Youth-led climate lawsuits and the significance of the decision in Montana v Held Author: Ellen Tims Click to download PDF Introduction On 13 March 2020, 16 young Montanans, then aged between 2 and 18, filed a lawsuit alleging that Montana was violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment because of a law […]
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In a judgment handed down in the Chancery Division on 30 November 2023, Master Pester acceded to an application by the First and Second Defendants, GSquare Capital II LP and P2U Holdings Limited, to strike out or enter reverse summary judgment in respect of aspects of the claims advanced against them by Mr Daniel Lee […]
Benedict Tompkins has been admitted to the bar of the British Virgin Islands, with effect from 15 November 2023. Benedict’s practice is focused on high-value commercial litigation and arbitration, specialising in civil fraud, banking and finance, and both commercial and investment arbitration across a range of sectors. He has experience both at first instance in […]
On 15 November 2023, Mr Justice Butcher handed down judgment in RSM Production Corpn v Gaz du Cameroun SA [2023] EWHC 2820 (Comm), continuing an anti-suit injunction granted at a without-notice hearing by HHJ Pelling KC. The anti-suit injunction restrained the defendant (‘GdC’) from pursuing proceedings in Cameroon by which it had frozen about $18 million of […]
Climate Conscious Investing and the Butler-Sloss Decision Authors: Simon Bishop, Edward Brown KC, Patrick Kenny and Daniel Fox Click to download PDF Investors have, so far, brought climate-related claims falling into either of the following two categories: First, claims alleging breach of duties against investment managers (including pension trustees), or against other persons such as […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are deeply saddened to announce that Jonathan Gilman KC recently passed away. After graduating from Oxford in 1963, Jonathan became a member of Essex Court Chambers in 1966 where he pursued a successful career in insurance and shipping law, taking silk in 1990. Jonathan became widely recognised as an expert […]
DOWNLOAD PDF In this article, Richard Hoyle considers a range of recent English cases which examine fiduciary duties relating to investment or divestment where fiduciaries were either motivated by, or, in contrast, downplayed ESG and climate change issues. In doing so he highlights the potential for fragmented outcomes when comparing different types of fiduciary relationship, […]
The Singapore Court of Appeal (Judith Prakash JCA, Mance IJ and Rix IJ) handed down judgment on 24 October 2023 in Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank v PPT Energy Trading Co Ltd [2023] SGCA(I) 7 allowing the appeal of the appellant, Crédit Agricole with respect to the claim under letter of indemnity. The case […]
The Commercial Court handed down judgment yesterday in Federal Republic of Nigeria v. Process & Industrial Developments Ltd [2023] EWHC 2638 (Comm), finding that arbitration awards against Nigeria had been obtained by fraud and contrary to public policy. The case arose from a Gas Supply and Processing Agreement (“GSPA”) entered into in January 2010 between Process & Industrial Developments […]
Members of chambers have been highly ranked in the Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2024, which was released today. Members of Chambers hold 167 ranking across 25 practice areas. The set has been ranked in 12 practice areas, including a Band 1 ranking in: Commercial Dispute Resolution, Fraud: Civil, International Arbitration and Public International Law. […]
In a judgment handed down in the Commercial Court on 11 October 2023, Master Davison dismissed a challenge by the defendant (Republic of Ghana) to the service of applications by the claimant (GPGC) seeking charging orders and a receivership order in respect of various properties located in London: see GPGC Limited v. The Government of […]
On 6 October 2023, the High Court handed down judgments in The Prestige litigation (The London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association v. the Kingdom of Spain and the French State), the latest in a long-running series of cases in respect of the clean-up costs of the environmental disaster caused by the total loss of the […]