8 award nominations for One Essex Court at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024

Chambers UK have announced the nominees for this year’s Bar Awards, and One Essex Court is delighted...

One Essex Court sponsors Legal Business Commercial Litigation Summit 2024

One Essex Court is pleased to once again sponsor the Legal Business Commercial Litigation Summit, which...

June-July 2024 Issue

Force Majeure Clauses and COVID-19

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Remote Deposition for US Proceedings

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

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...

Practical guidance for remote hearings

Anna Boase QC and Joyce Arnold jointly presented a webinar aimed at providing a practical guide to remote...

COVID-19 - Update from One Essex Court

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) is a global health...

Silks Day 2020

Congratulations to Jamie Goldsmith QC and Conall Patton QC following today's Silk ceremony at...

Bilta (UK) Limited (In Liquidation) v (1) NatWest Markets PLC and (2) Mercuria Energy Europe Trading Limited [2020] EWHC 546 (Ch)

Mr Justice Snowden has handed down a lengthy judgment allowing a claim for dishonest assistance and for...

Court of Appeal upholds £675m claims for foreign exchange losses

Smith & Nephew Overseas Ltd (and others) v HMRC [2020] EWCA Civ 299 Members of the Smith & Nephew...