Krishna Holdco v Gowrie Holdings [2023]EWHC 1538 (Ch)
a shareholder fraud claim put by the claimant at £106m.
Mark Anderson KC has a wide-ranging practice covering business and property disputes of all kinds.
Mark specialises in company, partnership and insolvency disputes and in the professional negligence of lawyers and accountants, but he also has expertise in a wide range of fields including trusts, commercial property, financial services, intellectual property and competition law.
Mark sits part-time as a Judge of the High Court (Chancery Division) having been authorised by the Chancellor under section 9(1) of the Senior Courts Act 1981. His past appointments include Chair of the Midland Chancery and Commercial Bar Association and Head of No 5 Chambers.
Mark practices the following areas:
Mark has extensive advisory and trial experience in fraud cases.
Mark is frequently instructed to advise in how best to bring and defend contractual claims arising out of commercial deals. He has extensive experience in negotiating resolution of such disputes, and of representing businesses in court if negotiations cannot achieve resolution.
Mark’s no 1 specialism is in shareholder and partnership disputes. He has extensive experience of unfair prejudice petitions, expulsion and dissolution claims and fraud claims between company members and partners.
Mark has represented claimants accused of fraud in making insurance claims. His most recent such case was in 2023 and was settled, to the client’s advantage, shortly before trial.
Mark’s principal experience is of presenting claims against solicitors for negligence and other breaches of duty. These rarely go to court. Mark also has recent experience of suing insurance brokers and accountants.
a shareholder fraud claim put by the claimant at £106m.
a fraud claim to recover ownership of a hotel near Hyde Park.
discharge of worldwide freezing order for non-disclosure and want of jurisdiction.
a $3bn freezing order for international banking fraud.
Mark has a lifetime’s experience of injunctions, including recently appearing successfully for Wolverhampton City Council at all three levels (High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court) in the leading case of Wolverhampton City Council v London Gypsies and Travellers [2023] UKSC 47. Mark is also experienced in freezing orders and confidentiality injunctions in the commercial context (for example Fundo Soberano de Angola v Dos Santos [2018] EWHC 2199 (Comm) (discharge of worldwide freezing order for non-disclosure and want of jurisdiction); Republic of Angola v Perfectbit Limited (a $3bn freezing order for international banking fraud).
Mark has a long history of advising and appearing in disputes about share options, executive incentive schemes and wrongful dismissal of high-earning individuals, including enforcement of covenants.
Mark has a long history of advising and appearing in disputes wrongful dismissal of high-earning individuals, including enforcement of covenants.
"Mark Anderson KC is a highly regarded silk with a broad practice that encompasses property-related litigation, chancery and partnership disputes, among others. He is regularly instructed by solicitors in injunctions and cases before the Court of Appeal and the High Court, as well as the Supreme Court. He also sits as a deputy High Court judge in the Business and Property Courts."
"Mark Anderson is approachable, professional and accurate."
"Mark is very thorough and absolutely first-class."
"Mark Anderson KC has an esteemed practice advising on claims against accountants, insurance brokers and banks, as well as having a particularly strong focus on solicitors. He often assists with claims for negligence involving fraud and conveyancing transactions. He is particularly well regarded for his representation of claimants."
"Mark is very good on professional negligence work; he is methodical and thorough."
"Mark is very good at knowing which types of arguments will go down well with a judge."
"Mark Anderson KC is a heavyweight chancery and commercial silk."
"He specialises in the resolution of complex disputes for blue-chip clients around the UK. He is adept at tackling shareholder and directorial contentions for a prestigious clientele."
"Mark has a very nice manner about him. He can simplify things very clearly and has a nice manner with the judge. You listen to him and he sounds right. He has a very charming manner."
"Mark is detail orientated, succinct and has an especially great manner with both clients and judges."
"Mark has an incredible ability to cut through mountains of evidence and law to get to the crux of an issue and then deliver that in a succinct and digestible way."
"An exceptional advocate, meticulously prepared, calm but fearless, and terrifying if you are an opponent."
"His advocacy – both written and oral – is a paradigm of silky persuasiveness."
"Mark has a superlative ability to explain the most complex points in the most straightforward way, and an enviable talent of obtaining the ear of the court both in his written and oral advocacy."
"Mark is very easy to work with, technically sophisticated, very responsive and a great team player."
"Ruthless in cross-examination."
“He doesn’t take any prisoners.”
