The Members of Essex Court are delighted to announce that Felix Wardle has joined Chambers as a tenant on successful completion of pupillage. Felix graduated in 2008 with a first in Law from Merton College, Oxford. He was subsequently awarded a Kennedy Scholarship to study for the LLM at Harvard, where he specialised in constitutional law, […]
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David Joseph QC, Toby Landau QC and Jern-Fei Ng have dominated the rankings for Arbitration: The Bar (Singapore) and Arbitration (International): The Bar (Asia-Pacific Region) in the Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide 2016. Essex Court Chambers is the only set with individuals featured in Band 1 in the silk and junior sections of both categories. […]
Mr Devathas Satianathan and Miss Gek Min Yeo from the Singapore Justices’ Law Clerks Team A have won the prestigious Essex Court Chambers – SAL International Mooting Competition 2016. This year’s competition included 22 teams of accomplished advocates from countries including Singapore, Brunei, Hong Kong, India and Malaysia, with the competition intended to give young […]
Essex Court Chambers’ Anton Dudnikov and Catherine Jung have been recognised as rising stars in Legal Week’s ‘Stars at the Bar 2016’. The feature profiles just ten of the most promising barristers of ten years call and under and market research is undertaken to determine exceptional achievers. Anton and Catherine became tenants at Essex Court […]
Essex Court Chambers’ James Willan has been selected, as one of only 10 barristers, in The Lawyer Hot 100 2016. The leading legal publication today unveiled its Hot 100 list for 2016, which names the “best lawyers in the business”. The Lawyer describes James as “one of the big names at the bar in civil fraud and banking […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted at the announcement that Salim Moollan will be appointed to Queen’s Counsel in the 2015-2016 round of appointments. Salim was called to the Bar in 1998 and specialises in international and commercial law, in particular international and commercial arbitration. The award of Queen’s Counsel is bestowed upon those who […]
In Bibby Factors Northwest Limited v HFD Limited [2015] EWCA Civ 1908, Edward Brown successfully resisted claims by invoice factors to prevent set off of cross-claims following insolvency. The Court of Appeal, upholding a decision of the Mercantile Court, held that debt claims brought by an invoice factor did not override principles of assignment and […]
Members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to announce the appointment of Joe Ferrigno as joint senior clerk alongside David Grief, with effect from 1 January 2016. Joe has been a member of the clerking team at Essex Court for over 30 years and has played an integral part in developing a highly respected and […]
As a part of the celebrations to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies is hosting a seminar on “UK Supreme Court Decisions on Private and Commercial Law: The role of Public Policy and Public Interest” on Friday 4 December at the Supreme Court. The conference aims to review […]
The Legal 500 UK Awards dinner took place on Tuesday 10th November, where Paul McGrath QC was honoured for winning Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year. Essex Court Chambers also won International Arbitration Set of the Year. The award, based on the research and opinions of thousands of lawyers, recognises Essex Court as the pre-eminent […]
Hugh Mercer QC and John Robb, instructed by the National Farmers’ Union, successfully intervened in support of Defra to resist a challenge by way of judicial review to emergency authorisations under the EU pesticide regulation to use two neonicitinoid seed treatments on the 2015-2016 winter oilseed rape crop in the areas of England most at […]
The British Nigeria Law Forum, in association with Peters & Peters LLP, will be hosting a seminar focusing on ‘Arbitration and Nigeria: Key Issues for Nigerian Parties and Lagos as an Arbitration Destination.’ David Mildon QC will be speaking on key issues for Nigerian parties seeking to arbitrate their disputes. For further information and details […]
