Kajetan Wandowicz has been registered with the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Courts as a DIFC Part II Legal Practitioner. Kajetan now has rights to practise in the DIFC Courts, with full Rights of Audience.
5th February 2025
The Lawyer Top 20 Cases includes matters with the most significant sums in dispute as well as disputes involving high profile parties or issues. Rebecca Keating has featured in The Pan-NOx Emissions Group Litigation (Dieselgate). The matter is the culmination of the Dieselgate story, which broke in late 2016. The High Court group action comprises […]
17th January 2025
When can a shipowner sell liened cargo? In “The Lord Hassan”, the Commercial Court confirmed that shipowners can sell cargo over which it has had a lien for unpaid freight, even where that cargo belongs to a third party consignee. The Judge, Mr Justice Bryan, also clarified the position where “freight pre-paid” bills of lading […]
14th January 2025
Will Tolcher, global Bar Editor speaks with Lord Edward Garnier KC, about his twinned and intertwined careers in law and politics as one of England’s leading defamation barristers, as well as a member of parliament for two and a half decades and Solicitor General for England and Wales. Listen to the podcast here.
12th November 2024
Introduction 1. The Freehold and Leasehold Reform Act 2024 (“FLRA”) received much media attention for the changes it introduced in relation to leaseholder rights. However, the Act (which was passed just before the prorogation of Parliament in May prior to the General Election) also introduced some important amendments to the Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”), […]
12th November 2024
On Wednesday 4th December, 4 Pump Court will be hosting a Tech Disputes Network event on ‘Resolving IT Disputes’. The panel, which is drawn from litigation funding, IT expert, barrister and traditional solicitor roles, will consist of Rebecca Keating (4 Pump Court), Richard Kerr (Kroll), Mike Cumming-Bruce (Bench Walk Advisors), Nicola McKinney (Quillion Law) and […]
Rachel Ansell KC, Sanjay Patel KC, Laurence Page, Andrew Stevens, Quentin Tannock, Katy Handley, Jacob Haddad and Richard Sumarno will be in Dubai for Dubai Arbitration Week from 11-15 November. Throughout the week, members will be speaking at various events: Wednesday 13 Nov – Rachel Ansell KC, Andrew Stevens and Quentin Tannock speaking at an […]
We are pleased to announce that Associate Member, Abhimanyu Bhandari, has been designated a Senior Advocate by the full court of The Supreme Court of India with effect from 14 August 2024. Abhimanyu has extensive experience of more than twenty years as a commercial disputes lawyer, focusing on arbitration and litigation across various industry sectors. […]
29th October 2024
We are delighted to announce that 4 Pump Court has been shortlisted for six awards at the Legal 500 MENA Awards 2025. – Set of the Year – English Bar in the Middle East: Construction Set of the Year – Practice Management Team of the Year – English Bar in the Middle East: Commercial Junior […]
28th October 2024
Property catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance: was the outbreak of Covid-19 a “catastrophe” and aggregation of Covid-19 business interruption losses under hours clause. – – Reinsurance disputes come to court only rarely. And arbitration appeals reach the Court of Appeal infrequently. This case was, therefore, unusual. It was an appeal to the Court of Appeal […]
14th October 2024
The decision of the Court of Appeal in London International Exhibition Centre Plc v Allianz Insurance Plc [2024] EWCA Civ 1026 is another milestone in the long-running litigation between policyholders and insurers in relation to the recovery of business interruption losses as a result of Covid-19. In its landmark decision in Financial Conduct Authority v […]
16th September 2024
Court of Appeal judgment handed down in Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited: Important further clarification of Contractor’s right of termination in the JCT 2016 D&B Contract Following on from the High Court judgment in Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited on which Helen Dennis produced a note in […]
22nd August 2024
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