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39 Essex Chambers is a leading set based in London, Manchester, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. Our barristers offer a depth of expertise in a range of specialist sectors and practice areas.
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Cases
Winterthur Swiss Insurance Co v AG (Manchester) Ltd & Ors (‘The Accident Group Litigation’)
Professional negligence action on a grand scale, brought by insurers to The Accident Group (TAG), against TAG Panel Solicitors
AXA Insurance Limited v Various Firms of Solicitors
Professional negligence group litigation brought by insurers to the Composite Legal Expenses scheme (CLE), against various panel solicitors
Sims v Hawkins (CA)
Application for a costs order against directors of the defendant company pursuant to section 51 of the Supreme Court Act.
Bamrah v Gempride SCCO 5.3.14
A case in which a penalty was imposed by the Costs Master as a result of the claimant’s misconduct. Now on appeal.
R (on the application of W) v Croydon LBC
A case in which the court considered the lawfulness of a decision regarding the placement of the applicant was taken after a flawed consultation in circumstances where the local authority were entitled to terminate the applicant’s placement on the basis of cost.
SB v A Local Authority October 2012 Court of Appeal
On the findings of fact made by a first instance Judge in a case concerning the rape of a child with a learning disability by her father
LLBC v (1) TG (2) JG (3) KR (Fam Div)
The task to be undertaken by the court at a without notice hearing involving vulnerable adults was to evaluate as best it could the degree of urgency, the risks of intervening by way of making an order and the risks of not intervening at that stage.
PH v A Local Authority, Z Ltd & R [2011] EWCH 1704 (Fam)
Test of capacity and approach to be taken to conflicting expert evidence
C v A Local Authority, LMP, LM, A PCT & An Organisation
A case in which the Court considered the application of the Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983 to the seclusion of incapacitated teenagers in schools.
WCGG v IA [2014] EWCOP 990
A case in which the Court considered whether P had the capacity to make a range of decisions for himself.
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