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 […]
On 28 June 2024, Ian Karet, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge (Chancery Division), handed down judgment in Moosa & Ors v Mawji [2024] EWHC 1638 (Ch). The claimants, three South African businessmen, had contended that in July 2000 the defendant had been appointed as their agent for the purposes of managing a portfolio of properties […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to welcome seven new tenants. John-Patrick Asimakis, Camille Boileau, Francis Cardell-Oliver, Benjamin Cartwright, Yanni Goutzamanis, Joshua Kimblin and Ruben Robertson 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, overseen by […]
The final of the English Speaking Union (ESU) – Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition 2024 was held on Thursday 20th June 2024 at the Royal Courts of Justice. The moot, which is the oldest mooting competition in the UK, is open to all universities or higher education colleges involved in the teaching of law in […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce the appointment of Jackie McArthur, Naomi Hart, and Luke Tattersall to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) panel of counsel in England and Wales for the term 2024 to 2028. The EHRC maintains a panel of counsel to support its legal and enforcement work across […]
On 11 June 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Celestial Aviation Services v UniCredit [2024] EWCA Civ 628, one of The Lawyer’s Top 10 appeals for 2024. The central issue was whether the payment obligation of a confirming bank under letters of credit was suspended by the operation of sanctions introduced against […]
On 24 May 2024, Dove J handed down judgment in the case of R (River Action UK) v Environment Agency [2024] EWHC 1279 (Admin). The claimant had primarily challenged the defendant’s approach to enforcement of regulation 4(1)(a)(i) of the Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018 (also known as the Farming Rules […]
On 15 May 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18, in which it unanimously allowed MUR’s appeal. The Court (Lords Hodge, Lloyd-Jones, Hamblen, Burrows and Richards) held that MUR’s rejection of RTI’s offer of non-contractual performance did not constitute a failure to exercise reasonable endeavours […]
On 23 May 2024 The Honourable Justice Parker, in FSD 300 of 2023 (Ascentra Holdings, Inc. (in Official Liquidation) v Ryunosuke Yoshida & Ors), granted an on-notice interim proprietary injunction in favour of the claimant company in official liquidation (the “Company”), acting by its Joint Official Liquidators (the “JOLs”), in respect funds originally totalling US$270m […]
In a judgment handed down in the Commercial Court this morning in Magomedov & others v. PJSC Transneft & others [2024] EWHC 1176 (Comm), Mr Justice Bright continued interim anti-anti-suit injunctive (AASI) relief granted by Foxton J on 21 February 2024 and granted anti-enforcement injunctive (AEI) relief against the twentieth defendant (Transneft) in respect of […]
