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...

Laurence Rabinowitz KC named in The Lawyer Hot 100 2025

One Essex Court is delighted that Laurence Rabinowitz KC has been recognised in The Lawyer’s Hot...

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Commercial Court dismisses Yukos auction rigging claim

Yukos Finance B.V. and Others v Lynch and Others [2019] EWHC 2621 (Comm) The High Court has dismissed...

One Essex Court sponsors English Law Week in Russia 2019

One Essex Court is proud to be a Session Sponsor of the English Law Week in Moscow and St Petersburg,...

Chancery Division decides that £35 million Partition era dispute over the funds of the Nizam of Hyderabad is justiciable and applies principles of trusts and restitution to award the money to India and others, dismissing the claims of Pakistan.

High Commissioner for Pakistan in the United Kingdom v Prince Muffakham Jah and Others [2019] EWHC 2551...

Commercial Court confirms for the first time that the rule against the recovery of reflective loss is a rule of substantive law and cannot therefore displace an otherwise applicable foreign lex causae

KMG International NV v (1) Melanie Anne Chen (2) Chipper Management Limited [2019] EWHC 2389 (Comm) In...

Commercial Court upholds jurisdiction challenge and strikes out claims in respect of the collapse of Russian bank, Promsvyazbank

Tsareva & Ananyev; Galagaev & Ananyev [2019] EWHC 2414 (Comm) Following the collapse of Promsvyazbank...

Cayman CA confirms dismissal of US$2bn claim by Madoff feeder fund

Primeo Fund (In Official Liquidation) v (1) Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Limited (2) HSBC Securities Services...

One Essex Court sponsors Fraud and Asset Tracing Events in London and Miami

One Essex Court is pleased to sponsor two C5 Fraud and Asset Tracing events next month: the C5 Fraud and...

One Essex Court shortlisted for Chambers UK Bar Awards 2019

Chambers and Partners have today announced the nominees for this year’s Chambers UK Bar Awards,...

Court of Appeal rejects subjective interpretation of unilateral notice

Stobart Group sued Mr Tinkler under a tax indemnity he had given when he sold the shares in Stobart Rail....

Court of Appeal sets out new test for rectification

Terra Firma has successfully upheld in the Court of Appeal the judgment it obtained from the High Court...

Supreme Court clarifies the scope of Article 24 of the Recast Regulation

On 29 July 2019, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Akçil & ors v Koza Ltd & anr...

The Upper Tribunal has allowed HMRC’s appeal in Ingenious Games LLP & Others v HMRC and dismissed the LLPs’ appeals.

The First-tier Tribunal had concluded that the film LLPs (but not the Games’ LLP) were trading with...