- Cited — Banca Intesa Sanpaolo SpA & Anor v Comune Di Venezia 2023-12-13
“…oreign law experts to understand the meaning and nuances of the foreign language in the relevant text. Thus, in Byers v Saudi National Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 43; [2022] 4 WLR 22 (“Byers”), the trial judge had to address questions of Islamic law, of which the only authorised texts were in Arabic, and he had to work with translations and…”
- Cited — Deutsche Bank AG (London Branch) v Central Bank of Venezuela & Ors 2023-06-30
“…er end of the spectrum may be cases where the relevant legal system is far removed from the common law, such as Byers v Saudi National Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 43; [2022] 4 WLR 22 where the trial judge was dependent on (potentially imprecise) translations of foreign texts and on the evidence of foreign law experts, and/or where the trial…”
- Cited — Kenneth Davies v Stephen Ford & Ors. 2023-02-17
“…I can deal with this issue relatively briefly, because in my judgment the recent decision of this court in Byers v Saudi National Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 43, [2022] 4 WLR 22 (“Byers”), which was handed down on 27 January 2022, clearly establishes not only that a defendant must have received trust property (or its traceable proceeds…”
- Applied — Gabriele Volpi & Anor. v Matteo Volpi 2022-04-05
“…Similar caution applies to appeals against a trial judge’s evaluation of expert evidence: Byers v Saudi National Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 43, [2022] 4 WLR 22. It is also pertinent to recall that where facts are disputed it is for the judge, not the expert, to decide those facts. Even where expert evidence is uncontr…”