Hugh Mercer QC has been appointed as a Deputy High Court Judge, following an open competition run by the Judicial Appointments Commission. The Lord Chief Justice has appointed 32 Deputy High Court Judges in total, under section 9(4) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, for a single fixed four-year term.
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Essex Court Chambers have received the following nominations for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2018: International Arbitration – Set of the Year Insurance – Set of the Year Graham Dunning QC – International Arbitration Silk of the Year Richard Millett QC – Chancery Silk of the Year David Scorey QC – Insurance Silk of the […]
David Foxton QC has published a case note in Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly discussing the Singapore decision in BQP v BQQ [2018] SGHC 55 which holds that the parol evidence rule does not apply in arbitration. Click here to access the case note in full. This article was first published in Lloyds Maritime […]
Graham Dunning QC is giving a keynote address at the Environmental Pollution and Small States Conference in London on 7th September 2018. The title of the lecture is “The Bangladesh Accord – a Model for Environmental Dispute Resolution?”. The Accord was agreed following the Rana Plaza disaster which resulted in significant loss of life and personal […]
On Tuesday 28th August 2018, Mr Justice Nicklin granted an application for an injunction brought by senior heart surgeon Professor Marjan Jahangiri, who was previously excluded from her duties at St George’s Hospital in South London. She was excluded having attempted to speak to a colleague about a disciplinary action which was unrelated to an ongoing […]
On Friday 10 August 2018, Choudhury J handed down judgment in Brown & Ors v Neon Underwriting [2018] EWHC 2137 (QB) upholding the claims for breach of contract and wrongful dismissal brought by two of its former underwriters and the claims for breach of contract brought by a third, current underwriter. The High Court held that Neon had […]
Professor Dan Sarooshi QC delivered the Hague Academy of International Law lectures on the topic “Immunities of States and International Organizations in National Courts” on 23-27 July 2018. The lectures provided a detailed and comparative review of how the immunities of States and international organizations are being developed by national courts from both common and civil […]
As part of its targeted recruitment campaign following the appointment of four members of Chambers as Queen’s Counsel, and three additional members as Justices of the High Court, the members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to welcome Ruth den Besten as a new tenant. Called in 2001, Ruth is a leading junior with substantial […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce that Joe Ferrigno has become Essex Court Chambers’ sole Senior Clerk as of 1 July 2018, following David Grief’s appointment as Director of International Business Development. With a career in Chambers already spanning more than 35 years, Joe Ferrigno’s vital contribution to Chambers’ strategic development will continue, […]
On 13 July 2018, the Commercial Court handed down a decision in PAO Tatneft’s effort to enforce its US$112 million BIT award against the state of Ukraine (under section 101 of the Arbitration Act 1996). (PAO Tatneft v Ukraine [2018] EWHC 1797 (Comm)). The award concerned the direct and indirect shareholdings of PAO Tatneft in […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers are pleased to announce that from 1 July 2018 David Grief has moved to a new role as the Director of International Business Development for the members of Essex Court Chambers. As from that date, Joe Ferrigno, who has been joint Senior Clerk with David since 2016, became Essex Court Chambers’ sole […]
After 43 years as counsel at Essex Court Chambers (and previously at 4 Essex Court), Richard Siberry QC has recently retired from practice at the Bar, and now practices full-time as an arbitrator at 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Richard was called to the Bar in 1974, taking Silk in 1989. He has had a high profile […]
