London Cuba Debt Jurisdiction Trial Transcripts And Court Documents.
/On 23 January 2023 in London, United Kingdom, commenced a Jurisdiction Trial, scheduled to conclude on 2 February 2023, with pre-reading for two days, 18 January 2023 and 19 January 2023. The trial is at the High Court of Justice, City Court House, Rolls Building, 7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Ln, London EC4A 1NL. Presiding: Mrs. Justice Sara Cockerill.
CRF I Limited (Cayman Islands), V. Banco Nacional de Cuba, The Republic of Cuba. High Court of Justice, Business And Property Courts Of England And Wales, Queen’s Bench Division, Commercial Court [Part 7 Claim- General Commercial Contracts], Royal Courts of Justice. [CL-2020-000092 Filed 18 February 2020; Court Filing Fee £10,000.00 (approximately US$13,000.00].
From Court Filing: “CRF is a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. It was established to invest in defaulted Cuban sovereign debt. CRF gradually acquired a portfolio of Cuban sovereign debt which was valued in the total principal sum of EUR189 million by 31 March 2016, and EUR1,200 million by 26 November 2017. The majority of that portfolio, and the part that is relevant to these proceedings, was settled by way of risk participation at ICBC. That is a common arrangement in the sovereign debt market.”
Rosenblatt (plaintiff)
Memery Crystal (plaintiff- firm merged with Rosenblatt)
7 King’s Bench Walk (plaintiff)
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher UK LLP (previously for plaintiff)
PCB Byrne LLP (defendant)
Essex Court Chambers (defendant)
Uria Menendez (defendant)
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Claimant's Closing Submissions At The Jurisdiction Hearing (1/31/23)
Defendant's Skeleton Argument (1/12/23)
Timetable For The Jurisdiction Trial
Order (1/23/23)
Amended Defence (1/23/23)
Order (12/9/22)
Consent Order (12/12/22)
LINKS To Trial Transcripts (added as available)
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