Commercial
Recent instructions include:
- Acting for the claimant in proceedings in the Commercial Court to obtain an urgent ex parte interim anti-suit injunction restraining the prosecution of claims for breach of a property insurance policy worth an alleged £4m+ in the Arbitrazh Court of the City of Moscow (led by Carlo Taczalski).
- Drafting a response to an application in an arbitration claim worth in excess of $25m relating to the collateral management of cocoa and coffee stored at warehouses in Cameroon (as a pupil). The applicant applied for disclosure of the reasons for declinature issued by the respondent’s insurers in response to the respondent’s claim under its professional indemnity policy.
- Defending a builder alleged to have fraudulently obtained materials at a price lower than the market value (as a pupil).
As a judicial assistant in the Supreme Court, Liana worked on several appeals and applications for permission to appeal, including:
- Saxon Woods Investments Limited and Others v Costa [2026] UKSC 21 – Appeal concerning the nature of directors’ duties under section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006.
- AXA Insurance UK PLC v Commissioners of Inland Revenue [2026] UKSC 24: Appeal concerning the circumstances in which the court should “order otherwise” pursuant to CPR 19.23(1), arising in the context of litigation ongoing since 2003 that had given rise to several significant developments in the law of unjust enrichment.
- Skatteforvaltningen (The Danish Customs and Tax Administration) v MCML Ltd [2026] UKSC 19 – Appeal concerning the scope of issue estoppel in the context of a claim brought in 2018 by SKAT (the Danish tax authority) against 114 defendants alleging that the defendants had either negligently or fraudulently made misrepresentations to SKAT which induced it to give tax refunds to individuals who were not entitled to receive them.
- Skyros Maritime Corporation v Hapag-Lloyd AG – Upcoming appeal concerning damages for late redelivery of a vessel. The appeal will be relevant to the law of damages for breach of contract generally, particularly in the context of sale of goods.
- Felipe Massa and others v Bernard Charles Ecclestone – Upcoming appeal concerning the scope of the tort of unlawful means conspiracy. Mr Massa, the former F1 driver, alleges that the defendants conspired to conceal their knowledge that Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix was deliberate and to not investigate the crash until it was too late to change the race results. Mr Massa alleges that had the crash been investigated and acted upon in 2008, the Singapore result would have been annulled, and he would have been the F1 World Driver’s Champion for the 2008 season.
- The Czech Republic v Diag Human SE and another No 2 – Upcoming appeal concerning a challenge to an arbitration award under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996. The appeal will consider the meaning of an “investor” under Article 1(1)(c) of a bilateral investment treaty agreed between Switzerland and the Czech Republic, and the scope of section 30 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
Selected Cases
View full profile »Awards
- Best individual advocacy, LCIA-LSE pre-moot to the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2020
- Highest mark in the Law of Contract, University of Nottingham
- South Square Scholarship to read the BCL
- BPP University Advocacy Scholarship
- Middle Temple Benefactors’ Scholarship
News
- Liana Turner returning to practice following a year as a judicial assistant at the Supreme Court
- Carlo Taczalski and Liana Turner obtain anti-suit injunction to enforce compliance with exclusive jurisdiction agreement within an English insurance policy
Articles
Events
Qualifications
- LLB, University of Nottingham (First, 2nd in year)
- BCL, New College, University of Oxford (Distinction)
- BPTC, BPP University
Memberships
- COMBAR
- Advocate
