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Jennah Akehurst
Of Counsel
Expertise
  • Banking (& Finance) Litigation
  • Commercial & Contractual Disputes
  • Directors’ Duties, Energy Disputes
  • Fraud (& Asset Recovery)
  • Insolvency & Restructuring Disputes
  • Partnership disputes
  • Shareholder (& Director) Disputes
Qualifications & Education
  • Law (LLB), University of Sheffield
Admissions
  • Law Society of England and Wales

Jennah has a wide range of experience including matters involving complex and high value banking litigation, cross-border contractual disputes, media and intellectual property disputes.

Background

Jennah graduated from Sheffield University. She joined Enyo Law upon qualification in 2012, having completed her training contract at Reed Smith LLP during which she spent 6 months on secondment to Channel 4 Television Corporation.

Reported decisions
  • The Libyan Investment Authority -v- Goldman Sachs International [2016] EWHC 2530 (Ch); [2014] EWHC 3364 (Ch)
  • Enercon & Wobben Properties -v- Enercon (India) [2014] EWHC 4049 (Comm): [2013] EWHC 335 [2012] EWHC 3967 (Comm), [2012] EWHC 3711 (Comm), [2012] EWHC 689 (Comm)
  • SMP Trustees Limited -v- Keydata International Fund SPC [2013] EWHC 3678 (Ch)
  • Global Knafaim Leasing Ltd. and another -v- Civil Aviation Authority and another EUROCONTROL and Others (Interested Parties) Aviation Working Group (Intervening) – [2011] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 324
News
Jul 9, 2024
The importance of directors’ knowledge in establishing the largest ever wrongful trading award and the first ever award for “misfeasant trading”
The High Court recently issued its judgment against two former directors of BHS Group Limited, Mr Henningson and Mr Chandler...
Jul 4, 2024
Supreme Court rules that planning authorities cannot give permission for oil drilling projects without considering the environmental effects of the oil’s combustion
On 20 June 2024, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf...
Jul 2, 2024
UK sanctions ground payment obligations under letters of credit in aircraft leasing case
In Celestial Aviation Services Limited v UniCredit Bank GmbH, London Branch [2024] EWCA Civ 628, the Court of Appeal held...
Jun 13, 2024
Fair winds favour plaintiffs in wasted expenditure cases
A recent judgment of the High Court of Australia has clarified aspects of contract law and the availability of damages...