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Welcome to 39 Essex Chambers
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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- Administrative & Public
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Banking & Finance
- Civil Liability
- Clinical Negligence
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- Intellectual Property
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- Planning, Environment & Property
- Regulatory & Disciplinary
- Tax
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News
Response from environmental regulators and government agencies to Covid-19
We have produced a short note summarising the key documents from the UK’s planning and environmental regulators and government agencies regarding their responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which we have… Read more »
Key issue with Universal Credit regulations held irrational
The Court of Appeal has allowed an application for judicial review by four single mothers, who challenged an aspect of the Universal Credit regulations which resulted in them experiencing significant… Read more »
Ian Brownhill Joins Chambers
We are delighted to announce that Ian Brownhill has joined Chambers from No. 5 Chambers. Ian has a broad public law and human rights practice which focusses on mental capacity,… Read more »
New update of ‘At home, around the World’
Episode 11 sees Dr. Ashwani Kumar and Camilla ter Haar reflect on the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting on our world and what a newly emerging world… Read more »
Where next for furlough: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme issues
The scale of the government’s furlough scheme (“CJRS”), announced on 20 March 2020, has been enormous. As of 14 June 2020, approximately 9.1 million jobs from 1.1 million employers were… Read more »
Princes Parade: clarification of the approach to flooding and policy compliance
Dove J handed down judgment on 22 June 2020 in the case of R (Martin) v Folkestone and Hythe District Council [2020] EWHC 1614 (Admin), which considered the reliance on… Read more »
Mental Capacity Report – June 2020
Welcome to the June 2020 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal presses the reset button… Read more »
Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report – June 2020
In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: the Court of Appeal presses the reset button in relation to capacity and sexual relations, and three difficult medical treatment decisions…. Read more »
Property and Affairs Report – June 2020
In the Property and Affairs Report: the impact of grief on testamentary capacity Click here to download the Property and Affairs Report. For all of our reports, newsletters and cases… Read more »
Practice and Procedure Report – June 2020
In the Practice and Procedure Report: a remote hearings update, and a pragmatic solution to questions of litigation capacity arising during the course of a case Click here for the… Read more »
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