The Governor of the Cayman Islands has announced the appointment of Sir Jack Beatson to the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. Sir Jack was called to the Bar in 1973, he was a member of Essex Court Chambers between 1982 and 1989, and 1994 and 2003, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1998. He was […]

Richard Jacobs QC, former co-Head of Essex Court Chambers, has been appointed as a Justice of the High Court. Richard is appointed with effect from 25 June 2018 and will be assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division as a nominated judge of the Commercial Court. The new Mr Justice Jacobs will be sworn in by the […]

Essex Court Chambers’ Richard Hoyle joined Paul Worth (Co-Head of Litigation, Eversheds Sutherland), Taryn Auchecorne (Business Development Director, Opus2 International) and Tom Spender (General Counsel for Litigation, Regulatory and Competition, Lloyds Banking Group) on a panel at the Legal Business Commercial Litigation Summit 2018, to discuss the theme ‘Technology in court – Will it ever […]

Following a targeted recruitment campaign as a result of four members of Chambers recent elevation to Queen’s Counsel, and the appointment of two additional members as Justices of the High Court last year, Essex Court Chambers have welcomed Louise Hutton and David Walsh as new tenants. Louise Hutton is a leading junior in the fields […]

On Monday 21st May, the Public Inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017 will begin its oral hearings. The Chairman, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, will open Phase one of the Inquiry with commemorations of the lives of the deceased. Evidential hearings will start on 4 June. Richard Millett QC is leading counsel to […]

Essex Court Chambers has been awarded the Who’s Who Legal Set of the Year Award for 2018, in a ceremony held on 8 May 2018 at Plaisterers’ Hall. This award is in recognition of the exceptional calibre of work undertaken by members of Chambers over the past year. Last month, Essex Court featured at top of the list […]

Signia Wealth and the entrepreneur John Caudwell have won their claims against former Chief Executive, Nathalie Dauriac. Signia Wealth and Mr Caudwell claimed declarations that Ms Dauriac had committed acts of gross misconduct in relation to expenses claims and was a bad leaver for the purpose of Signia’s Articles of Association. The Court (Marcus Smith […]

Jeremy Brier has today been appointed a Recorder by the Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Gauke MP, and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, The Right Honourable The Lord Burnett of Maldon. Jeremy will be deployed to sit in the Criminal jurisdiction on the South Eastern […]

David Craig QC and Edward Brown appeared in the DIFC Court of First Instance in the first urgent application to enforce post-termination restraints.  The claim arose in a dispute between international commodities trader, ED&F Man with one of its traders and a competitor. All Defendants have given undertakings over to a trial in the DIFC […]

Essex Court Chambers has come top of the list of Leading Sets for 2018 in Who’s Who Legal’s latest analysis. Following thousands of interviews conducted and out of over 100 featured sets, members of Essex Court Chambers featured in the most listings in the country this year, with 72 in total. The full listings are […]