Ashton Fox Solicitors

Steven Goodman v. DMS Governance Ltd.: Appeal Judgment

April 27, 2020

Judgment regarding an appeal against a lower court's dismissal of a claim against a Cayman Islands-based corporate services provider regarding Axiom Legal Financing Fund, described as having committed "a very substantial fraud in which over US$ 120 million ... was misappropriated by Tim Schools", in Steven Goodman, a lawyer specializing in litigation funding v. DMS Governance Limited at the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands.

Axiom Legal Financing Fund: Receivers’ Seventh Report

January 15, 2020

Seventh Report of the Receivers of Axiom Legal Financing Fund, of the Cayman Islands.

British lawyer George Lonsdale struck off for dishonesty

September 6, 2019

Yet another British lawyer - George Lonsdale - who was involved with the fraudulent Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund has been struck off for dishonesty, this time for stealing from an elderly client in an unrelated incident.

Axiom Legal Financing Fund v. Mayer Brown International LLP: Particulars of Claim

November 12, 2018

Particulars of Claim in JP SPC 1 and JP SPC 4, on behalf of Axiom Legal Financing Fund, of the Cayman Islands, v. Mayer Brown International LLP at the High Court of Justice for England and Wales.

Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Richard Emmett et al: Amended Judgment

October 29, 2018

Amended Judgment in Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Richard Emmett, Lindsay Emmett, Matthew Stokes, Mary Hunter, David Rae, and Dale Stephenson at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Richard Emmett et al: Judgment

September 7, 2018

Judgment in Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Richard Emmett, Lindsay Emmett, Matthew Stokes, Mary Hunter, David Rae, and Dale Stephenson at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Andrew Lindsay et al: Judgment

January 9, 2018

Judgment in Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Andrew Lindsay and Marina Frankel at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Alan Hutson et al: Judgment

March 24, 2017

Judgment in Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Alan George Hutson and Rachel Mary Hutson at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Axiom Fraud: Solicitors Regulation Authority v. David Fenton Wingate et al: Judgment

March 31, 2016

Judgment in Solicitors Regulation Authority v. David Fenton Wingate and Steven Edward Evans by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

Rohrer & Co.: Statement of Administrator’s Proposals

August 16, 2013

Statement of Administrator's Proposals for Rohrer & Co., formerly Bracewell Law, at the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division.

British law firm owes Axiom Legal Financing Fund £61M, says administrator

June 2, 2013

Insolvent Ashton Fox Solicitors owes failed Cayman Islands-domiciled Axiom Legal Financing Fund "approximately £60.8 m" but that is only an estimate "due to the paucity of the Company's accounting records", reported the law firm's joint administrator on May 15.

Axiom Legal Financing Master Fund: First Report of Receivers

May 15, 2013

First Report of Receivers Grant Thornton regarding Axiom Legal Financing Master Fund.

Axiom fraud leaves offshore providers exposed to massive claims for damages

November 19, 2012

Offshore providers in the Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, and Switzerland face huge liabilities after allowing insiders to loot Axiom Legal Financing Fund of tens of millions of pounds. Those most at risk from being sued by Axiom's eventual liquidators appear to be DMS Group, JP Funds Group, BDO Cayman, and Ogier, all in the Cayman Islands; Turnstone Group, in the Isle of Man; and Portland Financial Management, of Switzerland.