In National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) v 1.) Crescent Petroleum Company International Limited and 2.) Crescent Gas Corporation Limited [2023] EWCA Civ 826, the Court of Appeal dismissed NIOC’s appeal in respect of the summary dismissal by Butcher J of its s.67 jurisdictional challenge to an arbitral award by which Crescent was awarded damages in […]
Members of Chambers are pleased to announce that Thomas Sebastian has joined Essex Court Chambers from today, Monday 17 July 2023. Tom joins Chambers from Monckton Chambers. Tom has a diverse commercial practice in line with Chambers’ profile with a particular focus on public international law, all aspects of international economic law including WTO law and investment […]
Essex Court Chambers are delighted to have been shortlisted in 13 categories for The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023, including 12 individual nominations for members of Chambers. Members: Commercial litigation Junior of the year (Tom Ford) Commercial litigation Silk of the year (Paul McGrath KC) Employment Silk of the year (Daniel Oudkerk KC) International arbitration […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce that Samantha Wright has been promoted to Assistant Team Leader. Sam will continue to Clerk the Junior members of Chambers over 10 years call. Senior Clerk Joe Ferrigno said, “I am very proud to share the excellent news of Sam’s promotion within our clerking team here […]
On 3rd July 2023, in The Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International and Others [2023] EWHC 1650 (Comm), Knowles J. dismissed applications brought by Credit Suisse, VTB, Privinvest and others seeking to strike out the claims and defences of the Republic of Mozambique in advance of the 12-week “tuna bonds” trial, due to commence […]
The Commercial Court has granted the first anti-suit injunction (ASI) to enforce the new statutory right to be sued in England under Section 15C of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (CJJA 1982). Section 15C was introduced by regulation 26 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019/479 pursuant to the […]
On 23 June 2023, the Bermudian Court of Appeal (President Sir Christopher Clarke and Justices of Appeal Geoffrey Bell and Sir Anthony Smellie) handed down judgment in the case of Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited v Bidzina Ivanishvili et al [2023] CA (Bda) 13 Civ. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, upholding Chief Justice […]
In a judgment handed down on 26 June 2023 in Krishna v Gowrie and others [2023] EWHC 1538 (Ch) Adam Johnson J granted the petitioner’s S.994 / unfair prejudice petition. Krishna brought an unfair prejudice petition and a Part 7 claim against eight Respondents / Defendants. The 8th Respondent / Defendant is a joint venture […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to welcome two new tenants. Oliver Goldstein and Ellen Tims have both accepted invitations to join after successful completion of pupillage. During their pupillage they have experienced a broad range of practice areas in line with Chambers’ profile, overseen by senior pupillage supervisors. Congratulations to Oliver and Ellen who will […]
The Court of Appeal (Simler and Elisabeth Laing LJJ) has considered an unusual non-compete covenant in Verition Advisors (UK Partners) LLP v Jump Trading International Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 701. The dispute concerns a contract of employment which provided that the duration of the restraint was a period of zero to twelve months as elected […]
The Supreme Court’s FCA Test Case concerned Covid-19 business interruption claims under policies with a “radius clause”, which the Supreme Court found provided cover for the occurrence of Covid-19 within a specified radius. The Supreme Court also held that in such a case but-for causation did not need to be satisfied. Between 24 April and […]
On 26 May 2023, the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”), Mrs Justice Eady, handed down judgment in Lycatel Services Limited v Robin Schneider [2023] EAT 81, an appeal concerning the circumstances in which the Employment Tribunal should stay its own proceedings in favour of a determination by the High Court. The Claimant commenced […]
