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 […]
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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 […]
The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry was published today. The report of The Rt. Hon. Sir Martin Moore-Bick is based on 400 days of evidential and other hearings, and consideration of around 350,000 documents. It contains 58 recommendations to His Majesty’s Government. A link to the report can be found here. Richard Millett KC was […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce that chambers and members have been shortlisted for seven awards at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024. The awards recognise sets of chambers and members who are at the top of the profession as identified by extensive objective research. Essex Court Chambers has been shortlisted as […]
The International Court of Justice issued an Advisory Opinion on 19 July 2024 in response to a request by the United Nations General Assembly concerning the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The General Assembly made its request pursuant to Resolution 77/247 of […]
