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 […]
Two books authored by members of Essex Court Chambers – Richard Jacobs QC, Paul Stanley QC and David Scorey – have been jointly awarded the 2012 British Insurance Law Association (BILA) Prize. The prize is awarded annually by BILA for the most notable contribution to literature in the field of insurance law. The books are: […]
Essex Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Chambers and its members have received seven nominations across two categories in the forthcoming Chambers Bar Awards. Commercial Litigation Set of the Year Silk of the Year – David Foxton QC Junior of the Year – Stephen Houseman International Arbitration Set of the Year Silk of the Year […]
On the 01 October 2012, John Robb and Claudia Renton join Essex Court Chambers on the successful completion of pupillage.
Essex Court Chambers’ Richard Millett QC secures liability victory for the Renova Group, headed by Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, in a long-running $82 million (£52 million) lawsuit, against mining tycoon Brian Gilbertson over ownership of the Fabergé Egg Company. A court in the Cayman Islands has ruled that Gilbertson, former chief executive of BHP Billiton, […]
Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt to apply English law principles to the assessment of damages in a tort claim where there was substantial difference in the level of recovery in English and German law. German substantive law of tort limits compensation to net compensation whereas English law […]
A vibrant, thorough defence of the controversial issue of the margin of appreciation in international human rights law Clear analysis of the case law on the basis of factors that affect the margin of appreciation Assesses the margin of appreciation before three different systems: the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human […]
Essex Court Chambers’ Toby Landau QC and David Joseph QC went head-to-head at the Singaporean High Court this week in a $300m legal battle for Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnan and the Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group. It was the first time British QCs have been allowed to conduct advocacy in the Singaporean Court since the enactment […]
R (United Road Transport Union) v Secretary of State for Transport In a judgment, handed down today (13 July 2012), Mr Justice Hickinbottom rejected a challenge by a Trade Union against the Secretary of State’s refusal to extend the right of appeal to the Employment Tribunal to road transport workers. By its application, the Union […]
G1 v Secretary of State for the Home Department On 4 July 2012, the Court of Appeal (Laws, Rix and Lewison LJJ) dismissed the appeal by an individual seeking an order that the Secretary of State was required, as a matter of law, to facilitate his return to the UK to exercise is right of […]
