Members of Essex Court Chambers are deeply saddened to announce that Professor Alan Boyle passed away peacefully today. Alan became Professor of Public International at the University of Edinburgh in 1995 and joined Essex Court Chambers in 2005. He was widely recognised as one of the leading figures in international environmental law and the law […]
On 18 July 2023, Charlesworth J of the Federal Court of Australia handed down judgment in Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC v Minister for Resources [2023] FCA 809. The claim consisted of a challenge to the constitutional validity of the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 (Cth) (“the NRWM Act”), as well as two applications […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce that chambers and members have been shortlisted for six awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023. The awards recognise sets of chambers and members who are at the top of the profession as identified by extensive objective research. Essex Court Chambers has been shortlisted as […]
On 24 August 2023, Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE granted an interim negative anti-suit injunction (‘ASI’ for short) to enforce the arbitration rights of the claimant as a matter of English law in the context of civil proceedings commenced against it by the defendant in the Arbitrazh Court in the Russian Federation. Those first-seised substantive […]
On 1st September 2023, the Court of Appeal handed-down judgment in The MSC Flaminia (No. 2) [2023] EWCA Civ 1007, upholding the decision of Mr Justice Andrew Baker ([2022] EWHC 2746 (Admlty)) albeit on different grounds. The case arises from a casualty on board the MSC Flaminia on 14th July 2012 while the ship was in mid-Atlantic en route from Charleston, […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce that Chambers have been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at The British Legal Awards 2023. Hosted by Law.com International, The British Legal Awards celebrate achievement, excellence and innovation in the legal industry. The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 29 November 2023 at City […]
Judgment was handed down by His Honour Deemster Rosen on 21 August 2023 in Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v. Unitech Ltd & others following a trial in the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man, Civil Division (Chancery Procedure) held in Douglas last month. The trial concerned a claim made by the […]
Professor Dapo Akande has been appointed Chichele Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and will take up the post in October 2023. This position has been previously held by Professor Catherine Redgwell, Sir Humphrey Waldock QC, Sir Ian Brownlie QC, and Essex Court members Professor Vaughan Lowe KC. Dapo Akande is […]
Naomi Hart has been appointed to the Legal Services Panel for the Government of the Virgin Islands. Naomi has a diverse practice in international, commercial, public and human rights law. Naomi’s commercial practice encompasses civil fraud, conflict of laws, shipping and general commercial disputes. She has also been involved in cases before the courts of British […]
Members of Chambers are pleased to share that Freddie Popplewell has been newly appointed to the C panel of Counsel with effect from Friday 1 September 2023. The Attorney General maintains three advisory panels of junior counsel to undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. There are three London panels, three public international law […]
Iain Quirk KC has been appointed to the CI-MAC roster of arbitrators and to the Legal Services Panel for the Government of the Virgin Islands. Iain specialises in international arbitration, and parallel court and arbitration proceedings, with an emphasis on energy & natural resources, fraud, shareholder disputes and banking & finance, including crypto disputes. He […]
In the case Evans v Barclays Bank PLC & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 876 handed down on the 25th July, the Court of Appeal has given its judgment in two appeals on FX collective claims brought by competing class representatives (“Evans” and “O’Higgins”) against the 2022 judgment of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the “CAT”) denying […]
