TImothy Wormington
Call Date
1977
Practice Areas
Broad spread of commercial and common law work with its emphasis on shipping and international trade, arbitration, investment disputes, professional negligence, banking and building/engineering disputes. Other areas covered include aviation, city work, share shares, takeovers, brokers negligence and litigation concerning securities generally, employment law, company law and EC law. Available also to sit as an arbitrator.
Education
BA Oxford Jurisprudence 1st Class
BCL Oxford
Bar Finals 2.1 (first place)
Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
London Business School, Corporate Finance, 2001-2
Notable Cases
KS/Norjarl v. Hyundai Heavy Industries CA 1990-2
Arbitration - arbitrator's booking fees. Followed by 3 month shipbuilding arbitration concerning oil rig
Trammo Gas v. Geogas [1991] 2 WLR 794 (CA; HL)
Arbitration
Capital Cameras v. Harold Lines [1991] 1 WLR 54
Mareva Injunction
Flender & Werfft v. Aegean Maritime [1990] 2 LLR 27
Arbitration - security for costs
Decon Engineering v. Howden Engineering 1990-2 (T&CC)
50 day trial concerning the boring machines used to excavate the Channel Tunnel
Barber v. Guardian Royal Exchange [1991] 2 WLR 73
EC Law and employment; groundbreaking European Court decision on equal treatment in pensions field
Al-Fayed v. Takeover Panel March 1992 (CA)
City Code
A v. B Bank (Governor & Co of Bank of England intervening) [1992] 3 WLR 705 (Com Ct)
Banking: anti-suit injunction; BCCI Litigation
DHF v. Staikos (1993-4) (H Ct)
Banking and commercial property fraud; 55 day trial
Hassneh Insurance of Israel v. Mew [1993] 2 LLR 243
Arbitration: reinsurance; duties of confidentiality
Barrow Lane & Ballard v. Morey & Essar Insurance (1993) (Com Ct)
Insurance; brokers' duties
Svenska v. Folksam (1994) (Com Ct)
Commercial Mortgage Indemnity Insurance
Alliance Papers v. Prestwich [1995] IRLR 251 (H Ct)
Restrictive Covenant dispute in share sale/employment contract, involving substantial damages inquiry (1995-9 including CA hearing)
Michael Peters v. Farnfield [1995] IRLR 190 (EAT)
Employment Law: TUPE regulations
Renschler v. Biogen (Com Ct) (1994-7)
Ownership of pharmaceutical products and complex inquiry on cross-undertaking as to damages; foreign law issues
Yorkshire Enterprises v Robson Rhodes April 1998 (Bell J)
Leading case on Accountants Negligence (5 week trial)
Hull 202 [1998] 1 Ll Rep 643 (CA)
Arbitration - shipbuilding dispute
Society of Lloyd's v. Walker, Robertson (1997)
17 day Lloyd's Disciplinary Tribunal
In re a Barrister (1999)
5 day hearing before Bar Disciplinary Tribunal
Gruppo Torras v. Al Sabah & Others 1996-1998 (Mance J)
Commercial Fraud; involving abstraction of very large sums from Kuwait Investment Office ending in 6 month trial; foreign law, tracing and conflicts of law issues
World Produce (1999)
LMAA voyage charterparty dispute concerning cargo contamination; demurrage and freight set-off issues
Watson v. Dutton Forshaw and Others July 1997-9 (CA and Com Ct)
Complex multiparty anti-competition proceedings, involving difficult procedural matters and issues concerning duties to shareholders, and scope of tort of conspiracy.