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Monthly Archives: 31st August 2018
Alison Foster QC and Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho ranked as leaders in the latest “Tax Controversy Leaders Guide 8th Edition” by International Tax Review
Alison Foster QC and Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho have been ranked as leaders in the “Tax Controversy Leaders Guide – 8th Edition”, which is complied by the International Tax Review. The guide… Read more »
Land value capture: a new consensus – Richard Harwood OBE QC
A new consensus appears to be forming around land value capture, which emphasises the effective working of the planning system. A coalition of interest groups and policy bodies wrote to… Read more »
James Ramsden QC obtains first UK freezing order over Bitcoin
On 15 & 22 August James Ramsden QC obtained what is understood to be the first UK injunction restraining dealings in Bitcoin. Instructed by a Chinese property investor the claim… Read more »
39 Essex Chambers Barristers Successfully Defend The Foreign & Commonwealth Office In The Kenya Emergency Group Litigation
Neil Block QC, Stephen Kosmin and Jack Holborn successfully acted for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in Kimathi and others v Foreign and Commonwealth Office [2018] EWHC 2066 (QB). Stewart J dismissed… Read more »
Adrian Hughes QC and Paul Hayes QC to speak at the International Commercial Law Conference in Hong Kong
Adrian Hughes QC and Paul Hayes QC are to speak at the International Commercial Law Conference, taking place in Hong Kong on the 21st and 22nd September 2018. The theme… Read more »
Adrian Hughes QC to speak at the first CIETAC Global Arbitrators Forum in Beijing
The first CIETAC Global Arbitrators Forum will take place on the 18th September 2018 in Beijing, as part of China Arbitration Week. Adrian Hughes QC will be speaking in Plenary… Read more »
Adrian Hughes QC and Lindy Patterson QC to speak at the Construction Law Summer School 2018, Cambridge
Adrian Hughes QC and Lindy Patterson QC are to speak at the Construction Law Summer School 2018, which will be held at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge between the 3rd… Read more »
Stephanie David rounds up key developments in Mental Capacity Law (Law Society Gazette)
In this article for the Law Society Gazette, Stephanie David rounds up the key developments in mental capacity law over the past eight months, including the retrospective approval of gifts… Read more »
Energy Conference 2018
Date: Thursday 27th September 2018 Timings: 9.30am – 5.30pm (registration from 9.00am) Venue: 81 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1DD Cost: £120 (£100+VAT) Speakers: Members of 39 Essex Chambers plus guest… Read more »
Planning Appeal Dismissed for Time Out’s Major Food Hall Proposal in Shoreditch
Following a two week inquiry, on 10 August 2018 a planning inspector appointed by the Secretary of State dismissed an appeal made by Time Out Markets Ltd against the refusal… Read more »
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