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Times Law Awards Competition 2025 The annual Times Law Awards competition has launched.  The question for this year’s student essay competition, sponsored by One Essex Court, is: Assisted dying – MPs have given it the provisional go-ahead, but how might the creation of what the justice secretary criticised as the state offering death as "a service" change society’s and the law’s approach to death? All essays must be sent by e-mail to tla@oeclaw.co.uk by midday on Monday, 17 February 2025. More details can be found in the flyer below. For further information and a full list of rules of entry, please visit https://lnkd.in/dzmsvih

Times Law Awards Competition 2025 The annual Times Law Awards competition has launched.  The question for this year’s student essay competition, sponsored by One Essex Court, is: Assisted dying – MPs have given it the provisional go-ahead, but how might the creation of what the justice secretary criticised as the state offering death as "a service" change society’s and the law’s approach to death? All essays must be sent by e-mail to tla@oeclaw.co.uk by midday on Monday, 17 February 2025. More details can be found in the flyer below. For further information and a full list of rules of entry, please visit https://lnkd.in/dzmsvih

Anna Boase KC will be speaking during FTI Consulting’s Primer on Quantum Evidence, taking place at FTI Consulting’s London office on Tuesday 21 January. The programme is designed for lawyers working in disputes teams, and aims to help attendees understand the various types of expert evidence frequently used in disputes work. Anna Boase KC is participating in a panel discussion titled “Working with Experts”, which will include a role play exercise illustrating different approaches when engaging with damages experts, and a discussion regarding how to get the most out of the quantum phase of a dispute, including selecting and briefing your expert. Further details about the event can be found at https://lnkd.in/egzYc96X

One Essex Court is delighted that 5 members of chambers are involved in 2 of the appeals featured in The Lawyer’s recently published Top 10 Appeals of 2025. Members include Laurence Rabinowitz KC, Kenneth MacLean KC, Owain Draper, Gideon Cohen and Niranjan Venkatesan. A summary of the two appeals, which will be in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal respectively can be found at https://lnkd.in/eKU8gxab The Lawyer article can be viewed at https://lnkd.in/eh4kHwE2

One Essex Court is delighted that 5 members of chambers are involved in 2 of the appeals featured in The Lawyer’s recently published Top 10 Appeals of 2025. Members include Laurence Rabinowitz KC, Kenneth MacLean KC, Owain Draper, Gideon Cohen and Niranjan Venkatesan. A summary of the two appeals, which will be in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal respectively can be found at https://lnkd.in/eKU8gxab The Lawyer article can be viewed at https://lnkd.in/eh4kHwE2

I look forward to moderating the fireside chat with Lord Neuberger and our joint event with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre next week.

One Essex Court will be hosting two seminars in Singapore to mark the Opening of the Legal Year. On Wednesday 15 January, we will hold a fireside chat featuring Lord Neuberger, providing insights into key legal topics. This event will be followed by a cocktail reception hosted by One Essex Court. On Thursday 16 January, Chambers will host a seminar titled ‘SIAC in the New Year’, with the new SIAC Registrar, Vivekananda Neelakantan, discussing the new 2025 SIAC Rules that introduce new procedures to expedite proceedings and enable more effective control of the arbitral process. This will be followed by a roundtable comprising members of One Essex Court considering the impact of the new rules from both counsel and arbitrator perspectives. Joining both these events will be eminent local lawyer Paul Tan (陈明辉 / 첸민휘) Tan, recently welcomed to One Essex Court, alongside members from London including Rhodri Davies KC, Richard Gillis KC, Craig Orr KC, Alexander Gunning KC, Steven Elliott KC, Laurence Emmett KC, Henry Forbes Smith KC, Sophie Weber, Tom Foxton, and Senior Clerk Darren Burrows. We look forward to insightful discussions and a successful Opening of the Legal Year in Singapore. https://lnkd.in/eny3PeQ3

Krishnaprasad KV's book, Unjust Enrichment and Countervailing Obligations (Hart 2025), was published today The book examines the relationship between the law of unjust enrichment and legal obligations arising from other branches of the law. It seeks to offer a clear, simple and cogent explanation for this complex relationship by applying insights from the theory of unjust enrichment to cases from England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and the United States of America. To read more, please see: https://lnkd.in/efRAjCfZ

One Essex Court will be hosting two upcoming online workshops designed to support aspiring barristers in how to prepare for and perform in pupillage interviews. Women at the Bar | Pupillage interview workshop on Wednesday 12 February 5pm to 7pm https://lnkd.in/evCMhxAA Race at the Bar | Applying for pupillage at the Commercial Bar on Tuesday 25 February 5pm to 7pm https://lnkd.in/eRPG9aPB #RaceattheBar #Diversity #Pupillage #CommercialBar #Students #PupilBarristers #OneEssexCourt

One Essex Court is delighted that 24 members of chambers are involved across 8 of the cases featured in The Lawyer’s recently published Top 20 Cases of 2025. Members include Andrew Lodder, Andrew McLeod, Alexander Polley KC, Constantine Fraser, Camilla Bingham KC, Daniel Benedyk, Douglas Paine, Lord David Wolfson KC, Eleanor Campbell, Harry Stratton, Joshua Crow, Joyce Arnold, Laurence Rabinowitz KC, Matthew Cook KC, Michael d'Arcy, Nehali Shah, Nathaniel Bird, Neil Kitchener KC, Robert Harris, Sonia Tolaney KC, Simon Colton KC, Stephen Auld KC, Simon Gilson and Sophie Weber. A summary of those cases can be found at https://lnkd.in/ekb4Xc5h The Lawyer article can be viewed at https://lnkd.in/eSUfxZe5