The Members of Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce that Edward Brown has been appointed to the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of Counsel to the Crown and both Stephen Donnelly and Jackie McArthur have been appointed to the Attorney General’s ‘C’ Panel. Edward is a very experienced trial advocate and regularly handles substantial cases […]
On 3 July the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Egon Zehnder v Tillman [2019] UKSC 32. Tillman is the first employee competition case to be considered at the highest level in more than a century. The Supreme Court judgment, which reformulates the test for severance, is likely to be of considerable practical importance for employers, employees and commercial parties litigating […]
On Tuesday 25 June 2019 the Commercial Court (Andrew Baker J) gave a further judgment in the Gruber & Ors v AIG litigation. The judgment examines the principles which govern the application of the doctrine of Henderson v Henderson abuse to different stages in the same proceedings, and also contains useful guidance as to the […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to welcome Tim Akkouh as a new tenant. Called in 2004, Tim is a leading junior with substantial experience of civil fraud, commercial chancery and heavyweight commercial litigation. His reported cases include JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov, Pinchuk v Bogolyubov, Mezhprom v Pugachev and Republic of Djibouti v Boreh. Tim […]
Essex Court Chambers has been named Chambers of the Year 2019 at The Lawyer Awards, which took place on 25 June at Grosvenor House. Senior Clerk Joe Ferrigno and members of his team collected the award, commended for the recent clerking restructure which involved several internal promotions. Members of Chambers were accredited for the consistency […]
On 12 June 2019 the Supreme Court gave its judgment in The Renos (Sveriges Angfartygs Assurans Forening (the Swedish Club) & Ors v Connect Shipping Inc & Ors) [2019] UKSC 29, which is likely to be one of the landmark marine insurance decisions of the year. The insurers appealed against a finding that the insured […]
The Commercial Court in London today starts hearing the trial of Yukos Finance BV & others v. Stephen Lynch & others. This is the first of four major trials this year involving members of Essex Court Chambers as featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2019. The claim is brought by seven claimants against […]
Following the COMBAR AGM on 6 June 2019, David Joseph QC has been elected as Vice Chair of COMBAR, serving under Sonia Tolaney QC who takes over as Chair from Andrew Spink QC. David is joined by Emily Wood from Essex Court Chambers who has been re-elected to the Executive Committee for 2019/20. On 13 […]
On 23 May 2019 the Court of Appeal overturned a first instance ruling of 21 December 2017 in Koza Ltd & Anor v Akcil & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 891 , which included a finding that a proposed ICSID claim would fail on the basis that it was not an investment within the meaning of the UK-Turkey BIT […]
Essex Court Chambers has been awarded the Who’s Who Legal ‘Barristers Set of the Year’ Award for the second consecutive year, in the 6th annual awards ceremony held on 16 May 2019 at Gibson Hall. This award is in recognition of the exceptional calibre of work undertaken by members of Chambers over the past year. […]
In a judgment given on Friday 10 May 2019 in anonymised proceedings, Mr Justice Teare upheld and continued interim negative and mandatory anti-suit injunctions in favour of C (a German company) against two defendants – D1 (a UK company) and D2 (a Ukrainian company) – who are part of the same corporate group ultimately controlled […]
The barristers of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to be one of the founding supporters of the inaugural London International Disputes Week, taking place from 7-10 May 2019. The event, which is the first of its kind, will see lawyers, in-house counsel, judges, arbitrators, academics and other industry figures from around the world come together […]
