Essex Court Chambers is delighted to be a Chambers Partner of the upcoming Paris Arbitration Week event. Paris Arbitration Week, taking place from 18 – 22 March, is set to be an exciting week of events aimed at connecting, whether in person or virtually, the worldwide community of arbitration practitioners, boosting rich academic debate and […]
David Davies KC will be speaking at the Sanctions in Disputes Forum 2024 organised by ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes on the 18th April 2024 in London. This one-day conference is the only sanctions forum dedicated to navigating litigation disputes. David Davies KC will be discussing “Navigating the Aftermath of the Mints -v- PJSC Court of Appeals Decision […]
A number of members of Essex Court Chambers will be in Vilamoura to attend the TTL4FIRE International conference in Vilamoura, a flagship Asset Recovery event in the fraud & insolvency calendar. Jeremy Brier KC will be speaking on Thursday 16 May discussing “Proving Fraud – What to Do when the Trail Runs Cold”. Ruth den […]
Join us for this evening panel session Illegality and corruption in challenges to arbitral awards on Tuesday 21 May, the second in a series of International Arbitration events taking place this year. Our expert panel including Ricky Diwan KC, Siddharth Dhar KC, Tom Ford, Peter Webster and Katherine Ratcliffe will focus on how illegality and corruption may impact throughout the lifecycle of an […]
Members of the solicitor and counsel team who acted for the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the recent landmark decision in Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Process & Industrial Development Ltd (winner of the Most Important Decision at the 2024 GAR Awards) will share their insights and reflections on key developments relating to resisting enforcement […]
For many crypto disputes, the first step is an application for a proprietary injunction, or some other form of interim relief. Such relief can be critical to preserving the assets against which enforcement is sought, or to uncovering information material to formulating the claim. In this session, the speakers will discuss the key considerations when […]
This will be a practical look at the extent to which the English court can support foreign arbitration proceedings. It will explore what interim relief is available from the English court under Ss. 43 and 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 and S. 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981, and how this may be […]
Evolving English case law has confirmed that a parent company may itself owe third parties a direct duty of care in respect of the operations of its subsidiaries, while the English courts have accepted jurisdiction over complex multiparty claims where England might not previously have been seen as a convenient forum. The panel will discuss […]
This session will look at litigation risk in the voluntary carbon markets – an industry which is booming as businesses look to offset their carbon emissions and fulfil ‘net-zero’ commitments.Despite the scale of the industry (estimated to be worth over $2 billion in 2020 and to grow to around $250 billion by 2050) it is […]
Following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Russia has enacted a range of sanctions which the interests of western businesses which allow Russian Courts to disregard valid jurisdictional and arbitral bargains. Article 248 of the Russian Arbitrazh Procedural Code has changed the landscape of international dispute resolution. This panel discusses the risks and potential responses […]
An Industry Expert, Funder, Solicitor, Silk, and Arbitrator will discuss climate change disputes, covering: Current landscape, trends, and recent cases What kinds of disputes may emerge in future Strategic and activist litigation, and human rights claims Typical disputes requiring funding and investor appetite Quantum assessments and challenges and utilisation of scenario analyses Speakers include: Peter […]
The session will explore the key economic sanctions regimes, and the impact of those regimes on London seated arbitrations. The panel will discuss the various ways in which sanctions issues increasingly impact both procedural and substantive aspects of the arbitral process, including tribunal constitution, the applicable law, interim relief, enforcement and settlement discussions. Particular focus […]
