LORD GRABINER QC APPOINTED BY BANK OF ENGLAND TO FOREX INVESTIGATION
The six winners of the annual Times Law Awards Essay Competition were announced this week at a virtual presentation by The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Grabiner QC.
March 05 2021The six winners of the annual Times Law Awards Essay Competition were announced this week at a virtual presentation by The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Grabiner QC.
UK's new system of trade remedies
March 03 2021Thomas Sharpe QC and Ben Lewy have written a note about the UK’s new system of trade remedies. It explores (i) the statutory framework and (ii) how UK trade remedy policy might differ in practice from the EU’s. Please see a link to the full article here.
One Essex Court sponsors C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Geneva virtual conference
March 02 2021One Essex Court is pleased to continue its sponsorship of C5’s annual Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Geneva conference, which this year takes place virtually from 23-25 March and features Stephen Auld QC and Anthony de Garr Robinson QC. Stephen will be moderating the “Multi-Jurisdictional Fraud Enforcement Trends, Priorities and Cross-Agency Coordination Post-Brexit”...
Barclays successful in long-running billion-pound claim brought by PCP Capital Partners
February 26 2021On 26 February 2021, Mr Justice Waksman gave judgment on a long-running claim for fraudulent misrepresentation brought by PCP Capital Partners LLP and PCP International Finance Ltd (“PCP”) against Barclays Bank Plc. Waksman J dismissed the claim on the grounds that PCP had failed to establish that it had suffered any loss as a result of the events complained about. The claim stemmed from...
