Essex Court Chambers

Events
Topics for client training

General Commercial

The Rome Convention
Jessica Mance | 45 mins

Limitation
Jessica Mance | 45 mins

The Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
Jessica Mance | 45 mins - 2 hrs (as client prefers)

"The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties Act) 1999 - the case law"
Philippa Hopkins

"Freezing Orders - recent developments"
Philippa Hopkins

Enforcement of jurisdiction agreements under the Judgments Regulation, at common law and under the new proposed Hague Convention
David Joseph

Expert determinations
David Mildon | 45 mins

Remedies for breach of contract
David Foxton | 45 mins - 1 hr

General Commercial Arbitration

Settlement of litigation and arbitration – law and practice
Richard Millett | 45 mins

Arbitration

Starting an Arbitration, Pitfalls, Choice of Arbitrator and Challenges for Lack of Independence and Bias
Richard Jacobs | 45 mins

The Arbitration Act 1996
Graham Dunning | to suit client

Challenges to / Appeals from Arbitration Awards
Paul Key | 45 mins - 1 hr

Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration
Paul Key | 45 mins - 1 hr

Recognition and protection of the arbitration agreement
Paul Key | 1 hr - 90 mins

Recent problems in the enforcement of Arbitration Awards
David Joseph

Problems and solutions in the enforcement of New York Convention awards
David Joseph

Claims to privilege in arbitration: governing law / laws
David Scorey | 45 mins - 1 hr

Insurance

Building Castles in the Sky
Jern-Fei Ng | 1 hr

The Bermuda Form
Richard Jacobs | 45 mins

Legal problems of reinsurance run-off and insolvency
Richard Millett | 45 mins

Follow the settlements – life after Lumbermans v Bovis
Richard Millett | 45 mins

Insurance pools - the reinsurance implications
David Mildon | 45 mins

Problems of privilege in Bermuda Form
David Scorey | 45 mins - 1 hr

"Writing Against" The Law After Bonner v Cox
Jeffrey Gruder

Commercial Fraud

Dishonest Assistance in breach of trust
Edmund King | 30 mins

Commercial Fraud
Paul McGrath

Privilege

Legal Professional Privilege: practical problems raised by the Three Rivers cases and how to deal with them
Nathan Pillow | 45 mins - 75 mins

Claims to privilege in arbitration: governing law / laws
David Scorey | 45 mins - 1 hr

Banking

Guarantees and bonds – recent cases
Richard Millett | 45 mins

EU and competition

How the European Court of Justice really works
Martin Griffiths | 1 hr

Attacking decisions of Member States or Community Institutions under EU law
Hugh Mercer / Philippa Watson | 1 hr (30-40 min talk + discussion)

Applying the new EU rules on public procurement – the 2004 Procurement Directive
Hugh Mercer / Philippa Watson | 1 hr (30-40 min talk + discussion)

Competition law and the shipping industry
Hugh Mercer | 1 hr (30-40 min talk + discussion)

Freedom to sell services abroad and to establish abroad under the EU treaty – helping your client abroad
Hugh Mercer / Philippa Watson | 1 hr (30-40 min talk + discussion)

Can international law act as a constraint on EU law? - the IATA case and EU Ship-Source Pollution Directive
Hugh Mercer | 1 hr (30-40 min talk + discussion)

State aid and discriminatory tax measures - Lunn Poly and some current issues before the Commission.
Hugh Mercer | 1 hr (30-40 min talk + discussion)

Employment

Turning yourself in: the duty to report your own misconduct
Martin Griffiths | 1 hr

“How does your garden grow?"
Martin Griffiths | 1 hr

Energy

Title to bulk natural gas in store or transit
David Mildon | 35 mins

Procedure

Documents in the Public Domain
Sara Cockerill

Witness Summonses and evidence for foreign courts
Sara Cockerill | 45 mins

VAT

VAT and time limits: Fleming, Conde Nast and life after M&S.
Neil Hart | 45 mins - 1 hr

Adding interest to interest
Neil Hart | 45 mins

'What is an assessment?'
Neil Hart | 45 mins

Litigating against HMRC
Neil Hart | 45 mins

Banking

Old wine in new skins: equitable techniques in modern investment structures
Richard Millett

General Commercial

The Companies Act 2006: what does it mean for companies and clients?
Jessica Mance | 45 mins


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