Rankings in The Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2020
4 Pump Court are delighted that Members of Chambers have been recognised for their construction work in the Middle East by the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2020. Leading silks ranked in the guide include Sean Brannigan KC, Lord Marks KC, Duncan McCall KC, Rachel Ansell KC, Ben Pilling KC, Alexander Hickey KC, Lynne McCafferty KC and James Leabeater KC. Leading juniors in the rankings […]
17th April 2020
4 Pump Court sponsoring 10th edition of Shipping and the Law conference
4 Pump Court are delighted to be sponsoring the 10th edition of Shipping and the Law on 9th and 10th October 2019. The two day conference will bring together some of the most influential key players from the shipping industry to focus on this year’s theme of “The Shock of the New and the Human […]
4 Pump Court speaking at London International Shipping Week
4 Pump Court is delighted to have both James Leabeater KC and Sean O’Sullivan KC speaking at events during London International Shipping Week, 9-13 September 2019. Shipowners’ Club Seminar: How to Exclude Liability for Negligence On Monday 9 September, as part of LISW the Shipowners’ Club, the leading mutual P&I insurer in the smaller and […]
23rd August 2019
Maritime Bulletin – Challenging arbitral awards for breach of procurement laws
The latest edition of our Maritime Bulletin is now available. In this edition, James Leabeater KC and Jennie Gillies discuss a new decision from Mauritius which set aside an arbitration award where the contract was alleged to have been agreed in breach of procurement laws. They wonder whether the decision is consistent with the general […]
11th July 2019
THE ELIN and how to exclude liability for negligence
On 18 April 2019 the Commercial Court handed down judgment in The Elin. The issue was whether statements on a Bill of Lading that the carrier would not be liable for loss of or damage to deck cargo “howsoever arising” were apt to exclude liability for negligence and/or unseaworthiness. The Court found that they were. […]
18th April 2019
Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2019
4 Pump Court are delighted that Members of Chambers have been recognised for their construction work in the Middle East by the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2019. Barristers ranked in the guide include: Leading Silks Sean Brannigan KC Lord Marks KC Duncan McCall KC Rachel Ansell KC Ben Pilling KC Alexander Hickey KC James Leabeater […]
10th April 2019
James Leabeater and Jessica Stephens are appointed King’s Counsel
4 Pump Court are delighted to announce that both James Leabeater and Jessica Stephens were appointed as Queen’s Counsel at the 2019 Silks ceremony in Westminster on 11th March.
12th March 2019
King’s Counsel Appointments 2019
4 Pump Court are delighted to announce that James Leabeater and Jessica Stephens will be appointed as Queen’s Counsel at the next ceremony in Westminster on 11th March 2019.
10th January 2019
Legal 500 EMEA guide rankings
4 Pump Court are delighted that Members of Chambers are recognised for their construction work in the Middle East by the Legal 500 EMEA Guide 2018. Members ranked as Leading Silks include Duncan McCall KC, Sean Brannigan KC, Rachel Ansell KC and Alexander Hickey KC, James Leabeater and Sanjay Patel are ranked as Leading Juniors. […]
16th April 2018
Jurisdiction challenge to Arbitration for lack of capacity
James Leabeater represented the successful respondent, CMSA, in resisting a challenge to the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal brought under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996. CMSA had agreed to construct and supply ESSA, a Mexican state owned salt mine, with a self-unloading salt barge as part of an attempt to modernise ESSA’s transportation […]
16th February 2018
Winner of Construction Set of the Year and IT/IP Junior of the Year in the Chambers & Partners UK 2016 awards
We are delighted to have been awarded Construction Set of the Year with Matthew Lavy also taking the award for Intellectual Property and IT Junior of the Year in the Chambers & Partners UK 2016 awards. Chambers & Partners hosted an exclusive dinner at the London Hilton on Park Lane on Thursday 27thOctober for the […]
Chambers UK Bar Awards: 2016 Shortlist
4 Pump Court are delighted to have been shortlisted in the following areas of law for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2016: Construction: Set of the Year Silk of the Year – Sean Brannigan KC Junior of the Year – James Leabeater IP/IT: Set of the Year Junior of the Year – Matthew Lavy The […]
21st September 2016
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