In a judgment handed down yesterday, the Commercial Court granted permission to two Malaysian entities to challenge an LCIA arbitration award in connection with the well-known 1MDB scandal. The background to the case is the multi-billion-dollar fraud that was perpetuated on 1MDB, a Malaysian state-owned investment fund, and which has led to allegations against, among […]
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Members of Chambers are pleased to announce that Ben Juratowitch QC has joined Essex Court Chambers from today, Monday 1 November 2021. Ben was a partner in the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and head of the firm’s Public International Law practice. Ben took silk in 2017 and is also a member […]
Today, Wednesday 27 October 2021, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Kabab-Ji SAL (Lebanon) (Appellant) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait) (Respondent) [2021] UKSC 48. The Supreme Court rejected Kabab-Ji’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision to refuse recognition and enforcement of an ICC Award made in Paris (being the seat of the […]
The latest Judgment in SFO v Litigation Capital & 46 Others (In re Gerald Martin Smith) was handed down by Mr Justice Foxton on 21 October 2021, following substantial written submissions and a two day remote hearing, which determined how the costs of litigating complex and competing equitable proprietary claims should be apportioned (the “Costs […]
Members of chambers have been highly ranked in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2022, which was released on Thursday 21 October 2022. Members of chambers have been ranked in 22 practice areas and the set has been ranked in 12 practice areas, including Band 1 rankings in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Fraud, International Arbitration […]
It was with great sadness that the members of Essex Court Chambers learnt of the death of Professor J Martin Hunter on Saturday 9 October 2021. Martin joined Essex Court Chambers from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 1994 where he practiced as an arbitrator and advocate for many years. Martin had joined Freshfields as an articled […]
On 29 September 2021, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Jalla & Another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company & Another [2021] EWCA Civ 1389, an appeal concerning the requirement that there be “the same interest in a claim” in order for a representative action to be validly brought. In December 2017, […]
Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce that our mini pupillage applications for the 2022 programme are now open. The deadline for all applications is 14:00 Friday 3 December 2021. More details and how to apply can be found here.
On Wednesday 29 September the editors of Arnould: Law of Marine Insurance and Average, Jonathan Gilman QC, Mark Templeman QC, Claire Blanchard QC, Philippa Hopkins QC, Neil Hart and David Walsh, hosted the Inaugural Arnould Lecture. The virtual lecture, delivered by the Honourable Mr Justice Jacobs, marked the release of the 20th edition of Arnould: […]
CFAAR (Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery) are pleased to announce that they will be hosting their in-person launch event on 12 October at the International Dispute Resolution Centre. CFAAR is a group of legal industry professionals comprising lawyers, barristers, forensic accountants, corporate intelligence and asset recovery experts have launched CFAAR – the ‘Crypto Fraud and […]
A specially constituted seven-member board of the Privy Council, including both the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court and the Master of the Rolls, gave judgment on 4 October 2021 in Broad Idea International Ltd v Convoy Collateral Ltd / Convoy Collateral Ltd v Cho Kwai Chee [2021] UKPC 24. The combined appeals, concerning […]
Dan Sarooshi QC and Naomi Hart have recently been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative Law). The existing Board, and the Institute’s members, accepted the recommendation that they be appointed at meetings on 20 September 2021. Founded in 1958, the British Institute is one of the […]
