Alternative Dispute Resolution

Used to be called Dispute Resolution

39 Essex Chambers Court of Appeal Success allowing in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

The Court of Appeal has at last ruled that courts can order parties to engage in Alternative Dispute Resolution, including Mediation. Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (Churchill) brought before the Court of Appeal the first opportuni... Read more  

Edwin Glasgow CBE KC named The Times Lawyer of the Week

We are pleased to announce that Edwin Glasgow CBE KC was named The Times “Lawyer of the Week” in recognition of his recent success acting in an intervention on behalf of three leading alternative dispute resolution groups in the Court of Appeal, in C... Read more  

Grace Cheng speaking at The Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Conference 2023

Grace Cheng has been invited to speak at The Law Society’s Dispute Resolution Conference on 14 September 2023. Grace will be speaking on the topic of ‘The rise of international courts’ alongside Frank Kroes (partner at Baker & McKenzie Amsterdam ... Read more  

The Bombay Chartered Accountant Journal - July 2023

Karishma Vora was invited to The Bombay Chartered Accountant (BCA) Journal – July 2023 Annual Special Issue on the 'Impact of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism on the Economic Growth of India'. Download below to read Karishma's valuable i... Read more  

Daniel Laking successful in achieving a reduction in costs at detailed assessment from £14,000 to just £68

Daniel Laking was successful in achieving a reduction of over £13,000 to a costs bill on behalf of the client in a solicitor / own client assessment under the Solicitors Act 1974. He was instructed by Alistair Merchant of Kain Knight. The judge reduc... Read more  

Mediation: Is Halsey still good law? CMC, CEDR, CIArb intervene in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Edwin Glasgow CBE KC and Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho are acting for the Civil Mediation Council (“CMC”), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) in relation to their intervention in the cas... Read more  

LIDW 2023: International Arbitration Day

Date and Time: Monday 15 May 2023, 9am to 11am. Venue: Mayer Brown 201 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3AF The event: Karim Ghaly KC will be speaking in the upcoming London International Disputes Week event  'Arbitration in the MENA Region: transition... Read more  

‘The History of the Technology and Construction Court on its 150th Anniversary: Rewriting the Rules’ is released today by Bloomsbury Hart Publishing.

Edited by Lord Justice Peter Coulson and by David Sawtell of 39 Essex Chambers, this collection of chapters by leading judges, practitioners and academics is part of the TCC’s 150th anniversary celebrations. The origins of the court can be found in t... Read more  

Fenella Morris KC appointed as Chair of Cultural Review within South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Chambers is delighted to announce that following a rigorous appointment process, the Independent Chairperson of the Cultural Review within South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) has been confirmed as Fenella Morris KC. The Independent Appointme... Read more  

The Rt. Hon. Sir Gary Hickinbottom has been appointed as new independent chair of the LTA's judicial panel

Chambers is delighted to announce that The Rt. Hon. Sir Gary Hickinbottom has been appointed as the new Chair of the Lawn Tennis Association's (LTA) independent Judicial Panel. Gary will continue to practice in Chambers alongside this role. Read mor... Read more  
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