Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in relation to promise not to challenge creditor’s enforcement of security

Anna Boase KC and Joyce Arnold acted successfully for the respondent bondholder on an expedited appeal:...

Investec Bank v Protopapa & Chatila – Jurisdiction Challenge Dismissed

James MacDonald KC acted for Investec Bank in the Commercial Court in successfully resisting applications...

November 2025 Issue

Terra Firma has successfully obtained rectification of the terms of a private equity financing transaction completed in 2012, concerning the Four Seasons care homes business.

Terra Firma has successfully obtained rectification of the terms of a private equity financing transaction...

The Rt. Hon. Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE, PC returns to One Essex Court

One Essex Court is delighted to announce that Dame Elizabeth Gloster has returned to Chambers as an arbitrator. ...

Craig Orr QC has given presentations to the Chancery Bar Association (at its restitution seminar) and...

Glencore awarded anti-suit injunction in relation to US$2.857 bn proceedings in DRC

Kamoto Copper Company SA v (1) Africa Horizons Investments Ltd and (2) Ventora Development SASU [2018]...

BTA turned away by English Court after losing claim in Turkey

Mr Justice Butcher has upheld a challenge by Vakifbank, a Turkish bank, to the English Court’s jurisdiction...

One Essex Court member speaks at UNCITRAL-LAC Arbitration Conference

Craig Orr QC participated in the Joint UNCITRAL-LAC Conference on Dispute Settlement on 20 March 2018,...

Case Note: Computer Associates UK Ltd v The Software Incubator Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 518

The important decision of the Court of Appeal in Computer Associates UK Ltd v The Software Incubator Ltd...

Women at the Commercial Bar: One Essex Court encourages students to consider “a great career for women”

One Essex Court has concluded a season of successful events focussing on life and work as a woman at the...

On 15 March 2018, judgment was handed down by Cockerill J in the Commercial Court in Aquila v Onur Air...

Companies Court dismisses unfair prejudice petition as “at best naïve, at least simplistic and at worst misleading”

The Companies Court has dismissed a £21.5 million claim brought against BCA Trading Limited, a subsidiary...

One Essex Court members speak at Trust & Estates Litigation Forum 2018

Two members of One Essex Court spoke at Legal Week’s Trust & Estates Litigation Forum 2018,...

Congratulations to Philip Roberts QC and Steven Elliott QC following today's Silk ceremony...