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Monthly Archives: 29th April 2021
Episode 10: The Cycling Mayor
In this episode Emily Formby QC and Caroline Hall talk to Adam Tranter, Coventry’s Bicycle Mayor about his role and his plans for the future of transport – by bike.
NEWSLETTER: 3+9=Costs (April 2021 Edition)
Welcome to the 3rd Edition of 39 Essex Chambers’ Costs Newsletter. Never a dull moment in the world of costs making it difficult to filter the best topics from all… Read more »
Local Government Newsletter – Spring 2021
Spring is well and truly in the air, and what better way to mark it than by digging into the Spring 2021 edition of 39 Essex Chambers Local Government Newsletter…. Read more »
The Final Yards Of Caster Semenya’s Human Rights Appeal: Background & Broader Implications (LawInSport)
What do Mokgadi Caster Semenya, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and Serena Williams have in common? All four athletes have certain immutable, natural genetic traits: for three of those athletes, those… Read more »
Supreme Court upholds first instance judgment of Richard Spearman QC
Rittson-Thomas and Ors v Oxfordshire County Council [2021] UKSC 13 concerned whether title to land, gifted to Oxfordshire County Council for use as a school under the School Sites Act 1841… Read more »
Swee Im Tan appointed as a member of AIAC’s Advisory Council
Chambers is delighted to announce that Swee Im Tan has been appointed as a member of the Asian International Arbitration Centre’s Advisory Council, effective as of 1st April. The role… Read more »
Karen Gough appointed to the Dubai International Arbitration Centre panel of arbitrators.
Chambers is delighted to announce that Karen Gough has been appointed to the Dubai International Arbitration Centre panel of arbitrators. The Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) is the largest arbitration… Read more »
Insolvency “claw-back” provisions and the “safe harbour” defence in the EU Insolvency Regulation: Oeltrans Befrachtungsgesellschaft (C-73/20) in the CJEU
Doing cross-border business with those in financial difficulties is often a perilous business. In Vinyls Italia SpA (in liquidation) -v- Mediterranea di Navigazione SpA (C-54/16) [2018] 1 WLR 543 (see… Read more »
Planning, Environment & Property Newsletter – 22nd April 2021
Welcome to this latest edition of our Planning, Environment and Property newsletter – our first since the Easter break. We hope that everyone managed to have a restful Bank Holiday… Read more »
Vikram Sachdeva QC and Catherine Dobson act on behalf of successful Claimant in challenge to a decision to temporarily close an Accident and Emergency department
In a judgment handed down on 16th April, Mr Justice Linden held that the decision of Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust to temporarily close Grantham and District Hospital A&E was in… Read more »
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