Andrew Hochhauser QC and Paul Stanley QC have been appointed to the Board of Governors at the newly established Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA), along with former member of Essex Court Chambers, The Honourable Mrs Justice Andrews DBE. ICCA will act of behalf of all four Inns of Court in the development of education […]
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Reasserting the confidentiality of arbitration proceedings and the absence of any power on the part of the arbitrators or the Court to order consolidation, the Commercial Court has refused an insured’s application for the appointment of a common third arbitrator across a series of arbitrations. The insured had commenced said arbitrations against separate insurers subscribing […]
Tim Eicke QC and Edward Brown, instructed by Clarkson Wright & Jakes Limited, appeared for Amoena (UK) Limited in the Supreme Court on 7 June 2016 against HMRC. The appeal was the first Customs Classification dispute to be heard by the Supreme Court and concerns the classification of post-surgery mastectomy bras. The case raises important issues […]
Professor Vaughan Lowe QC and Richard Hoyle, alongside Dr Christopher Ward SC and Dr Stephen Tully, recently advised the Norfolk Island People for Democracy in an Opinion entitled ‘In the matter of the Status of Norfolk Island as a Non-Self-Governing Territory’ as part of the ongoing high profile dispute between Norfolk Island and Australia. The […]
David Craig QC, instructed by Mishcon de Reya, obtained a final injunction on behalf of Tata Consultancy Services, one of the world’s leading IT businesses, against an individual who had managed to obtain, from an employee of Tata, details about a large number of Tata’s employees and clients taken from its internal database. The Defendant […]
David Craig QC, instructed by Linklaters, successfully acted for Glencore International Plc in the Court of Appeal in respect of a claim arising out of Glencore’s multi-billion pound merger with Xstrata. Xstrata’s former company secretary, Richard Elliston, was awarded damages in the High Court for Glencore’s refusal to pay him a “prescribed sum payment”, payable […]
The first ICCA Congress to be held in Africa is in progress in Mauritius, where delegates have heard from speakers including UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon and Nobel laureate Mohammed El Baradei. Salim Moollan QC is the Chairman of the ICCA 2016 Host Committee. Toby Landau QC is speaking on ‘How to Prepare a Persuasive […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers are delighted to have been shortlisted in the Chambers of the Year category at The Lawyer Awards 2016. The last year has seen the members of Essex Court Chambers maintain and strengthen their leading position in Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration, but also commit to further raising their profile in specialist, […]
John Lockey QC, instructed by Mayer Brown and leading Ben Lynch of Fountain Court and Peter Morcos of 4 New Square, acted for AIG in its successful appeal to the Court of Appeal in the case of AIG Europe Ltd v OC320301 LLP [2016] EWCA Civ 367. This is the first case to consider the […]
Tim Eicke QC recently gave an interview to LexisPSL on the issue of acquired rights. The interview in full is available here: Could EU citizens living in the UK claim acquired rights if there is a full Brexit? This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Immigration analysis on 11 April 2016. Click for a free trial of Lexis®PSL.
Hugh Mercer QC and Andrew Legg represented the claimants in their long-running claim for judicial review that a moratorium on the production of desinewed meat introduced by the Food Standards Agency in April 2012 was unlawful. The judgment found that the moratorium was partially unlawful and it considered the boundary between the competence of national courts over […]
The London Shipping Law Centre has invited a distinguished panel of members of the Bar to consider issues surrounding the Arbitration Act 1996 and whether it has proven fit for purpose. Chaired by Lord Saville of Newdigate, this event takes place on Thursday 10th March 2016 at Stephenson Harwood’s offices. Speakers include Essex Court’s Brian […]
