On 21st of February 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Bath Racecourse Company Limited v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE. The decision, which was identified by The Lawyer as one of their top 10 appeals for 2025, provides important guidance to the insurance market and those policyholders with outstanding business interruption insurance claims […]
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In a judgment handed down on 19 February 2025, the Supreme Court (Lord Hodge, Lord Hamblen, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose and Lord Richards) dismissed an appeal in El-Husseiny & another v. Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4 concerning the scope of section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986. Section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 […]
Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v Switzerland Authors: Hugh Mercer KC, John-Patrick Asimakis Click to Download PDF By its decision last year in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz v Switzerland, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has expanded the potential frontiers of climate change litigation in the human rights context. In short, a complaint was […]
On 12 February 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment ([2025] EWCA Civ 108) in the long-running enforcement proceedings brought by the former shareholders of Yukos (“the Claimants”) against the Russian Federation in respect of three 2014 arbitral awards worth more than US$50 billion plus interest. The Hague Court of Appeal and the Dutch […]
72 Members of Essex Court Chambers have received rankings in the 2025 edition of the Chambers Global Guide following its release. Members have been ranked in 6 jurisdictions including the Asia-Pacific, Belize, Middle East-wide, Singapore, UK, and Europe, and are ranked across 9 practice areas including International Arbitration, Public International Law, Commercial Dispute Resolution, Commercial […]
In a judgment handed down on 30 January 2025 in Geminis Investors Limited v (1) Goods Technology Starting Internal Limited and (2) G-Force Int’l Co Ltd, the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean (sitting in the Virgin Islands) rejected a consolidated appeal against decisions of the BVI Commercial Court to reject an application to set […]
Shell plc v Vereniging Milieudefensie Author: Francis Cardell-Oliver Click to Download PDF The decision On 12 November 2024, the Hague Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Shell plc v Vereniging Milieudefensie, reversing an order of the Hague District Court requiring Shell plc (and through it, the broader Shell group) to reduce its greenhouse […]
The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2025 has been published and features Essex Court’s, Joe Smouha KC. Joe is credited for his acting as lead counsel for the Republic of Mozambique in the “Tuna Bond” litigation. In 2025, Joe is in the Commercial Court from March on the year-long PIFSS trial, representing the Man Group. He has […]
On 16 January 2025, an ICSID tribunal dismissed a group claim against Romania brought by 44 European and Asian solar investors under the Energy Charter Treaty (Fin. Doc S.r.l and others v Romania ICSID Case No Arb/20/35). In its final award the Tribunal dismissed all the claim on the merits, finding that Romania’s changes to […]
His Majesty The King on the advice of the Lord Chancellor following consideration by the independent KCA Selection Panel has announced the results of the King’s Counsel appointments today. Five members of Essex Court Chambers have been appointed: Tariq Baloch, Jane Russell, Ciaran Keller, David Walsh, and Anton Dudnikov. Everyone at Essex Court Chambers warmly congratulates […]
On 22 January 2025, Mr Justice Henshaw handed down judgment in Arcadia v Bosworth, Hurley & Kelbrick [2025] EWHC 91 (Comm) dismissing all of the claims after a 10-week trial during May-July 2024. The action was commenced 10 years ago and is understood to be one of the longest-running cases in the Commercial Court. The […]
In a judgment handed down on 22 January 2025 in Google LLC & Google Ireland Limited v. NAO Tsargrad Media & others [2025] EWHC 94 (Comm), Mr Justice Henshaw upheld claims for final anti-enforcement (and ancillary anti-anti-suit) injunctive relief against three Russian-domiciled defendants after an expedited trial of four actions commenced in mid-August 2024. Google’s […]
