We are delighted to announce that Essex Court Chambers has been shortlisted in two categories at Legal Business Awards 2025: Chambers of the Year: Essex Court Chamber Barrister of the Year: Professor Dan Sarooshi KC Marking its 28th edition, the Legal Business Awards celebrate excellence across the legal profession The awards will take place on […]
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On 7 August 2025, Simon Gleeson (sitting as a deputy Judge of the High Court) handed down judgment (i) granting an application by BTI 2014 LLC and B.A.T Industries P.L.C. (together, “the Applicants”) to remove the Administrators of Windward Prospects Limited (in Administration) from office under paragraph 88 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act […]
Following a 5 day hearing in February 2025 and a further 1 day hearing in July 2025, the Court of Appeal partially set aside an investment treaty arbitration award (the “Award”) under the Czech-Swiss BIT pursuant section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”). This is the latest set of decisions in the long-running […]
On 30 July 2025, Mr Justice Trower handed down judgment, following a 14-week trial taking place between June and November 2023, in JSC Commercial Bank Privatbank v Kolomoisky & others [2025] EWHC 1987 (Ch). In these high-profile proceedings, Privatbank, Ukraine’s largest bank, brought claims against its former owners, Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov, contending that […]
The International Court of Justice issued an Advisory Opinion on 23 July 2025 in response to a request by the United Nations General Assembly concerning the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. The Court’s Advisory Opinion canvassed an array of legal issues arising under treaty and customary international law concerning climate change. The Advisory […]
On 17 July 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Republic of Korea v Elliott Associates LP [2025] EWCA Civ 905, an appeal brought by Korea in relation to its challenge under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 against an investor-state arbitration award in favour of Elliott under the Korea-US Free Trade […]
On 22nd July 2025, the Commercial Court handed down a further judgment in Bath Racecourse & ors v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE & ors, the latest in a string of business interruption insurance disputes arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sean O’Sullivan KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, considered various preliminary issues […]
On 10 July 2025, Peter MacDonald Eggers KC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) handed down judgment, following a trial in March, in Visalia Marketing Corporation v Seadrill Limited [2025] EWHC 1747 (Comm). The proceedings arose out of the formation of a joint venture in February 2019 between Sonangol, the state oil […]
On 14 July 2025, Mr Justice Bryan gave judgment in Tecnicas Renuidas Saudia for Services & Contracting Co. Ltd v Petroleum Chemicals and Mining Company Limited [2025] EWHC 1785 (Comm), setting aside a partial award on preliminary issues (the “Award”) issued by an arbitral tribunal in an institutional arbitration under the auspices of the International […]
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment ([2025] EWCA Civ 841) in conjoined appeals from the Competition Appeals Tribunal (“CAT”) in which the defendants had challenged the enforceability of the litigation funding agreements (“LFAs”) entered into by the claimant Class Representatives. The CAT granted the Defendants permission to appeal in each of the cases, […]
Shane Doyle KC has been appointed as a Justice to the Supreme Court of Queensland and the Court of Appeal, with effect from 28 July 2025. Chambers extends its warmest congratulations. Called to the Bar in 1987, Shane Doyle KC took Silk in 1995. He has spent nearly three decades building his legal expertise in […]
The final of the English-Speaking Union (ESU) – Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition 2025 was held on Thursday 19th June 2025 at the Royal Courts of Justice. The moot, which is the oldest mooting competition in the UK, is open to all universities or higher education colleges involved in the teaching of law in the […]
