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Thirty Nine Essex Street is a leading set of Chambers offering expertise in commercial, common, construction, costs, energy, environmental and planning, public, regulatory and disciplinary law.
Our experience covers both domestic and overseas jurisdictions.
Latest News
Duncan Sinclair and James Burton Act for Friends of the Earth in Successful Defeat of the Government's Appeal Over Solar PanelsRead More...
Jeremy Morgan QC succeeds again for the Legal Services CommissionRead More...
Robert Jay QC Named in The Lawyer ‘Hot 100’ 2012Read More...
Justine Thornton in the first Court of Appeal decision on the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste regimeRead More...
Court of Appeal clarifies law upon ‘late exceptions’ under the Environmental Information RegulationsRead More...
Richard Wilmot-Smith QC, Karen Gough and Rachael O'Hagan act for Lanes Group PLC in prominent construction adjudication caseRead More...
Thirty Nine Essex Street are delighted to announce the arrival of Leading Financial Services Lawyer David MayhewRead More...
Nigel Pleming QC and Duncan Sinclair represent Friends of the Earth in successful judicial reviewRead More...
Glenn Mulcaire wins breach of contract claim against News Group
Benjamin Williams of Thirty Nine Essex Street represented Mr Mulcaire in his successful claim for breach of contract against News Group Newspapers.Read More...
Thirty Nine Essex Street's Martin Edwards celebrates 20 years as a contributor to Estates GazetteRead More...
Members of Thirty Nine Essex Street Produce Public Sector Equality Duty Training VideoRead More...
Christiaan Zwart instructed on the first IPC nuclear infrastructure applicationRead More...
Jeremy Morgan QC represents Legal Services Commission in successful appealRead More...
Chambers Bar Awards 2011
We are delighted to announce the following winners:
Environment and Planning: Set of the Year, Silk of the Year, Stephen Tromans QC and Junior of the Year, Richard Harwood
Professional Discipline: Set of the YearRead More...
Divisional Court provides important ruling upon detention of the mentally disordered pending their admission under the Mental Health Act 1983.Read More...
Vikram Sachdeva and Victoria Butler-Cole act in landmark medical ethics caseRead More...
Vikram Sachdeva acts in first Mental Health Review Tribunal to be held in publicRead More...
Woman's plea for more access to disabled sister rejected by judge
Victoria Butler-Cole and Katharine Scott appeared in the first private hearing in the Court of Protection in which the media was granted permission to report contemporaneously. Judgment in the case is expected later in October 2011. Read More...
Dale Farm traveller evictions
Richard Harwood and Ellen Wiles are acting in the judicial review of plans by Basildon District Council to evict travellers from Dale Farm. Read more..Read More...
Thirty Nine Essex Street is nominated for Six Awards - Chambers Bar Awards 2011Read More...
Robert Jay QC has been appointed as lead Counsel to the Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press.Read More...
Groundbreaking medical treatment case heard in Court of ProtectionRead More...
W v Veolia Environmental Services (UK)
This case is the latest instalment of the credit hire litigation. Members of Thirty Nine Essex Street played a prominent part in the first significant case on this issue, Giles v Thompson [1993] 3 All ER 321. Almost twenty years later, the disputes between motor insurers and hire companies appear no closer to resolution.
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High Court considers unprecedented claim arising out of Mau Mau Emergency. Read More...
Inspectors' reasons and expert evidence
Members of Thirty Nine Essex Street were involved in two recent cases highlighting the importance of adequate reasons where a decision-maker disagrees with expert evidence.Read More...
Geary v Wetherspoon
William Norris QC and Camilla Church appeared for the Defendant in the case of Geary v Wetherspoon in which judgment was recently handed down. Read More...
Lanes Group Plc v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd
Richard Wilmot-Smith QC, Karen Gough and Rachael O’Hagan appeared for Lanes in the TCC in this interesting case about adjudication procedure and bias. Read More...
Maritsave v NFU Mutual
Geoffrey Brown appeared for the claimant on the trial of an issue as to liability under a fire insurance policy, following an arson attack on unoccupied commercial premises in Darlington.Read More...
Thirty Nine wins latest battle in windfarm wars
The Court of Appeal has given judgment in Hulme v. Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] EWCA Civ 638, the latest round in the long battle over the proposed 9-turbine windfarm at Den Brook, Devon – the subject of BBC2’s Windfarm Wars series.Read More...