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Top 10 Arbitrators ("The American Lawyer") 19 Jul 2013 | 08:09 pm
Three arbitrator members of 20 Essex Street have been named by "The American Lawyer" in their bi-annual list of "Top Ten Arbitrators": The Honorable Charles Brower (No. 1), Yves Fortier QC (No. 5) and...
Arbitrators and the State - How Independent? 19 Jun 2013 | 02:00 pm
On 27 June 2013 the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) hosts it's Sixteenth Annual Arbitration Review: "Arbitrators and the State - How Independent?". Sir Bernard Rix chair...
Sir Elihu Lauterpacht 14 Jun 2013 | 06:21 pm
The members of 20 Essex Street congratulate Sir Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC LLD on being awarded The Hague Prize for International Law (2013). Sir Elihu received this award for his "pioneering research" ...
Zannis Mavrogordato and Mahnaz Malik 16 May 2013 | 04:25 pm
The members of 20 Essex Street are delighted to announce that Zannis Mavrogordato and Mahnaz Malik (both formerly of 12 Gray's Inn Square) have joined Chambers with effect from 16 May 2013. Head of Ch...
Sir Bernard Rix joins 20 Essex Street as an arbitrator member 13 May 2013 | 04:00 am
Following his retirement earlier this year, Sir Bernard Rix (formerly Lord Justice Rix) has now joined 20 Essex Street as an arbitrator and mediator member. read more
Lifetime Achievement Award - The Honorable Charles Brower 24 Apr 2013 | 04:00 am
On 23 April 2013 Charles N. Brower delivered the keynote address to a conference in Washington, D.C. entitled "Complex Issues in International Arbitration" sponsored by the LCIA, ICSID and the Section...
Christopher Newman 1 Apr 2013 | 04:00 am
The members of 20 Essex Street are pleased to announce that Christopher Newman (formerly of Littleton Chambers) has now joined Chambers. Christopher has a broad commercial practice with particular exp...
Global Competition Review Awards 2013 31 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc v ABB Ltd & Others (in which Stephen Morris QC appeared on behalf of the French defendants) was one of only two UK cases recently shortlisted in the Litigati...
Interim Relief in International Arbitration 19 Mar 2013 | 01:59 pm
Sara Masters QC has been invited by The Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) to speak on the topic of "Interim Relief in International Arbitration". The seminar will be held in Singapore on 16 A...
Insurance Law Reform: All change on 6th April 2012? 12 Mar 2013 | 08:41 pm
On 6th April 2013 the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 comes into force. This Act will fundamentally change some aspects of insurance law. Graham Charkham has prepared a pa...