On 14 April 2021 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in OT Computers Limited (In Liquidation) & Ors v Infineon Technologies AG & Ors [2021] EWCA Civ 501 dealing for the first time with how s.32(1)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980 applies to a company in administration or liquidation. The case concerned a follow-on […]
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On Wednesday 14 April the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs v IGE USA Investments Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 534. The appeal concerned a Settlement Agreement which the defendants entered into with HMRC in 2005. Having subsequently discovered allegedly new information, HMRC purported to rescind […]
An article written by Katherine Ratcliffe of Essex Court Chambers Download article as PDF. A. INTRODUCTION Hickox v Dickinson [2020] EWHC 2520 (Ch) is a classic fraud case. Ms Hickox’s case was that Mr Sammons, a convicted fraudster, had “stolen” her Paul Signac painting by selling it without her authority via an art dealer – […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers present the first ever fully virtual Fraud Summit. Held across three Thursdays in April (15th, 22nd and 29th), Members of Essex Court Chambers who have developed well established practices in the Fraud industry will host a number of live panel discussions. Registration is now open. For more information and to […]
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 […]
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 […]
