The Legal 500 have announced the shortlist for their UK Bar Awards 2020, recognising the best law firms, chambers, barristers, in-house lawyers, business leaders and general counsel operating within the UK market. Essex Court have received the following nominations: COMMERCIAL LITIGATION: Set of the year INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: Set of the year SHIPPING: Set of the […]

Tim Akkouh and Freddie Popplewell have published the following article on Freezing Cryptocurrencies, in the wake of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce’s recent Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts. The article analyses the legal basis for freezing cryptocurrencies, the practicalities of drafting such a freezing order, and the scope for tracing cryptocurrencies. The article can […]

Stephen Houseman QC has been appointed a Deputy High Court Judge with effect from Monday 11 November 2019. He was appointed by the Lord Chief Justice, The Right Honourable Lord Burnett of Maldon, pursuant to section 9(4) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, for a term of four years. He will sit in both the […]

Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce that Professor Dapo Akande, Professor of Public International Law in the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, has accepted an invitation to join Chambers in 2020 in order to develop his practice as adviser and advocate in public international law disputes before international and domestic courts and […]

Essex Court Chambers is delighted to announce a collaborative programme of events directed at issues of diversity in recruitment to the commercial Bar. Together with Brick Court Chambers, Fountain Court Chambers and One Essex Court, we are hosting an event in Oxford on 12 November under the headline, “A career as a commercial barrister: a […]

In the cases of Mrs A Webster v The United States of America, Cases 3327693/2017 and 3302985/2018, Employment Tribunal Judgment (2019) and Miss C Wright v The United States of America, Case 3303862/2018, Employment Tribunal Judgment (2019), a UK Employment Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) ruled that the common law doctrine of State immunity applied such that […]

Essex Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Paul Davies, Professor of Commercial Law at University College London, has accepted an invitation to join Chambers in 2020 in order to develop an expert advisory and advocacy practice at the Bar in combination with his academic work. Professor Davies has already established an unrivalled reputation as […]

On Wednesday 30 October 2019, the full report on Phase 1 of the Public Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower was published. The Phase 1 report establishes what happened on the night of the 14 June 2017. Richard Millett QC is leading counsel to the Inquiry. Phase 2 of the Inquiry, which will examine […]

On Friday 25 October 2019 the Commercial Court (Teare J) handed down judgment in New Balance Athletics Inc v Liverpool FC [2019] EWHC 2837 (Comm). The case is believed to be the first time the English courts have considered the operation of an increasingly prevalent matching provision found in a sports contract which provides for […]

The High Court handed down judgment on a substantial “team move” claim on Friday 25 October 2019, after a four-week trial earlier this year (Alesco et al v Bishopsgate et al [2019] EWHC 2839 (QB)). Mr Justice Freedman, in a judgment running to some 140 pages, dismissed the claimants’ claim that a number of its […]

Applications are currently open for the ECC-SAL International Mooting Competition 2020, co-organised by the members of Essex Court Chambers and the Singapore Academy of Law.  The Competition will take place between 4 and 8 January 2020 and further details can be found in the flyer. Now in its 9th year, the Competition presents an ideal […]

On 12 October Luke Tattersall gave a lecture at a forum organised by The Institute of Art and Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London. The talk was entitled ‘sovereign immunity as it relates to art and cultural property’. The lecture addressed the rules of state immunity under […]