The members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce that Joe Ferrigno has become Essex Court Chambers’ sole Senior Clerk as of 1 July 2018, following David Grief’s appointment as Director of International Business Development. With a career in Chambers already spanning more than 35 years, Joe Ferrigno’s vital contribution to Chambers’ strategic development will continue, […]
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On 13 July 2018, the Commercial Court handed down a decision in PAO Tatneft’s effort to enforce its US$112 million BIT award against the state of Ukraine (under section 101 of the Arbitration Act 1996). (PAO Tatneft v Ukraine [2018] EWHC 1797 (Comm)). The award concerned the direct and indirect shareholdings of PAO Tatneft in […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce that from 1 July 2018 David Grief has moved to a new role as the Director of International Business Development for the members of Essex Court Chambers. As from that date, Joe Ferrigno, who has been joint Senior Clerk with David since 2016, became Essex Court Chambers’ sole […]
After 43 years as counsel at Essex Court Chambers (and previously at 4 Essex Court), Richard Siberry QC has recently retired from practice at the Bar, and now practices full-time as an arbitrator at 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Richard was called to the Bar in 1974, taking Silk in 1989. He has had a high profile […]
On 19 July 2018, the Court of Appeal (Arden, Sales and Irwin LLJ) handed down judgment in R (oao Freedom and Justice Party and others) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and others [2018] EWCA Civ 1719. The case arose from the Appellants’ attempt to secure the arrest of the Director of […]
In Orexim Trading Limited v MPT and Zen (judgment delivered on 13 July 2018) a Court of Appeal (Gross, Lewison and Leggatt LJJ) decided that the Court had power to order service of a claim under section 423 out of the jurisdiction pursuant to paragraph 3.1 (20) of PD 6B. In this respect, the Court […]
On the publication of the second edition of Singapore International Arbitration Law and Practice (2nd edition) (LexisNexis, 2018), David Joseph QC and David Foxton QC, the editors, offer some thoughts on some of the key developments in Singapore arbitration law since the publication of the first edition in 2013. Click here to read the full […]
In Orexim Trading Limited v MPT and Zen (judgment delivered on 13 July 2018) a Court of Appeal (Gross, Lewison and Leggatt LJJ) decided that the Court had power to order service of a claim under section 423 out of the jurisdiction pursuant to paragraph 3.1 (20) of PD 6B. In this respect, the Court […]
Jessica Wells and Benedict Tompkins examine the issues raised in the recent High Court decision in The Alhani .
John Snider authors a case note on Seadrill Ghana Operations Limited v. Tullow Ghana Limited [2018] EWHC 1640 (Comm), in which he examines the limits of force majeure.
This article by Christopher Smith QC examines whether the combined effect of the decisions in Tiuta International Ltd v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd [2017] UKSC 77 and Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP [2017] UKSC 32 is that certain otherwise good claims would disappear into a legal black hole. The article also examines whether it might […]
In a reserved judgment handed down on 22 June 2018 in FSHC Group Holdings v. Barclays Bank plc [2018] EWHC 1558 (Ch), Mr Justice Henry Carr granted rectification of two accession deeds entered into by the claimant (parent company within the Four Seasons Healthcare group) and Barclays Bank (acting as Security Agent under the financing […]
