Members of Chambers welcome seven new tenants to Essex Court Chambers today. Benjamin Cartwright, Joshua Kimblin, Yanni Goutzamanis, Ruben Robertson, John-Patrick Asimakis, Francis Cardell-Oliver and Camille Boileau have all accepted invitations to join after successful completion of pupillage. During their pupillage they have experienced a broad range of practice areas in line with Chambers’ profile, […]
On 27 September 2024, the High Court (Foxton J) handed down judgment in a long running fraud group action claim arising out of a multi-million pound property investment scheme (4VVV Ltd and Others v Spence & Others [2024] EWHC 2434 (Comm)). The lead claimants were successful in their claims for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy, […]
We are delighted to announce that Essex Court Chambers won three awards at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024, which took place last evening at the Park Plaza in London. These awards honor leading chambers and barristers based on rigorous, independent research. Essex Court Chambers won in the following categories: Commercial Litigation Junior of the […]
On Wednesday 18 September 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH v. RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30. The 113-paragraph judgment of Lord Leggatt (with whom Lord Reed, Lord Sales, Lord Burrows and Lady Rose agreed) contains the reasons for the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the jurisdiction appeal and corresponding grant of […]
The Court of Appeal (Males, Popplewell, Andrews LJJ) has today delivered a unanimous judgment dismissing all appeals and cross-appeals in the ‘at the premises’ test case for business interruption cover. This concerns the applicability of the Supreme Court’s approach to causation in the ‘FCA Test Case’ to disease and hybrid clauses providing cover for the […]
The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry was published today. The report of The Rt. Hon. Sir Martin Moore-Bick is based on 400 days of evidential and other hearings, and consideration of around 350,000 documents. It contains 58 recommendations to His Majesty’s Government. A link to the report can be found here. Richard Millett KC was […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce that chambers and members have been shortlisted for seven awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024. The awards recognise sets of chambers and members who are at the top of the profession as identified by extensive objective research. Essex Court Chambers has been shortlisted as […]
The International Court of Justice issued an Advisory Opinion on 19 July 2024 in response to a request by the United Nations General Assembly concerning the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The General Assembly made its request pursuant to Resolution 77/247 of […]
On 16 July 2024 the Employment Tribunal (the Tribunal) handed down its decision on the preliminary issue of State immunity in Mrs A Muda v Malaysia, Case No 2203623/2021. Employment Judge Brown made various findings on the exercise of sovereign authority within the meaning of sections 16(1)(aa)(i) and 16(1)(aa)(ii) of the State Immunity Act 1978 […]
On 29 July 2024, Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE handed down judgment in The Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International & Ors, a set of 11 Commercial Court proceedings relating to a set of three sovereign guarantees (the “Guarantees”) purportedly executed by the Republic of Mozambique with a combined value of c. US$2 billion. […]
On 3 July 2024, the International Court of Justice issued an order in relation to the case of The Gambia v. Myanmar in which it declared that two interventions filed under Article 63 of the Court’s Statute were admissible. The first intervention had been filed jointly by Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the […]
Essex Court Chambers are delighted to have been shortlisted in 20 categories for The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024, including 12 individual nominations for members of Chambers. Members: Junior of the year – Ciaran Keller Commercial litigation Silk of the year – Joe Smouha KC Commercial litigation Junior of the year – Tom Ford Employment […]
