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R (United Road Transport Union) v Secretary of State for Transport In a judgment, handed down today (13 July 2012), Mr Justice Hickinbottom rejected a challenge by a Trade Union against the Secretary of State’s refusal to extend the right of appeal to the Employment Tribunal to road transport workers. By its application, the Union […]
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 […]
G1 v Secretary of State for the Home Department On 4 July 2012, the Court of Appeal (Laws, Rix and Lewison LJJ) dismissed the appeal by an individual seeking an order that the Secretary of State was required, as a matter of law, to facilitate his return to the UK to exercise is right of […]
Matthew Sellwood and Daniele Selmi, the team from Oxford Brookes University, were presented last night with the Silver Mace and £1,000 each, as winners of this year’s ESU – Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition. It is the first time that Oxford Brookes University has won the competition which has been running for 41 years, […]
SULAMÉRICA CIA NACIONAL DE SEGUROS S.A. and others – and – ENESA ENGENHARIA S.A. In a ruling last month, appeal court judges Lord Neuberger, Lord Justice Moore-Bick and Lady Justice Hallett upheld the anti-suit injunction restraining the appellants, Enesa Engenharia S.A. and others from pursuing proceedings against the respondents, Sulamérica Cia Nacional de Seguros S.A. […]
RBS sought an anti-suit injunction to stop proceedings in Texas, which were said to breach an exclusive jurisdiction clause. Graham Dunning QC and Philippa Hopkins of Essex Court Chambers, instructed by John Day of Day Sparkes, successfully argued that no injunction should be granted against their client because RBS did not have “clean hands”. Burton […]
Graham Dunning QC and Stephen Houseman, instructed by Clifford Chance, recently succeeded in the Court of Appeal in upholding an anti-suit injunction in support of a London arbitration that was granted not only against the party to the arbitration agreement but also against another company in the same ownership and/or control, which was alleged to […]
The members of Essex Court Chambers welcome two significant cross-recruits this month: David Peters who joins from 11 Stone Buildings and Anna Dilnot from 3 Stone Buildings. David Peters (call 2005) has a wide experience of commercial law with emphasis on general commercial litigation, civil fraud, insolvency and company law disputes. He has particular expertise […]
Essex Court Chamber’s Andrew Hochhauser QC and David Craig, instructed as counsel by Mark Levine and Daniel Naftalin, of Mishcon de Reya, representing 21 former Dresdner Kleinwort bankers, have won their battle to force Dresdner Kleinwort to pay out bonuses promised to its investment bankers prior to its takeover by Commerzbank in 2008. The High […]
Essex Court Chambers is delighted to announce its participation in the Pegasus Access Scheme (PAS). PAS is an innovative mini-pupillage programme, which is designed to encourage and support students from diverse backgrounds who are considering a career at the bar, and to promote diversity and social mobility in the profession. The Scheme, which is administered […]
Toby Landau QC of Essex Court Chambers has been appointed to the Panel of Counsel of the Attorney-General of Singapore.
