On Friday 9th June 2017, the Young SIAC group will hold a one-day conference on ‘Evolution and Innovation: Keeping Pace with the Future of Arbitration’. The welcome address will be given by Davinder Singh SC of Drew & Napier (who is also on the SIAC board of directors) and the day’s programme sees participation from […]
On 11 May 2017, Toby Landau QC of Essex Court Chambers was admitted to the Singapore Bar. His application for admission was heard by The Honourable Justice Quentin Loh. Mr Landau QC has a long association with Singapore. He was admitted to the Singapore Bar ad hoc to argue the Astro v First Media / […]
On 21 and 22 March 2017, the Supreme Court heard argument in Taurus Petroleum Ltd v State Oil Marketing Company of the Republic of Iraq. Four members of Essex Court Chambers were involved. The issues in the case include (i) identification of the true creditor of the issuing bank’s obligation under a letter of credit; […]
On 22 March 2017 the Supreme Court gave judgment in Financial Conduct Authority v Macris. The issue in the case was whether the respondent was “identified” in a Decision Notice issued by the Financial Conduct Authority in which it had fined JP Morgan. Mr Macris maintained that he was identified and subject to prejudicial criticism, so […]
Paul Key QC and Siddharth Dhar acted for the Republic of Kazakhstan in major 7-day Commercial Court trial involving detailed allegations of Kazakh and Lebanese law relating to very significant claims brought against the State by Ruby Roz, a Kazakh poultry farm company. The sum in dispute was approximately $400m and brought into question whether the dispute resolution clause […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are attending the 11th Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference in Geneva, from 16-17 March 2017. The programme sees Europe’s leading civil fraud litigation specialists come together to debate topics including; pressures and threats in fraud litigation (including the impact of Brexit), the 1MDB Scandal, the European Account Preservation Order […]
Simon Bryan QC and Guy Blackwood QC (of Quadrant Chambers) appeared on behalf of the successful respondent, Arab Insurance Group, in the Court of Appeal case of Axa Versicherung AG v Arab Insurance Group. The Court dismissed the appeal of Axa Versicherung AG (“Axa”) and upheld the first instance judgment of Mr Justice Males (reported […]
The Supreme Court has handed down its Judgment in the appeal on AMTF v. Marzillier [2017] UKSC 13, ruling that English courts do not have jurisdiction over an inducement to breach an exclusive English jurisdiction clause. It was alleged that Marzillier, a German law firm, induced German investors to bring tort claims in the German […]
The Supreme Court has today handed down an important decision on the interpretation of the New York Convention and the Arbitration Act 1996. The Supreme Court’s decision is the latest in a series of important appellate judgments arising out of the long-running dispute concerning the enforcement of a Nigerian arbitral award between NNPC, the Nigerian […]
A Tribunal constituted pursuant to the UK-Czech BIT and acting pursuant to UNCITRAL Rules has held that it has jurisdiction to hear a dispute brought by A11Y LTD against the Czech Republic in respect of measures that A11Y LTD alleges destroyed its investment in the country. A11Y LTD is a company specialising in the innovation […]
The Members of Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce that Jessica Wells has been elevated to the Attorney General’s ‘A’ Panel of Public International Law Junior Counsel to the Crown, following her appointment to the ‘B’ Panel in 2013. Andrew Legg has been newly appointed to the ‘C’ Panel. Jessica is experienced in both […]
Essex Court Chambers’ Nathan Pillow QC and Emily Wood have been selected, in a list of only 10 barristers, for The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list 2017. The leading legal publication today unveiled its Hot 100 list for 2017, which recognises the profession’s brightest stars and “the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers from in-house, private […]
