Charles Goldblatt

Experience Highlights

• Acting for claimants in proceedings against an agent for breach of fiduciary duty arising from property investments in central London. Obtained proprietary injunction and worldwide freezing injunction against the defendant with challenges to those orders dismissed, including successfully defending an application to discharge the freezing injunction on the grounds of alleged material non-disclosure.
• Acting for petitioners / claimants / Part 20 defendants in a complex dispute concerning a family-owned property company. Established unfairly prejudicial conduct under section 994 Companies Act 2006. Successfully defended a Part 20 claim relating to funds allegedly received and held on trust following the sale of a Cypriot company.
• Acting for an international distributor in two related Commercial Court actions regarding the operation and termination of a distributorship agreement. Defending a claim for an account of profit on goods sold over a 10-year period based on the interpretation of a retention of title clause. Claiming repudiatory breach of contract and breach of implied duties of good faith and fair dealing.
• Acting for discharged bankrupts within multi-faceted insolvency proceedings concerning: –
  • Standing to challenge transactions entered into by insolvency office-holders;
  • The meaning of “principal residence” within Insolvency Legislation;
  • Ownership of emails during and after bankruptcy and issues of confidentiality and privacy; and
  • The application of the iniquity exception to legal professional privilege.
• Assisting with several connected actions on behalf of a number of individuals who had been defrauded in a global “boiler room” scam.

Professional Background

• Solicitor – Seddons, London
• Solicitor – Drukker, London
• Trainee Solicitor – Drukker, London

Education

• University of Law, London, Bachelor of Laws (LLB), 2015
• University of Law, London, Postgraduate Diploma in International Legal Practice, 2014
• University of Law, London, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2013
• University of Wales, Newport, Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons), 2010

Bar Admissions

• England and Wales, Solicitor, 2016

Languages

• French, English

Awards & Accolades

• Recognised in the 2024 edition of Legal 5oo Caribbean (dispute resolution)

Associations

• Member, London Solicitor Litigation Association (LSLA)

Offshore Cases

“Pay as you go? Not quite”, Litigation Futures, January 2021

“The disclosure pilot scheme has begun. But what is it?”, Real Business, January 2019

“EU Ruling Casts Doubt On Bilateral Investment Treaties”, Law 360, April 2018