Jern-Fei Ng has been appointed as the UK Regional Ambassador for HK45,  as part of a newly-formed committee. HK45 is a group within the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, for all young arbitration practitioners in Asia. It aims to promote the use of Hong Kong as a seat for international arbitration, to provide a platform for members […]

Tim Eicke QC and Edward Brown, instructed by the Government Legal Department, appear on 25-26 July 2016 in the Supreme Court in an important appeal regarding the retrospective effect of the Human Rights Act. The appeal concerns the ability of individuals to rely on discrimination and human rights violations which pre-date the HRA. The case […]

Jane Russell will be speaking at a conference about “Applying EU Anti-Discrimination Law” at the Academy of European Law in Trier on Monday 11 July. The Academy of European Law is a public foundation that provides training in European law to legal practitioners which is supported by the EU. Jane’s lecture is entitled “Proving discrimination: the shift […]

Essex Court Chambers has been named Chambers of the Year 2016 at The Lawyer Awards, which took place on 29th June. Chambers’ commitment to social mobility issues was noted, as well as the quality of work undertaken, including multiple high profile cases in the past 12 months. Essex Court were also commended for their creativity […]

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) elected Tim Eicke QC as the next judge in respect of the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Tim is a an expert in human rights, public, public international and EU law, with a history of representing claimants, respondents and interveners in the highest domestic […]

Hugh Mercer QC appeared as counsel for the Ministry of Justice on the issue of whether the Supreme Court had jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a refusal to enforce a Romanian judgment under the Brussels II Revised Regulation. The Ministry’s submissions with regard to the absence of jurisdiction were upheld. Access the full text […]

In a Judgment of 10 June 2016, the General Court of the European Union annulled EU sanctions against Mr Oleksandr Klymenko, the ex-Minister for Revenue and Duties of Ukraine. In April 2014, Mr Klymenko was subjected to restrictive EU sanctions, including the freezing of assets, on the basis that he was allegedly under investigation in […]

Professor Dan Sarooshi, a barrister practising at Essex Court Chambers with particular specialism in public international law, and Robert Volterra of Volterra Fietta have launched a new legal blog , entitled “Foreign States in English Courts”. The blog is intended to provide a newsfeed of concise, informative case summaries of recent and important English court […]

Andrew Hochhauser QC and Paul Stanley QC have been appointed to the Board of Governors at the newly established Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA), along with former member of Essex Court Chambers, The Honourable Mrs Justice Andrews DBE. ICCA will act of behalf of all four Inns of Court in the development of education […]

Reasserting the confidentiality of arbitration proceedings and the absence of any power on the part of the arbitrators or the Court to order consolidation, the Commercial Court has refused an insured’s application for the appointment of a common third arbitrator across a series of arbitrations. The insured had commenced said arbitrations against separate insurers subscribing […]

Tim Eicke QC and Edward Brown, instructed by Clarkson Wright & Jakes Limited, appeared for Amoena (UK) Limited in the Supreme Court on 7 June 2016 against HMRC. The appeal was the first Customs Classification dispute to be heard by the Supreme Court and concerns the classification of post-surgery mastectomy bras. The case raises important issues […]

Professor Vaughan Lowe QC and Richard Hoyle, alongside Dr Christopher Ward SC and Dr Stephen Tully, recently advised the Norfolk Island People for Democracy in an Opinion entitled ‘In the matter of the Status of Norfolk Island as a Non-Self-Governing Territory’ as part of the ongoing high profile dispute between Norfolk Island and Australia. The […]