Tribunal denies capital allowances on de-risked ship leases

The First-tier Tribunal has handed down its Decision in FC Shipping Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 1013 (TC). The...

Lord (David) Wolfson KC appointed shadow Attorney General

Lord (David) Wolfson KC has been appointed as the shadow Attorney General. In this role, he will provide...

August-October 2024 Issue

Commercial Court rules that an arbitral order for specific performance, which is expressly subject to variation by the arbitral tribunal, is, nonetheless, an award within the meaning of the Arbitration Act

In YDU v (1) SAB and (2) BYH [2022] EWHC 3304 (Comm), the Claimant brought a claim for a declaration...

High Court makes Non-Party Costs Order against Director

In a judgment handed down on 12 January 2023 ([2023] EWHC 28 (Comm)) the Commercial Court held a director...

One Essex Court featured in 7 of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2023

One Essex Court is delighted that 18 members of chambers are involved across 7 of the cases featured in...

High Court judgment on abuse of process and s 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925

In its judgment in WCI v Brown, the High Court has addressed important issues concerning abuse of process...

Two new silks at One Essex Court

One Essex Court is delighted to announce that both Henry Forbes Smith and Marcos Dracos have been...

Court of Appeal reviews authorities on the interpretation of settlement agreements

On 21 December 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment reviewing the leading authorities on the...

Privy Council reaffirms the stringent basis for review of factual findings on appeal and endorses a respondent’s entitlement to rely on fresh evidence on appeal

The recently delivered judgment of the Privy Council in Kwok Kin Kwok v. Yao Juan [2022] UKPC 52 is worthy...

The Privy Council gives guidance about the exercise of trustee powers

In Grand View PTC v Wong, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has considered a number of important...

Women at the Commercial Bar: Workshops

To encourage more women to consider a career at the Bar, One Essex Court runs a...

Times Law Awards Competition 2023

The annual Times Law Awards competition launches today.  The question for this year’s...

Urenco Chemplants Ltd v HMRC

The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Urenco Chemplants Ltd v HMRC [2022] EWCA Civ 1587. The...

Sophie Weber and James Ruddell to speak at TL4 Disputes webinar on “Complex Fraud: Arbitration, Litigation or Both?”

Sophie Weber and James Ruddell will be speaking at the ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes webinar titled “Complex...