When can a party be ordered to act in breach of US sanctions? The judgment addresses when a party can be ordered to take actions that would (or might) place that party in breach of foreign sanctions. Tom Foxton acted for the successful respondent oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/when…

Tribunal denies capital allowances on de-risked ship leases in FC Shipping Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 1013 (TC) Julian Ghosh KC and Harry Stratton appeared for the taxpayers Jonathan Bremner KC (leading Ben Elliott and Ed Hellier) appeared for HMRC oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/fc-s…

Lord (David) Wolfson KC has been appointed as the shadow Attorney General, where he will provide legal advice to the shadow cabinet and speak on key legal and constitutional matters. David will continue to run a full-time practice at One Essex Court. oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/lord…

Laurence Rabinowitz KC has been appointed by the Takeover Panel to be Chairman from 1 May 2025. This appointment will not affect Laurie’s full-time practice as a barrister at One Essex Court. To read more, please visit: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/laur…

The August-October 2024 edition of OECBrief has been released and can now be viewed at oeclaw.co.uk/news/newslette…. To register to receive future editions of OECBrief via email, please contact llister@oeclaw.co.uk to subscribe.

Andrew Lenon KC will be speaking on 'Recent Developments in the Funding of Collective Proceedings' at Global Legal Group's Global Class Actions Symposium in Lisbon, Portugal, later this month. To find out more and purchase tickets, please see: global-classactions.com/speakers/

Commercial Court dismisses Brexit jurisdiction arguments in latest Italian swaps case. Andrew Lodder acted for Dexia, instructed by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. To read more, view: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/comm…

Alexander Brown publishes case analysis of Kompaktwerk v LivePerson on LexisNexis. The case concerned the novel question of whether a subscription to Software-as-a-Service could be considered a “sale of goods” as a matter of English law. oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/case…

Chambers UK Bar 2025:One Essex Court identified as Top Ranked set in 4 practice areas, and highlighted as “the premier set with talent who inspire complete confidence in all they do”, and as having “an unrivalled depth of commercially experienced counsel”. oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/cham…

Panayi v HMRC – Upper Tribunal rules on conforming interpretation and exit taxes The Upper Tribunal has handed down its Decision in Panayi v HMRC [2024] UKUT 319 (TCC), in which Jonathan Bremner KC represented HMRC. Click to read more: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/pana…

Alex Gunning KC is speaking at a King’s College London conference titled “The Anglo-French Approaches to Arbitration” (17 October, 5pm). Alex is participating in the “Anti-suit Injunctions for Foreign Seated Arbitration” panel. For further information: kcl.ac.uk/events/the-ang….

Michael Sullivan KC will be leading a workshop for young attorneys on Advocacy in Arbitration at the @AfricanArbAssoc 5th Conference (9-11 October in Douala, Cameroon) focussing on drafting pleadings, disclosure applications and written oral submissions afaa.ngo/page-18741

One Essex Court is pleased to continue to be highly ranked in the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK, which recognises it as a Top Tier Set in 5 practice areas. To view the full article, click: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/one-…

One Essex Court is delighted that Laurence Rabinowitz KC was awarded Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year, and Sandy Phipps was awarded Financial Services and Insurance Junior of the Year, at this year’s Legal 500 UK Bar Awards. To read more, see here: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/laur…

High Court Rules on Key Preliminary Issues in Landmark Mortgages Dispute: Breeze & Others v TSB Bank PLC [2024] EWHC 2427 (Ch). Sonia Tolaney KC and Tim Goldfarb appeared for TSB, instructed by Hogan Lovells International LLP. For full article & judgment: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/high…

We are pleased to sponsor the ACI/C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami conference on 24-25 October. Andrew McLeod will be speaking and Senior Clerk, Darren Burrows, will also be in attendance. oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/one-… #OEC #C5Conferences #C5Miami #Fraud #AssetTracing

Dame Elizabeth Gloster will deliver the @akin_gump International Arbitration 2024 Lecture, titled “Arbitration: What's Not to Like?” on Wednesday 18 September at 6pm GMT. For more information about this hybrid event, please visit sites-akingump.vuturevx.com/9/5503/july-20…

Landmark Commercial Court judgment has ruled that a time-limited subscription to Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) is not a “sale of goods” as a matter of law. Read more here: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/land…

#ChambersUKBarAwards: We are delighted to have been shortlisted for Set of the Year in Banking & Finance and Commercial Dispute Resolution. 5 members shortlisted individually-Conall Patton KC, Nehali Shah, Sandy Phipps, Adam Rushworth & Niranjan Venkatesan oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/8-aw…

We are pleased to once again sponsor the Legal Business Commercial Litigation Summit (5 September in London) and we are delighted that 3 members of Chambers will be speaking at the Summit: Neil Kitchener KC, Sandy Phipps & James Fox. For more information: oeclaw.co.uk/news/view/one-…