Paul Tan's co-authored book - Mustill & Boyd: Commercial and Investor State Arbitration

Paul Tan's co-authored book, Mustill & Boyd: Commercial and Investor State Arbitration releases its...

Jurisdiction challenge rejected in Guernsey investment management case

In Xenfin v GFG [2025] EWHC 172 (Ch), the Chancery Division rejected a challenge to the jurisdiction...

December 2024-January 2025 Issue

Contra v Bamford – claim for a contractual success fee is struck out

Today the Commercial Court gave judgment striking out a claim arising out of an alleged contract in 2011...

Significant Commercial Court judgment on the ‘extended Fiona Trust’ principle, where an exclusive jurisdiction clause in one contract is held to apply to disputes about a subsequent related contract

The Commercial Court (Financial List) has given a significant judgment on the scope and effect of the...

University gowns competition claim dismissed

The CAT today dismissed a claim by Churchill Gowns against Ede & Ravenscroft for anti-competitive...

Court of Appeal hands down important judgment in Fundão Dam litigation

On 8 July 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Municipio de Mariana & ors v BHP Plc &...

Anthony de Garr Robinson QC acts in successful appeal in Tesco v USDAW

The Court of Appeal has, today, unanimously allowed Tesco’s appeal in Tesco v Union of Shop, Distributive...

One Essex Court shortlisted for 13 awards at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022

The Legal 500 have announced the nominees for this year’s Bar Awards, and One Essex Court is delighted...

Citibank succeeds in obtaining summary dismissal of €10bn claim

In a judgment handed down yesterday, Mr Justice Henshaw upheld the application of Citibank (“Citi”)...

Commercial Court awards costs against commercial funder on joint and several basis

On 24 June 2022, Mrs Justice Moulder handed down judgment in a third-party costs application made by HSBC...

Deutsche Bank succeeds in major committal application

Deutsche Bank (DB) has succeeded in a three-week committal application in the long-running DB v Sebastian...

Alex Gunning QC to speak at Institute for Transnational Arbitration Workshop in Texas

Alex Gunning QC will be speaking at the 34th Annual Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)...

Fraud, misrepresentation and mistake in Indian contract law

KV Krishnaprasad’s article on ‘Fraud, misrepresentation and mistake in Indian contract law’...

Jurisdiction challenges rejected in $3 billion fraud claim

On 26 May 2022, Trower J handed down judgment on Bourlakova v Bourlakov & others [2022] EWHC 1269...