The Commercial Court in London today starts hearing the trial of Yukos Finance BV & others v. Stephen Lynch & others. This is the first of four major trials this year involving members of Essex Court Chambers as featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2019. The claim is brought by seven claimants against […]
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Following the COMBAR AGM on 6 June 2019, David Joseph QC has been elected as Vice Chair of COMBAR, serving under Sonia Tolaney QC who takes over as Chair from Andrew Spink QC. David is joined by Emily Wood from Essex Court Chambers who has been re-elected to the Executive Committee for 2019/20. On 13 […]
On 23 May 2019 the Court of Appeal overturned a first instance ruling of 21 December 2017 in Koza Ltd & Anor v Akcil & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 891 , which included a finding that a proposed ICSID claim would fail on the basis that it was not an investment within the meaning of the UK-Turkey BIT […]
Essex Court Chambers has been awarded the Who’s Who Legal ‘Barristers Set of the Year’ Award for the second consecutive year, in the 6th annual awards ceremony held on 16 May 2019 at Gibson Hall. This award is in recognition of the exceptional calibre of work undertaken by members of Chambers over the past year. […]
In a judgment given on Friday 10 May 2019 in anonymised proceedings, Mr Justice Teare upheld and continued interim negative and mandatory anti-suit injunctions in favour of C (a German company) against two defendants – D1 (a UK company) and D2 (a Ukrainian company) – who are part of the same corporate group ultimately controlled […]
Ricky Diwan QC summarises the High Court Judgment in J (Lebanon) v K (Kuwait) [2019]. J (LEBANON) v K (KUWAIT) [2019]
The barristers of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to be one of the founding supporters of the inaugural London International Disputes Week, taking place from 7-10 May 2019. The event, which is the first of its kind, will see lawyers, in-house counsel, judges, arbitrators, academics and other industry figures from around the world come together […]
Essex Court Chambers and its members have committed to Gold Patronage of Advocate, the Bar’s Pro Bono Charity, supporting access to justice through pro bono work. Members of Chambers regularly undertake pro bono work, including via the Bar Pro Bono Unit and the Employment Law Appeal Advice Scheme (“ELAAS”). As part of their commitment to […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers are very sad to learn of the untimely passing of Gordon Pollock QC, who died on 11 April 2019. Gordon’s contribution to Essex Court Chambers was immense. He was one of the leading advocates of our times, with an astonishing breadth of practice. It was under his guidance as […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers V V Veeder QC, Toby Landau QC, Samuel Wordsworth QC and Jern-Fei Ng QC have been recognised in The Legal 500 International Arbitration Powerlist UK, launched at the new International Arbitration Centre last week. The International Arbitration Powerlist UK showcases 200 of the UK’s leading arbitration practitioners working in law […]
Naomi Hart summarises the ICJ’s advisory opinion in the Chagos Archipelago proceedings. Read the summary in full here. In these proceedings, Professor Vaughan Lowe QC and Naomi Hart were instructed by the Republic of Cyprus. Samuel Wordsworth QC was instructed by the United Kingdom.
On 22nd March 2019, David Foxton QC delivered the keynote speech at the London School of Economics on “The ‘Acceptable’ Cartel? Horizontal Agreements under Competition Law and Beyond”. The workshop was held to mark the centenary of the House of Lords decision on restraint of trade in McEllistrim v Ballymacelligott Co-Operative Agricultural and Dairy Society […]
