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Alex Potts KC and Caroline Jackson co-author JIBFL article

“Crypto can be property – it is time for the debate to move on”. The ongoing swell of legal support for the proprietary potential of cryptoassets was recently challenged by Professor Robert Stevens in “Crypto is not property” (2023) LQR 139. In this responsive article, Caroline Jackson and Alex Potts KC write in defence of […]

28th March 2024

Alex Potts KC speaking at the Chancery Bar Association: Geneva Conference

On Thursday 18 April Alex Potts KC will be speaking at the Chancery Bar Association: Geneva Conference. Alex will be on a panel alongside Jennifer Haywood (Serle Court) and Thomas Robinson (Wilberforce Chambers) titled ‘Arbitration: Issues in Shareholder, Insolvency and Trust Disputes’. Alex will specifically be addressing arbitrability of insolvency and trust disputes in offshore […]

26th March 2024

4 Pump Court hosts 3rd annual student moot in support of Pride Month 2024

We are pleased to be hosting our third annual student Pride Moot in recognition of Pride Month 2024. This year we are supported by Dentons and Eversheds Sutherland. We are delighted that Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith will join us for this final to help decide this year’s winner. Details can be found in the flyer below. If you […]

26th March 2024

Building Liability Orders – Essential new guidance from the TCC

In an ex-tempore judgment handed down in the case of Wilmott Dixon -v- Prater and others last Thursday 21st March Jefford J, gave important new guidance in relation to a new and developing front in construction litigation – Building Liability Orders under s.130 of the Building Safety Act 2022. The Background. The case concerns allegations […]

25th March 2024

Alex Potts KC admitted as a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court

Alex Potts KC has been admitted as a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court (‘SICC’), under section 36P of the Legal Profession Act 1966. Alex’s admission as a Registered Foreign Lawyer coincides with the recent announcement by Singapore’s Ministry of Law of the new bilateral treaty between the Governments of Singapore and […]

22nd March 2024

Judgment handed down in SY Roro 1 PTE Ltd & Anor v Onorato Armatori SRL & Ors [2024] EWHC 611 (Comm)

James Leabeater KC and Edward Jones have represented owners seeking redelivery of two ferries arising out of change of control terminations of bareboat charterparties. Having secured awards in an expedited arbitration before Christmas, they have now appeared in a related expedited Commercial Court trial, culminating in a judgment handed down on 21 March 2024 requiring […]

21st March 2024

Members of 4 Pump Court respond to the Law Commission’s consultation on digital assets as personal property

As the leading tech set 4 Pump Court members Alex Potts KC, Matthew Lavy KC, Rebecca Keating and Caroline Jackson are pleased to have responded to the Law Commission’s consultation on digital assets as personal property. We look forward to seeing the legislation in final form and working with clients on its effect.

19th March 2024

Judgment handed down in the matter of Financial Conduct Authority v (1) Wealthtek LLP (2) Jonathan Edward Dance

Judgment was handed down last week in the matter of Financial Conduct Authority v (1) Wealthtek LLP (2) Jonathan Edward Dance. This is the latest decision from the Chancery Division in these proceedings brought by the regulator arising from its investigation into WealthTek LLP and Mr John Dance in which James Purchas has been representing the FCA […]

5th March 2024

Members of 4 Pump Court attend Riyadh International Disputes Week

Sean Brannigan KC, Lynne McCafferty KC, Ben Pilling KC, George Woods, Laurence Page and Richard Sumarno will be in Riyadh from the 2nd March for Riyadh International Disputes Week. The team look forward to catching-up with many of our clients in the region, as well as speaking at the following events; 3rd March – Sean […]

Alex Potts KC speaking at The Commercial Bar Association 2nd Gulf Round Table

The Commercial Bar Association 2nd Gulf Round Table will take place later today at the Capital Club, Dubai. The Combar Gulf Committee was established in 2021 to develop the links which already exist between the English and Welsh commercial and arbitration bar and the legal community in the Gulf States. Alex Potts KC will be a […]

Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2024

Chambers and Partners Global Guide 2024 has been released which ranks the top global legal professionals in over 200 jurisdictions across the world. 39 members of 4 Pump Court have once again been recognised across multiple practice areas, demonstrating our breadth of international experience. Rachel Ansell KC and Laurence Page are ranked in the ‘Dispute […]

16th February 2024

Supreme Court holds that a contractual pre-estimate of loss is only recoverable from a negligent stranger in tort if the...

On 14 February 2024, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Limited [2024] UKSC 6. The case addresses fundamental issues “in applying the tort of negligence in a situation where economic loss, comprising a contractual liability to pay a sum of money, has resulted […]

14th February 2024