Experience

Bedell Cristin

• Jersey
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 1984 - Present

  Current cases include acting for the Plaintiffs in breach of trust proceedings seeking restitution of in excess of US$ 100m. The Defendants issued a forum challenge in Jersey to stay the action in favour of proceedings which they commenced in Mauritius seeking court approval of their actions. Their application failed before the Royal Court of Jersey. The Defendants unsuccessfully appealed to both the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council, the latter handing down judgment in November 2014. The substantive case is now proceeding in Jersey (Crociani v Crociani). Anthony also recently acted for Christopher Rokos who for a number of years was a highly successful trader with Brevan Howard the largest hedge fund manager in Europe. The case was commenced in May 2014 when Mr Rokos brought proceedings on restraint of trade grounds against Brevan Howard to challenge contractual restrictions preventing him from competing with them. The case, which has attracted a great deal of interest from the financial press, settled out of court in late January (Rokos v Brevan Howard). Held in high regard by his peers, Anthony is often instructed by local professionals especially in trust cases and to defend allegations of professional negligence. The Chambers 2015 directory includes Anthony in Band One of their 'leaders in their field' listing and notes that "he is a very persuasive advocate" and the 2014 directory say "he is a very good strategist, gives straightforward advice and really knows how the courts are going to react". He is recognised as a leading individual by the current Legal 500 directory and has been described as "an impressive courtroom advocate." The Legal 500 2013 directory described Anthony as "an outstanding lawyer". He has also been acknowledged as a "prominent figure" in the "Leading Lawyers Contentious Trusts" category in the 2014, 2013 and 2012 Citywealth Leaders List. Show less