Members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce that Jacky Chase, Essex Court Chambers Operations Manager, has been shortlisted for the Unsung Hero Award at the Women in Law Awards 2020. The Women in Law Awards showcase the achievements and innovations of women across all areas of legal practice and help shape the discussion […]
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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) Race Equality Taskforce has launched a pilot reverse mentoring scheme, in which Bar students and pupil barristers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds will mentor senior barristers from White backgrounds. The scheme, which was launched on Wednesday 2nd September, aims to address barriers to race equality and foster a […]
Luke Tattersall and Azfer Khan (Adjunct Faculty Member at Singapore Management University School of Law) have published an article in The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals discussing the use of the abuse of process doctrine by the International Court of Justice. The article reviews the use of the abuse of process doctrine […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to announce that Jane Russell has been appointed to The Attorney General’s A panel of counsel and Naomi Hart has been appointed to The Attorney General’s C panel of counsel. The Attorney General maintains three advisory panels of junior counsel to undertake civil and EU work for all government departments. […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce the appointment of former member of chambers, Mrs Justice Andrews as Lady Justice of Appeal. Dame Geraldine Andrews DBE was called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn in 1981 and became a member of Essex Court Chambers on completion of pupillage in 1983. She took Silk […]
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Shagang Shipping v HNA Group Company. Shagang claimed against HNA as guarantor of a long-term charterparty. HNA defended the claim on the basis that the underlying charterparty for the vessel had been procured by bribery of HNA’s employees and was unenforceable. The defence was founded on confession […]
On 14 July 2020, the International Court of Justice (“the Court”) handed down its judgments in two related cases: Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article 84 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates v Qatar) and Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to welcome three new tenants. Lorraine Aboagye, Katherine Ratcliffe and Akash Sonecha have all accepted invitations to join after successful completion of pupillage. During their pupillage they have experienced a broad range of practice areas in line with Chambers’ profile, overseen by senior pupillage supervisors. Lorraine, Katie and Akash will […]
Essex Court Chambers is delighted to announce that it is working with five other sets of Chambers to create a mentoring scheme, which aims to support and encourage individuals from groups which are underrepresented at the Bar of England and Wales (and in particular the commercial bar) to pursue careers as barristers. Those underrepresented groups […]
Applying to commit an opposing party for contempt of court can sound like a great idea. But it can also go wrong. Chernukhin v Deripaska [2020] EWHC 1798 (Comm) is a salutary lesson for all those involved in high-stakes, no-holds-barred litigation that objectivity must be maintained. In a judgment handed down on 17 July 2020, […]
Members of Chambers are delighted to announce that Sean Aughey will be joining Essex Court Chambers. Sean has a significant practice in Public International Law, with extensive experience before both domestic and international courts. He has considerable experience in Investor-State Arbitration cases, including under the ICSID Convention, the UNCITRAL Rules and the SCC Rules. Sean also has […]
Two members of chambers are involved in an important test case taking place this week; the trial will determine whether Business Interruption (BI) wordings respond to coronavirus-related losses. The FCA are seeking legal clarity on the proper meaning and effect of certain BI insurance wording during the Covid-19 crisis. Nine insurance companies are assisting with […]
