The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has unanimously decided that the prosecution of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is admissible before the Court. Gaddafi is accused of committing murder and persecution as crimes against humanity, contrary to the Rome Statute of the ICC. The charges arise […]
Raymond Charles Eyre and Montrose Developments (Private) Limited v Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka – ICSID Award of 5 March 2020 By the Award, the Tribunal (Professor Lucy Reed, Professor Julian DM Lew QC and Professor Brigitte Stern) dismissed the Claimants’ invocation of the UK-Sri Lanka BIT (the BIT) on jurisdictional grounds on the […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to have been awarded Commercial Litigation Set of the Year and Lucas Bastin won International Arbitration Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 UK Awards 2020. The ceremony, which recognises and rewards the best legal professionals from the last 12 months, was held in Northumberland Avenue on the evening […]
In this article, Richard Hoyle examines the practical implications of the decision of the Commercial Court in A & Another v C & Others [2020] EWHC 258 (Comm) in which Angeline Welsh appeared for the Third Defendant. The decision confirmed that it is not possible to obtain cross-border evidence from non parties in support of […]
An ICSID tribunal has dismissed a claim brought by UK investors who sought to build a luxury hotel complex on Mauritius’ first UNESCO-designated World Heritage site. The case concerned the Le Morne peninsula in Mauritius, an area of outstanding natural beauty with deep cultural significance as a place of refuge for escaped slaves during the […]
Essex Court Chambers features in an article in The Times that highlights the event series ‘A career as a commercial barrister: A great choice for women.’ The article, published on Thursday 20 February, spotlights the collaborative events, being hosted jointly by Essex Court, One Essex Court, Brick Court and Fountain Court Chambers, directed at encouraging […]
Commercial Court follows other recent high court decisions that it has no power to make an order against a non-party to an arbitration under S44 of the Arbitration Act 1996. In a judgment issued on 12 February 2020, Foxton J followed other recent high court decisions, in particular Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v Unitech […]
62 individual members of Essex Court Chambers have been recognised across 20 practice areas in the latest edition of the Chambers Global Guide 2020, following its release on Thursday 13th February. Chambers features in a total of 7 ‘ranked departments’, listing members of the set as global specialists in the following practice areas: International Arbitration, […]
On 22 January 2020, Roger ter Haar QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge refused to strike out a claim for career losses by a former employee, Vadim Benyatov. In doing so, he found the claims that there was an implied indemnity for future losses arising from the lawful performance by an employee of […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers feature in three of The Lawyer’s Top Appeals of 2020. The cases that have been listed are detailed below: Grant Thornton v Asset Co One of the first auditor negligence claims in relation to alleged fraudulent manipulation of accounts to go on trial for decades. There was a six-week trial […]
In this article James Collins QC explains the decision of the Commercial Court in TMF Trustee Ltd v Fire Navigation Inc, a case in which borrowers successfully relied on the prevention principle so as to deny lenders (and other finance parties) summary judgment for the sums said to be due pursuant to a loan agreement. […]
Chambers are delighted to be sponsoring the Legal Business Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit as it returns for its second year, taking place in London on 6 February 2020. Louise Hutton will be speaking on “Taking the bank – The rise of fraud claims against financiers” along with Ben Strong QC of One Essex Court, […]
