A UK Employment Tribunal (“ET”) has handed down judgment on the previously untested issue whether a party serving ET proceedings on a foreign State in relation to employment by that State’s armed forces of persons within the UK was required to follow the service provisions in s. 12 of the State Immunity Act 1978 (“SIA”), […]
Members of Chambers are pleased to announce that Ben Juratowitch QC will join Essex Court Chambers on Monday 1 November 2021. Ben is a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and is Head of the firm’s Public International Law practice. Ben took silk in 2017 and is also a member of the Paris Bar. He […]
The Supreme Court has today handed down judgment in General Dynamics v Libya [2021] UKSC 22. General Dynamics seeks to enforce an arbitration award of over £16 million plus interest and costs made in 2016 by an ICC tribunal against Libya. On 21 June 2018, it issued proceedings in the High Court to enforce the […]
On Monday 14 June 2021, Sir Jeremy Lionel Cooke IJ issued a reserved judgment in the case of Singapore Airlines Ltd. v CSDS Aircraft Sales & Leasing Inc. [2021] SGHC(I) 3. This judgment followed a short trial conducted remotely in the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) during May which dealt with issues of liability in […]
On Monday 14 June 2021, the Privy Council handed down judgment in Betamax Ltd v State Trading Corporation (Mauritius) [2021] UKPC 14. The case has important ramifications for the extent to which a court can set aside or refuse to enforce an international arbitration award on the basis that it conflicts with public policy. The appeal was brought […]
On 9 June 2021, Freedman J handed down judgment in Phoenix Interior Design Ltd v (1) Henley Homes Plc and (2) Union Street Holdings Ltd [2021] EWHC 1573 (QB), which was tried over two weeks in the Queen’s Bench Division. The case concerned interior design services supplied by the Claimant for the refurbishment and fitting […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers regret to announce with the greatest sadness that Lord Millett passed away on 27 May 2021. Lord Millett was a Judge of the Chancery Division of the High Court from 1986 to 1994, a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1994 to 1998 and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary […]
Freedman J has today given judgment in relation to an anti-suit injunction sought in Bilal Khalifeh v. Blom Bank S.A.L. [2021] EWHC 1502. These proceedings concern an attempt by a depositor in a Lebanese bank to obtain repayment of the credit balances of his US$ accounts with the bank. The exclusive jurisdiction of the English […]
On 27 May 2021 the Commercial Court handed down judgment in TP ICAP Ltd v Nex Group Ltd [2021] EWHC 1375 (Comm), striking out large parts of a claim for breach of warranty, indemnities and declaratory relief relating to the acquisition by Tullett Prebon of the voice broking business of ICAP plc, said to arise out […]
On 25 May 2021, Eady J handed down judgment in Partners Group (UK) Limited and Partners Group (USA) Inc v Mulumba. The appeal was against a judgment of Employment Judge Nicolle finding that the Employment Tribunal (“ET”) had territorial jurisdiction over a claim brought by Ms Mulumba for discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing. Ms Mulumba […]
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Heathrow Airport Ltd & Ors v Her Majesty’s Treasury & Comrs for HM Revenue & Customs (Rev 1) [2021] EWCA Civ 783. The case, which was listed in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases for 2021, concerned a judicial review of the HMRC’s and the Treasury’s decision […]
A Divisional Court, comprised of the President of the Family Division and Sir Duncan Ouseley, handed down its judgment on London Borough of Barnet v AG & Ors [2021] EWHC 1253 (Fam), concerning the question whether certain provisions of the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The London Borough […]
