The BVI Commercial Court has set aside ex parte orders obtained by Tethyan Copper Company Pty Limited (“Tethyan”) recognising and partially enforcing a US$6bn ICSID Arbitration Award (Case No. ARB/12/1) against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (“Award”). In December 2020, Tethyan obtained ex parte orders against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and other respondents, including […]
On Friday 21 May the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Lenkor Energy Trading DMCC v. Puri [2021] EWCA Civ 770. The Claimant (“Lenkor”) sought to a enforce a Dubai judgment against the Defendant (“Mr Puri”). The Dubai judgment held Mr Puri personally liable in the sum of about AED123m (about $34m) for drawing […]
On 29 April 2021 Mr Justice Calver granted an interim anti-suit injunction in favour of the claimant and also permission to serve out and for alternative service. The judgment has been published as ZHD v SQO [2021] EWHC 1262 (Comm). The order gives effect to the arbitration clause incorporated into a bill of lading and […]
Judgment in SFO & Anr v Litigation Capital Ltd & 46 Ors (In re Gerald Martin Smith) was handed down by Mr Justice Foxton on 18 May 2021 (the “Trial Judgment”) following a seven week fully remote trial which took place between January and March 2021. Foxton J also handed down a substantial judgment on […]
Blackstone Chambers, Brick Court Chambers, Essex Court Chambers, Fountain Court Chambers, One Essex Court Chambers and Three Verulam Buildings are delighted to invite all current mentees in the Mentoring for Underrepresented Groups scheme to attend a virtual pupillage workshop on Thursday 17 June from 6pm to 8pm. The workshop will be hosted by the six […]
On 19 May 2021, judgment was issued in Trappit S.A. & others v. American Express Europe LLC & another [2021] EWHC 1344 (Ch) by Mr Justice Snowden sitting remotely in the Intellectual Property List of the Chancery Division in the High Court in London. This judgment concerns a challenge to jurisdiction heard over two days […]
In Interdigital Technology Corporation & Ors. vs. Xiaomi Corporation & Ors, the Delhi High Court was the first court in India to deal with the issue of an anti-execution injunction. The novelty of the issue was highlighted by HMJ Harishankar at paragraph 82 of the judgment: “The tests which would govern consideration of an application […]
On 6 May 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (First Chamber) (“CJEU”) gave judgment in Case C-499/18 P Bayer CropScience AG and Others v European Commission. The case is the culmination of long-running litigation concerning neonicotinoid pesticides and their alleged effects on bees. The judgment is significant for what it says about […]
On 17 December 2020 the Lord Chancellor announced the results of the Queen’s Counsel appointments. Five members of Essex Court Chambers were appointed Queen’s Counsel. Whilst the 2021 silk appointment ceremony is currently delayed due to the pandemic, all members were appointed virtually on March 15 2021. Learn more about each of our new silks […]
Earlier this year judgment was handed down in Premier Cruises Ltd. v. DLA Piper Rus Ltd. [2021] EWHC 151 (Comm) (David Edwards Q.C.), the two defendant firms of solicitors, DLA Russia and DLA UK, both part of the DLA Piper group, sought a stay of the professional negligence claims brought against them by their former […]
The recent judgment of Foxton J in M v. N [2021] EWHC 360 (Comm) provides welcome clarification as to the circumstances in which the Court will make an order for alternative service of an arbitration claim form where the defendant is domiciled in a Hague Service Convention (HSC) country, or in a jurisdiction that is […]
The Commercial Court (Henshaw J) has given judgment in relation to the case of (1) Hulley Enterprises Limited, (2) Yukos Universal Limited, (3) Veteran Petroleum Limited v The Russian Federation [2021] EWHC 894. These proceedings concern the Claimants’ efforts to enforce in England high-profile arbitral awards handed down in 2014, in which the tribunal found […]
