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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

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20 Essex Street
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WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

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28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

01/06/2023

The practicalities of pleading and proving foreign law in the JIBFL

Andrew Dinsmore has written an article in the latest edition of Butterworths’ Journal of International Banking and Financial Law with Sir Richard Aikens (Brick Court Chambers and former Lord Justice of Appeal) on the practicalities of pleading and proving foreign law in light of FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Lady Brownlie [2022] AC 995 (“Brownlie II”), as referred to at paras C1.3(f) and H3.1 of the Commercial Court Guide.

Modern international financial litigation increasingly leads to the pleading and proving of foreign law in the English Court. Two recent examples are the Italian swaps litigation and cryptocurrency disputes. In theory, Brownlie II includes everything one needs to know about pleading and proving foreign law. However, in practice, it is replete with difficulties for litigators. This article provides guidance to ensure that one pleads one’s case in accordance with Brownlie II whilst not exposing one’s clients to unnecessary costs and satellite litigation.

Andrew comments: ‘This was a really interesting project to work on with Sir Richard given my substantial experience pleading and proving foreign law. Doing so often throws up unique practical challenges that are not answered by Brownlie II. I hope that this article will provide practitioners with useful guidance.’

Read the article*.

*The full article is included in its entirety with the publisher’s permission.

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