On 25 October 2017 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Taurus v SOMO, allowing Taurus’ appeal. Amongst other matters, the Court unanimously overruled earlier Court of Appeal authority on the situs of debts arising under letters of credit. The full judgment can be read here: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2015-0199-judgment.pdf A summary is available at https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2015-0199-press-summary.pdf Gordon Pollock QC (leading Guy Blackwood QC, […]
On 16th October 2017, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a press release on behalf of the tribunal in two arbitrations arising under the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh of May 2013. The Accord is an agreement between global brands and trade unions created in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza building […]
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Libya v Janah (Supreme Court, 18 October 2017) Reyes v Al Malki (Supreme Court, 18 October 2017) The Supreme Court has handed down two judgments concerning the immunity of embassies and diplomatic agents in relation to employment claims brought in the English courts by members of […]
On 30 October 2017, David Foxton QC (Head of Chambers) and Paul Stanley QC (E&D Officer) attended FreeBar’s (a forum which promotes LGBT and equality and inclusion across the Bar) panel discussion on best practice to address the question “How can Chambers be LGBT+ inclusive?”. There was a large attendance from across the Bar and […]
Essex Court Chambers picked up the award for International Arbitration Set of the Year at last night’s Chambers Bar Awards, for the 13th consecutive year. The awards are based on research for the 2018 edition of Chambers UK Bar and reflect pre-eminence in key practice areas within sets of Chambers. They also reflect notable achievements […]
Judgment has been handed down today by the Court of Appeal in JSCS Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Kolomoisky & Ors, in which the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal by Tatneft, a Russian oil major, on all points against a judgment of Picken J late last year in which he had dismissed Tatneft’s claims and […]
On 5 September 2017, Mr Justice Blair handed down judgment in the Commercial Court on a series of applications and cross-applications in Autoridad del Canal de Panamá v Sacyr SA and others [2017] EWHC 2228 (Comm). The background to the proceedings is a major engineering project involving the expansion of the Panama canal. The Claimant, […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to welcome three new tenants today. Naomi Hart, Benedict Tompkins and Owen Lloyd have all accepted invitations to join Chambers on successful completion of pupillage. During their pupillage they have experienced a broad range of practice areas in line with Chambers’ profile. Further information on their experience and CVs can […]
After several hearings, a settlement has been reached in the long-running LCIA arbitration between a consortium of UAE gas companies, comprising Pearl Petroleum Company Limited, Dana Gas PJSC and Crescent Petroleum Company International Limited (as Claimants) and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (as Respondent). News of the arbitration and its settlement has recently been […]
In a conference covering the Hot Employment Law Issues during 2017-18, Andrew Hochhauser QC will be speaking on restrictive covenants and post employment restraints and Daniel Oudkerk QC will be speaking on bonus disputes and discretionary remuneration. Members of Essex Court Chambers have been instructed in many of the key restrictive covenants and bonus claims […]
Essex Court Chambers’ Richard Hoyle and Lucas Bastin participated in The Legal 500’s first Junior Bar Roundtable, entitled ‘Shaping the Future of the Bar’, alongside members of a variety of other Chambers. The Roundtable touched upon important issues for the junior bar, including the key attributes of modern-day barristers, how the Bar may change in […]
In a judgment handed down in the High Court on 27th July 2017, Mr Justice Burton dismissed an application to enforce a Russian arbitral award that was set aside by the Russian courts, in Nikolay Viktorovich Maximov v. Open Joint Stock Company [2017] EWHC 1911 (Comm). The award arose out of a dispute between the […]
