appeal

31/03/25

The Lawyer, 31/3/25

​For the appellant, Firstrand Bank (trading as Motonovo Finance): Brick Court's Mark Howard KC and Frederick Wilmot-Smith, 3VB's Matthew Hardwick KC, and Gough Square Chambers' Simon Popplewell, instructed by Eversheds Sutherland partners Martin Ward and Chris Busby, principal associate Jeremy Fowler and associate Georgie Turner.

For the intervener, the Financial Conduct Authority: Brick Court's Jemima Stratford KC, Aarushi Sahore and Jagoda Klimowicz, instructed by the FCA in-house legal team.

For the appellants, Barclays, Citibank, JP Morgan, Natwest, HSBC, UBS AG, and MUFG: Monckton's Daniel Beard KC, Brick Court's Sarah Ford KC and Blackstone's Natasha Simonsen, instructed by Baker McKenzie partner Francesca Richmond and Latham & Watkins partner Andrea Monks for Barclays, A&O Shearman partner Arnondo Chakrabarti for Citibank, Slaughter and May partners Ewan Brown, Camilla Sanger and Tim Blanchard for JP Morgan.

For the respondent, Phillip Evans: Brick Court's Victoria Wakefield KC, David Bailey, Sophie Bird and Joshua Pemberton, instructed by Hausfeld partners Anthony Maton and David Lawne, senior associates Rachael Baillie and Jeremy Collins and associates Nanret Senok, Pierre Welch, Dexter Stevens and Lisa Mildt.

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