Invest Bank’s high-profile section 423 claim dismissed by the Commercial Court

In a landmark decision handed down today, following a 4-week trial in July 2024, the Commercial Court...

Supreme Court judgment on the distinction between the variation and the replacement of a contract

The Supreme Court handed down judgment yesterday in Cobalt v HMRC, which is likely to become the leading...

August-October 2024 Issue

High Court gives high-octane judgment comprehensively rejecting bad faith allegations made against Aston Martin

On 20 December 2023, Dame Clare Moulder DBE (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) handed down judgment...

Court of Appeal overturns high-profile Italian swaps judgment

The Court of Appeal (Flaux C, Males and Falk LLJ) has handed down judgment in Banca Intesa Sanpaolo and...

Successful application for security for costs under CPR 25.13(2)(c) in the High Court

On 11 December 2023, Deputy Master Toogood KC granted an application made by the Defendant (Co-Diagnostics...

11 members of One Essex Court recognised in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2024

One Essex Court is pleased that 11 members of Chambers have been recognised in the recently launched Who’s...

Times Law Awards Competition 2024

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

One Essex Court sponsor breakfast briefing on sanctions

One Essex Court was pleased to sponsor a breakfast briefing that took place in London this morning titled...

Shareholder ‘representative claim’ struck out

The High Court has struck out a representative claim brought by Wirral Council on behalf of certain investors...

Commercial Court grants anti-suit injunctions against Mexican and US parties in relation to proceedings in Mexico

PT Services Malta Limited v Tecnologia en Entretenimiento Caliplay, S.A.P.I. de C.V. & ors [2023]...

One Essex Court named Commercial Dispute Resolution Set of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023

One Essex Court is delighted to have been awarded Commercial Dispute Resolution Set of the Year at...

Privy Council dismisses final appeal in Madoff litigation, addressing important limitation and contributory negligence issues

The Privy Council (Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Kitchin and Lord Sales) has handed down...

High Court calls into question the rule in Sharp v Blank

The High Court has, for the first time, expressed doubt about the rule, recognised in Sharp v Blank ([2015]...

Supreme Court judgment in the SKAT litigation

On 8 November 2023, the Supreme Court handed down judgment finding, unanimously, that claims brought by...