Essex Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Richard Millett QC has been authorised to sit as a Deputy Judge in the Chancery Division of the High Court. Richard also sits as a Civil only Recorder. He is the second member of Chambers to be authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge this […]
The Court of Appeal on 12 April 2013 dismissed the appeal of the Royal Bank of Scotland in relation to its claim for an anti-suit injunction against the Highland Group and Scott Law in respect of proceedings brought by them in Texas. The Court dismissed the appeal, after hearing detailed submissions from Graham Dunning QC, […]
Essex Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Simon Bryan QC has been authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge, Queen’s Bench Division, sitting in the Administrative Court. Simon also sits as a Recorder in the Crown Court.
The Court of Appeal on 6 March 2013 threw out Sovcomflot’s appeal on the dismissal of all its claims against Mr Skarga, the former Director-General of the Russian 100% state-owned corporation. The Court dismissed the appeal, after hearing detailed submissions from Graham Dunning QC, Leading Counsel for Mr Skarga, and supporting submissions from Steven Berry QC (whose junior was Nathan Pillow) for the alleged briber. The Court upheld Mr Justice Smith’s decision that all of the bribery issues in the case were governed by Russian law and, consequently, there could be no claims against the respondents because Sovcomflot and its subsidiaries had not suffered any loss from the various transactions that were said to have been tainted by the alleged bribery. The Court of Appeal will issue its reasons at a later date, but they will amount to an important judgment on private international law in the context of allegations of bribery.
Essex Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Professor Dan Sarooshi has been appointed to the Attorney General’s ‘B’ Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. In addition, Amy Sander has been appointed to the Attorney General’s ‘C’ Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. The appointments are for 5 years, commencing 1st March 2013.
The Attorney General maintains four panels of junior counsel to undertake civil and EC work for all Government Departments.
The results of the Queen’s Counsel appointments were announced in the media today. At Essex Court Chambers, Nigel Eaton, Stephen Houseman, Paul Key and Sam Wordsworth have been informed that they will be elevated to Silk at a ceremony to be held on 27 March 2013
Leading legal weekly The Lawyer has unveiled its Hot 100 list for 2013 naming the high-flyers who it believes will help shape the legal profession this year and the list includes Paul McGrath QC of Essex Court Chambers The Lawyer praises McGrath with: “You have to hand it to the man. Last year, Paul McGrath […]
David Scorey has been selected by the Tax Journal for inclusion in its “40 under 40”guide to 40 leading tax professionals based in the UK, under the age of 40 as at 1 November 2012, who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their careers to date, as verified by independent researchers and by Tax Journal. Researchers received […]
Al Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department; DD v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 54 Tim Eicke Q.C., leading Iain Quirk and Jonathan Auburn of 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square and instructed by the Treasury Solicitor, successfully defended the Secretary of State in these two appeals, in which the […]
Every year, leading legal publication, Legal Week identifies and profiles the ten “most acclaimed young commercial advocates making their mark” and this year David Peters and Jern-Fei Ng of Essex Court Chambers were among the ten selected. The results were formed by contacting more than 350 solicitors, barristers, Queen’s Counsel and senior clerks to ascertain […]
Essex Court Chambers’ Jeffrey Gruder QC maintained an asset freezing injunction against Qatari royal, Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Thani, one of the world’s most prolific collectors of art and antiquities. The Sheikh had failed to pay US$19.766 million for valuable ancient coins bought at an auction in New York in January 2012. In […]
At last night’s Chambers Bar Awards ceremony, for the eighth year running, Essex Court Chambers and its members went home with the International Arbitration Set of the Year Award; Paul Key was awarded Arbitration Junior of the Year. In addition, David Foxton QC took the award for Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year. Essex Court […]
