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...

Laurence Rabinowitz KC appointed Chairman of the Takeover Panel

Laurence Rabinowitz KC has been appointed by the Takeover Panel to be Chairman from 1 May 2025. ...

August-October 2024 Issue

Appeal over cancer drug royalties succeeds

The Court of Appeal has today unanimously allowed an appeal by Tesaro, Inc., a subsidiary of GSK, in a...

Commercial Court considers meaning of an obligation to “act reasonably”

Following a 5 week trial in late 2023, the Commercial Court has today dismissed claims that the African...

One Essex Court hosts Female Advocates Breakfast

Over sixty women barristers from across the profession breakfasted together this morning, at the Female...

Lord Wolfson KC featured in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2024

We are pleased that Lord Wolfson KC is featured in one of The Lawyer’s “Top 10 Appeals of 2024”.Recovery...

Court of Appeal delivers important decision on privilege

The Court of Appeal has handed down an important judgment addressing a number of points of principle regarding...

CAT sets out its approach to the Trucks Second Wave Proceedings

On 9 January 2024 the Competition Appeal Tribunal gave its Ruling regarding the future conduct of follow-on...

New silk at One Essex Court

One Essex Court is delighted to announce that Nicholas Sloboda has been successful in his application...

ENRC v Dechert, Mr Gerrard, and the SFO (the “Phase 1A Judgment”)

Judgment in the Phase 1A Trial, heard over two weeks in March 2023, was handed down on 22 December 2023...

Commercial Court grants summary judgment to banks in latest Italian swaps claims

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Commerzbank and Dexia Credit Local v Provincia di Catanzaro [2023] EWHC...

Invest Bank: Important High Court judgment on freezing injunctions

In Invest Bank v El-Husseini [2023] EWHC 3350 (Comm), Mrs Justice Dias has considered a number of important...

27 members of One Essex Court featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2024

One Essex Court is delighted that 27 members of chambers are involved across 5 of the cases featured in...

ClientEarth’s challenge to FCA prospectus decision dismissed

Section 87A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 provides that the FCA ‘may not approve a...