Essex Court Chambers The Podcast

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A new Podcast bought to you by members of Essex Court Chambers.

The podcast will bring you global legal updates, news and discussion with the very best legal minds.

In this first series each week we will bring you an episode discussing some of the most legally important cases from the last decade. A total of 10 episodes covering cases from the last 10 years. Hosted by Stephen Houseman QC who will be joined by two colleagues from Essex Court Chambers. Together they will talk about the piece of landmark litigation and how it went on to change the law as we know it.

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Episodes

10 in 10: Episode Eight: The FCA Test-case

Episode 8 of the Essex Court Chambers ’10 in 10′ podcast is now here. The episode had previously been postponed after the the first instance judgment of the case was subject to an expedited appeal to the Supreme Court. The case, which led to an expedited trial in July 2020, concerns Business Interruption insurance policies and whether they provide coverage for losses caused by reason of the Covid-19 pandemic and public health measures taken by UK authorities in response to the pandemic from Marc...

Feb 08, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 8

10 in 10: Episode Ten: Enka v. Chubb

In the 10th and final episode of the Essex Court Chambers ‘10 in 10’ podcast, Stephen Houseman QC is joined by David Joseph QC and Toby Landau QC to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision of Enka v. Chubb. In October 2020 the Supreme Court issued its decision in Enka Insaat Ve Sanayi AS v. OOO Insurance Co Chubb following an expedited appeal heard in July from the Court of Appeal decision earlier this year. The case concerns the grant of antisuit injunctions in relation to foreign proceedings...

Nov 20, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 10

10 in 10: Episode Nine: Tullett Prebon v. BGC

This week Stephen Houseman QC and Daniel Oudkerk QC discuss the litigation of Tullett Prebon v. BGC, which involved a large scale attempted team move in the inter-dealer broker sector in 2010 and 2011. The case is considered to be a landmark employee competition conspiracy claim, which provided the courts with the opportunity to set out the framework and principles that have underpinned disputes in this area and subsequent team move cases over the last decade. Daniel Oudkerk QC is a leading spec...

Nov 13, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 9

10 in 10: Episode Seven: BAT v. Sequana

In episode seven, Stephen Houseman QC is joined by Richard Millett QC and Anna Dilnot to discuss the chancery insolvency case of BAT v. Sequana, which occupied many weeks of Chancery Division's time in 2016 and the Court of Appeal in 2018. The high profile case concerned the payment of two dividends by AWA to its parent company Sequana. Both sets of appeals arose out of the judgment of Mrs Justice Rose following a 32 day trial in the Chancery Division in 2016, and her further judgment following ...

Oct 30, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 7

10 in 10: Episode Six: Gina Miller I & II

In episode 6 of the Essex Court Chambers ' 10 in 10 ’ podcast, Stephen Houseman QC talks to Hugh Mercer QC and Dan Sarooshi QC about the two Gina Miller appeals to the Supreme Court in 2017 and 2019 and the effect of the decisions on the Brexit process. The first appeal, heard in 2017, considered the decision about whether it was Parliament or the Government that under UK Constitution had the authority to give notice to the EU that the UK was leaving the EU. The second Appeal heard in 2019 was i...

Oct 23, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 6

10 in 10: Episode Five: Fiona Trust

In this episode Stephen Houseman QC talks to Steven Berry QC and David Walsh about the Fiona Trust litigation, which spurned seventeen reported decisions including four from the Court of Appeal and one from the House of Lords. Fiona Trust is well known for a number of important reasons in the arbitration and the commercial litigation worlds, and involved many months of commercial court time between Autumn 2009 and Summer 2010. Members of Essex Court Chambers appeared in virtually every stage of ...

Oct 09, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 5

10 in 10: Episode Four: Gambia v. Myanmar

In episode four of the Essex Court Chambers ’10 in 10′ Podcast, Stephen Houseman QC is joined by Alison Macdonald QC and Jackie McArthur to discuss the ongoing Public International Law case of Gambia v Myanmar . The case is currently ongoing before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which gave rise to an important provisional measures decision in January this year. Together, Alison and Jackie discuss how more recent developments in the case showcase how international law is adaptin...

Oct 03, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 4

10 in 10: Episode Three: Ablyazov Litigation

This week Stephen Houseman QC is joined by Tim Akkouh and James Sheehan for a discussion about ' the extraordinary' case of JSC BTA Bank v Mukhtar Ablyazov and associated litigation. The Ablyazov litigation included a series of claims brought by JSC BTA, a Kazakh bank against its former Chairman, officers and associated individuals and companies alleging the misappropriation of about $5 billion between 2005 and 2009. The first claim was issued in August 2009. The case went to the commercial cour...

Sep 25, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 3

10 in 10: Episode Two: Ocean Victory

In this episode Stephen Houseman QC speaks to Jeffrey Gruder QC and Philippa Hopkins QC about one of the leading shipping cases from last decade, the Supreme Court decision in Gard Marine & Energy v China National Chartering , known as the Ocean Victory. Jeffrey Gruder QC was involved in the case in the Court of Appeal. Together Jeffrey and Philippa discuss the significance of this charter party dispute and look at the significance of the importance of the decision in relation to general com...

Sep 18, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 2

10 in 10: Episode One: Taurus v SOMO

In the pilot episode of the Essex Court Chambers Podcast, Stephen Houseman QC is joined by Graham Dunning QC and Siddharth Dhar to talk about about the Supreme Court case of Taurus v State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO) the Iraqi government entity for marketing of its oil production. Members of Essex Court Chambers appeared on both side at all three levels in the case, in the Commercial Court, the Court of Appeal and in the Supreme Court. With thanks to Essex Court Chambers pupil Katherine Ra...

Sep 11, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Intro

Welcome to the Essex Court Chambers podcast, hosted by Stephen Houseman QC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 02, 2020•49 sec

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