Members of Essex Court Chambers announce that Toby Landau QC left chambers with effect from Friday 2 April 2021. He now practices as a sole practitioner in London and as a member of Duxton Hill Chambers (Singapore Group Practice) in Singapore (https://duxtonhill.net). He was a valued member of Essex Court Chambers and leaves with full […]
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Members of Essex Court Chambers Duxton (Singapore Group Practice) including VK Rajah SC, Toby Landau QC, Chan Leng Sun SC, Colin Liew, Tham Lijing and Calvin Liang will be leaving Essex Court Chambers Duxton to form a new Group Practice. Regulatory approval of the new Group Practice is pending. All existing matters will not be […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers announce that Jern-Fei Ng QC is leaving as a member of Essex Court Chambers and will no longer be practising from Chambers with effect from midnight tonight. Jern-Fei joins 7 Bedford Row barristers’ chambers tomorrow, from where he will no doubt continue to excel as a leading silk in the […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers were made aware earlier today that the Government of the People’s Republic of China has placed “Essex Court Chambers” on a list of persons or entities subject to international sanctions. This decision is understood to be related to the fact that four members of chambers wrote a legal opinion […]
Essex Court Chambers invites applications for tenancy from junior barristers of approximately 5-12 years’ call with particular expertise in banking, insolvency, offshore litigation, trusts and/or commercial fraud. Additional tenants are sought following five recent appointments as Queen’s Counsel. Applicants should be able to demonstrate excellence commensurate with their seniority in both academic ability and advocacy […]
An article written by Richard Hoyle of Essex Court Chambers Download article as PDF. Introduction Once upon a time, before the advent of the Civil Procedure Rules 1999, a party in civil litigation would extract evidence from their witnesses in support of their case by oral examination in chief. With the Woolf Reforms, witness statements […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers warmly congratulate Louise Hutton QC, Iain Quirk QC, David Davies QC, James Willan QC and Anna Dilnot QC who were all appointed Queen’s Counsel today. The 2021 silk appointment ceremony is currently delayed due to the pandemic. The chair of the selection panel Sir Alex Allan said: “We were particularly pleased that for the first year ever, […]
On 23 February 2021, Jane Russell gave evidence, on behalf of the Employment Law Bar Association, to the Justice Select Committee of the House of Commons. The evidence Jane gave focused on the issue of court capacity generally and in the light of the pandemic, as part of the parliamentary inquiry looking at the capacity […]
Judgment in the case of PCP Capital Partners LLP and PCP International Finance Limited v Barclays Bank Plc was handed down on 26 February 2021 following the hybrid trial heard between June and October 2020. The litigation concerned the recapitalisation of Barclays at the height of the global financial crisis in late 2008 by the […]
63 members of Essex Court Chambers have been recognised in the latest edition of the Chambers Global Guide 2021, following its release on Thursday 18 February. Chambers earned several notable rankings in the 2021 edition of the annual guide, including in the following practice areas: International Arbitration: The English Bar – Band 1 Public International […]
Judgment in the case of Tatneft v Gennadiy Bogolyubov, Igor Kolomoisky & Others was handed down on 24 February 2021 following the 12 week trial in 2020, with Tatneft’s claims dismissed. The case was a long-running dispute, with notable interlocutory judgments including on: Security for costs (PJSC Tatneft v. Bogolyubov and ors [2019] Costs L.R. 977); Permission to […]
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 22 February 2021 in Bilta (UK) Ltd (In Liquidation) & others v. Traditional Financial Services Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 221, following its decision at a hearing on 19 January 2021 to allow an appeal from the refusal of Marcus Smith J to adjourn a five week trial […]
