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June 18 2020

Commercial Court upholds order enforcing arbitration award against public policy challenge under s 103(3) Arbitration Act 1996

Commercial Court upholds order enforcing arbitration award against public policy challenge under s 103(3)...

June 17 2020

Supreme Court Clarity on Interchange Fees is Very Good News for Merchants: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited v Visa; Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited v MasterCard [2020] UK SC 24 (on appeal from the Court of Appeal [2018] EWCA Civ 1536)

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited v Visa; Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited v MasterCard [2020]...

May 27 2020

Upper Tribunal upholds HMRC compliance and enforcement powers in relation to LLPs

In a significant decision, HMRC v Inverclyde Property Renovation LLP and Clackmannanshire Regeneration...

May 26 2020

One Essex Court launches YouTube channel

One Essex Court is pleased to announce the launch of its new YouTube channel, which can be accessed here....

May 14 2020

HMRC Defeats Arrangement to Obtain £36 million Corporation Tax Relief

In Union Castle Steamship Ltd v HMRC [2020] EWCA Civ 547, a lead case, the Court of Appeal reached a fundamental...

May 04 2020

Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19

Jamie Goldsmith QC, James Fox and Ben Zelenka Martin have written a note about the operation of force...

May 04 2020

David Wolfson QC and Richard Mott win significant hearing on the scope of without prejudice privilege and its exceptions, in a judgment of general importance to practitioners

In his judgment in Berkeley Square Holdings & Ors v Lancer Property Asset Management Ltd & Ors,...

April 29 2020

Enka v Chubb: The Court of Appeal grants anti-suit injunction with indemnity costs

The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in what may well turn out to be the leading case on...

April 28 2020

Material Adverse Change (MAC) clauses and COVID-19

As many businesses grind to a halt amid the COVID-19 outbreak, borrowers and lenders alike will be assessing...

April 22 2020

Extensions of time and adjournments in the era of COVID-19

On 20 April 2020, the TCC (HHJ Eyre QC) gave judgment in Municipio de Mariana & ors v BHP Group Plc...

April 17 2020

Remote Deposition for US Proceedings

Clare Reffin recently sat as an Examiner under the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) Act 1975...

April 14 2020

Commercial Court clarifies circumstances in which a written jurisdiction clause may extend to the contracting parties’ separate dealings

In a recent (31 March 2020) decision of the Commercial Court in Terre Neuve SARL & Ors v Yewdale Ltd...

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Commercial Court upholds order enforcing arbitration award against public policy challenge under s 103(3) Arbitration Act 1996

Supreme Court Clarity on Interchange Fees is Very Good News for Merchants: Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited v Visa; Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Limited v MasterCard [2020] UK SC 24 (on appeal from the Court of Appeal [2018] EWCA Civ 1536)

Upper Tribunal upholds HMRC compliance and enforcement powers in relation to LLPs

One Essex Court launches YouTube channel

HMRC Defeats Arrangement to Obtain £36 million Corporation Tax Relief

Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19

David Wolfson QC and Richard Mott win significant hearing on the scope of without prejudice privilege and its exceptions, in a judgment of general importance to practitioners

Enka v Chubb: The Court of Appeal grants anti-suit injunction with indemnity costs

Material Adverse Change (MAC) clauses and COVID-19

Extensions of time and adjournments in the era of COVID-19

Remote Deposition for US Proceedings

Commercial Court clarifies circumstances in which a written jurisdiction clause may extend to the contracting parties’ separate dealings