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Al Sirri v Secretary of State for the Home Department; DD v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 54 Tim Eicke Q.C., leading Iain Quirk and Jonathan Auburn of 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square and instructed by the Treasury Solicitor, successfully defended the Secretary of State in these two appeals, in which the […]

Every year, leading legal publication, Legal Week identifies and profiles the ten “most acclaimed young commercial advocates making their mark” and this year David Peters and Jern-Fei Ng of Essex Court Chambers were among the ten selected. The results were formed by contacting more than 350 solicitors, barristers, Queen’s Counsel and senior clerks to ascertain […]

Essex Court Chambers’ Jeffrey Gruder QC maintained an asset freezing  injunction against Qatari royal, Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali  Al-Thani, one of the world’s most prolific collectors of art and  antiquities. The Sheikh had failed to pay US$19.766 million for valuable  ancient coins bought at an auction in New York in January 2012. In […]

At last night’s Chambers Bar Awards ceremony, for the eighth year running, Essex Court Chambers and its members went home with the International Arbitration Set of the Year Award; Paul Key was awarded Arbitration Junior of the Year. In addition, David Foxton QC took the award for Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year. Essex Court […]

Two books authored by members of Essex Court Chambers – Richard Jacobs QC, Paul Stanley QC and David Scorey –  have been jointly awarded the 2012 British Insurance Law Association (BILA) Prize. The prize is awarded annually by BILA for the most notable contribution to literature in the field of insurance law. The books are: […]

Essex Court Chambers is pleased to announce that Chambers and its members have received seven nominations across two categories in the forthcoming Chambers Bar Awards. Commercial Litigation Set of the Year Silk of the Year – David Foxton QC Junior of the Year –  Stephen Houseman International Arbitration Set of the Year Silk of the Year […]

On the 01 October 2012, John Robb and Claudia Renton join Essex Court Chambers on the successful completion of pupillage.

Essex Court Chambers’ Richard Millett QC secures liability victory for the Renova Group, headed by Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, in a long-running $82 million (£52 million) lawsuit, against mining tycoon Brian Gilbertson over ownership of the Fabergé Egg Company. A court in the Cayman Islands has ruled that Gilbertson, former chief executive of BHP Billiton, […]

Cox v Ergo Versicherung AG The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt to apply English law principles  to the assessment of damages in a tort claim where there was substantial difference in the level of recovery in English and German law.  German substantive law of tort limits compensation to net compensation whereas English law […]

A vibrant, thorough defence of the controversial issue of the margin of appreciation in international human rights law Clear analysis of the case law on the basis of factors that affect the margin of appreciation Assesses the margin of appreciation before three different systems: the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human […]