The Court of Appeal (The Chancellor of the High Court, Lord Justice Newey, and Lord Justice Phillips) handed down judgment on 22 October 2024 in the jointly-heard appeals in Infrastructure Services Luxembourg S.À.R.L. v. Kingdom of Spain and Border Timbers Limited v. Republic of Zimbabwe [2024] EWCA Civ 1257. The judgment attempts to reconcile, at […]
Members of chambers have been highly ranked in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2025, which was released today. A total of 68 Members of Chambers hold 170 rankings across 25 practice areas. The set has been ranked in 12 practice areas, including a Band 1 ranking in: Commercial Dispute Resolution, Fraud: Civil, International Arbitration […]
David Baker will be leaving Chambers on 31 October 2024 to practise at Kellerhals Carrard where he will concentrate full-time on international sports law and disputes. Members of Chambers wish him well in this next stage of his career and look forward to working together with him in future.
Professor Chester Brown has been appointed to Senior Counsel of the New South Wales (NSW) Bar. On Friday 4 October 2024, The President of the NSW Bar Association, Dr Ruth Higgins SC, announced the names of 26 Barristers who have been appointed as Senior Counsel (SC). Members of Chambers congratulate Chester on this appointment. He […]
Members of Chambers are pleased to announce that Tariq Baloch has joined Essex Court Chambers from today, Monday 7 October 2024. Tariq has an established and extensive practice in international arbitration, public international law and commercial litigation with a particular focus on multi-jurisdictional and investor-state arbitrations. He acts and has acted for some of the world’s […]
In a judgment handed down on 3 October 2024, Mr Justice Henshaw determined a jurisdiction challenge to an anti-suit action involving multiple sets of proceedings in Liberia: see Investcom Global Ltd. v. PLC Investments Ltd. & others [2024] EWHC 2505 (Comm). The Court found that it has jurisdiction over all three defendants. As regards the […]
The Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2025 was released yesterday, Wednesday 2 October. Members of Chambers have received 31 new rankings across 26 practice areas, bringing the total number of rankings to 245. This year’s ranking success includes 12 new rankings for members of chambers in Commercial Litigation, 7 in International Arbitration, 4 in Fraud: […]
Members of Chambers welcome seven new tenants to Essex Court Chambers today. Benjamin Cartwright, Joshua Kimblin, Yanni Goutzamanis, Ruben Robertson, John-Patrick Asimakis, Francis Cardell-Oliver and Camille Boileau 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, […]
On 27 September 2024, the High Court (Foxton J) handed down judgment in a long running fraud group action claim arising out of a multi-million pound property investment scheme (4VVV Ltd and Others v Spence & Others [2024] EWHC 2434 (Comm)). The lead claimants were successful in their claims for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy, […]
We are delighted to announce that Essex Court Chambers won three awards at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2024, which took place last evening at the Park Plaza in London. These awards honor leading chambers and barristers based on rigorous, independent research. Essex Court Chambers won in the following categories: Commercial Litigation Junior of the […]
On Wednesday 18 September 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in UniCredit Bank GmbH v. RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30. The 113-paragraph judgment of Lord Leggatt (with whom Lord Reed, Lord Sales, Lord Burrows and Lady Rose agreed) contains the reasons for the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the jurisdiction appeal and corresponding grant of […]
The Court of Appeal (Males, Popplewell, Andrews LJJ) has today delivered a unanimous judgment dismissing all appeals and cross-appeals in the ‘at the premises’ test case for business interruption cover. This concerns the applicability of the Supreme Court’s approach to causation in the ‘FCA Test Case’ to disease and hybrid clauses providing cover for the […]
