Sir Franklin Berman KC has been appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. The Centre appoints honorary fellows “in recognition of their significant contribution to the study and practice of international law and to the development of the Centre”. Sir Frank Berman joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1965 […]
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Professor Malcolm Shaw KC has been appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. The Centre appoints honorary fellows “in recognition of their significant contribution to the study and practice of international law and to the development of the Centre”. As a practising barrister Professor Malcolm Shaw has developed an […]
The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice (ed. Carlos Esposito and Kate Parlett) has been published, with contributions from a series of PIL practitioners including Sam Wordsworth KC and Amy Sander. This collection explores substantive developments within the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and offers critical perspectives on its historical and contemporary role. […]
Members of Chambers are pleased to announce that James Willan KC has been appointed a Recorder by the King on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. James will sit part-time hearing criminal cases in the Crown Courts on the South Eastern Circuit, with his appointment taking […]
On 10 May 2023, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Jalla & Anr v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company & Anr [2023] UKSC 16, an appeal concerning the law of continuing private nuisance. The Claimants, who live and own property by or in the hinterland of the Nigerian Atlantic shoreline, brought a claim […]
On 28 April 2021, a Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea handed down judgment in the merits phase of Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius/Maldives). In these proceedings, Mauritius sought delimitation of a maritime boundary between the Chagos Archipelago and […]
Essex Court Chambers has been shortlisted in the Chambers of the Year category at The Lawyer Awards 2023. The Lawyer Awards celebrate the best of the legal sector, both private practice and in-house legal professionals. This latest nomination reflects the quality and range of international commercial disputes handled at all levels, as well as a […]
The Law Commission has launched a project, ‘Digital assets: which law, which court?’, looking at adapting or reforming the conflict of laws rules for cryptocurrency disputes. In advance of its consultation paper, due to be published in the second half of 2023, Sophia Hurst comments on some of the problems encountered in the case law […]
Members of Chambers are pleased to announce that Edward Batrouney has joined Essex Court Chambers. Ed joins Chambers from the Victorian Bar in Melbourne. Ed has a broad commercial practice in line with Chambers’ profile with a particular focus on commercial litigation & arbitration, civil fraud, insurance, financial services, and professional negligence. Ed brings with […]
The Commercial Court in Navigator Equities Limited and Chernukhin v Deripaska [2023] EWHC 788 (Comm) has dismissed long-running committal proceedings brought against Oleg Deripaska, and has ordered indemnity costs in relation to the contents of the affidavit evidence filed in support of the committal application. The matter has a long history: the committal application was […]
Though best known for her international arbitration expertise, Angeline has extensive experience in a broad range of commercial disputes before the English courts and in offshore jurisdictions. She also has particular expertise in public law, having acted on some of the leading judicial review and constitutional cases in the Caribbean. Angeline’s arbitration practice includes both […]
Siddharth has a broad practice in substantial commercial litigation and arbitration disputes spanning the full breadth of Chambers’ work. In recent years he has appeared in cases before the Supreme Court, Privy Council, Court of Appeal, all divisions of the High Court, and in very high value commercial and investment treaty arbitrations operating under a […]
