Court of Appeal gives important guidance on the defence of change of position

Rasmala Trade Finance Fund v Trafigura Pte Ltd [2026] EWCA Civ 1259 concerned the familiar scenario where...

Chambers UK Bar 2027: One Essex Court recognised as leading set in 11 practice areas, including Top Ranked status in 4 practice areas

One Essex Court is pleased to continue to be highly ranked in the latest edition of Chambers UK Bar, which...

August-September 2026 Issue

Michael Sullivan QC honoured by the Republic of Kenya

One Essex Court is delighted to share the news that Michael Sullivan QC has been honoured by the Republic...

One Essex Court sponsors UK-China Arbitration Summit 2021

One Essex Court is pleased to sponsor the Bar Council’s UK-China Arbitration Summit 2021, taking...

Two new silks at One Essex Court

One Essex Court is delighted to announce that Matthew Cook and Laurence Emmett have both been successful...

Challenging Private Law: Lord Sumption on the Supreme Court

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Challenging Private Law: Lord...

LQR article on reliance and causation

Niranjan Venkatesan has written an article, which will appear in the Law Quarterly Review, titled ‘Causation...

Court of Appeal overturns High Court’s refusal to sanction the transfer of Prudential’s annuity business to Rothesay

In the matter of Prudential Assurance Company Ltd and Rothesay Life Plc [2020] EWCA Civ 1626 On 2 December...

Sonia Tolaney QC appointed Attorney General of the Duchy of Lancaster

One Essex Court is delighted to announce that the Queen has appointed Sonia Tolaney QC to serve as Attorney...

Alan Redfern retires from practice

After many years as a practising lawyer, first as a solicitor and then as a member of the Bar, Alan Redfern...

Mentoring Scheme for underrepresented groups offers places to nearly 150 applicants

One Essex Court is delighted to announce that the six sets of Chambers participating in the Mentoring...

Chambers UK Bar Awards 2020 - Winners

We are delighted that head of Chambers Lord Grabiner QC was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award...

Truck Cartelists' Appeal on Preliminary Issue Dismissed

On 19 July 2016 the European Commission decided that a number of truck manufacturers had infringed competition...

BHP successfully applies to strike out 200,000 claims as abuse of process

In the recent decision of Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group plc [2020] EWHC 2930 (TCC), Turner J has struck...