Gatehouse Chambers has many years’ experience advising and acting for attorneys and clients world-wide and much of our work is international in character. We regularly handle cross-border litigation for overseas clients in the English courts, before off shore first instance and appellate Courts, as well as Privy Council appeals and matters in international arbitration proceedings. Members also act as experts in English law in foreign proceedings.
Our barristers have particular experience of working in (and in disputes related to) Europe (including the Channel Islands and Gibraltar), the Middle East (including the Gulf States), the US, Latin America and the Caribbean. Several of our members are called to the Bar in other jurisdictions and many more gain ad hoc admission to the Bars of other jurisdictions if required for a particular case. A number of members speak foreign languages including French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Gujarati.
We accept instructions from the UK and international law firms’ UK offices, but also directly from foreign law firms and, where appropriate, clients.
If you would like to discuss instructing us on an international matter, please contact the Practice Management team.
Forum non conveniens in the Commercial Court – James Shaw successful in defeating jurisdiction challenge: Nova Leipzig SARL v Gravity Fitness Ltd [2025] EWHC 1262 (Comm)
23/05/2025
Gatehouse Chambers shortlisted for 6 Legal Cheek Awards
14/05/2025
Gatehouse Chambers welcomes Elliot Langdorf as Practice Director
07/03/2025
Dubai Arbitration Week 2024
30/10/2024
Laura Tweedy appointed to Cayman Islands Mediation Panel
04/10/2024
International Employment Lawyer Awards 2024: Rajiv Bhatt nominated for Employment Junior of the Year
01/10/2024
Charles Bagot KC and David Pliener KC elected Joint Heads of Chambers, and heartfelt thanks to Brie Stevens-Hoare KC
28/06/2024
Jake Rowley joins Gatehouse Chambers
24/06/2024
Articles
Forum non conveniens in the Commercial Court – James Shaw successful in defeating jurisdiction challenge: Nova Leipzig SARL v Gravity Fitness Ltd [2025] EWHC 1262 (Comm)
23/05/2025
An IT Crowd: State Immunity and Spyware in Shehabi v Kingdom of Bahrain
31/10/2024
The UK ratifies the 2019 Hague Convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgments in cross-border disputes
02/09/2024
Gatehouse Chambers featured in two cases in The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20 Cases of 2024’
10/01/2024
Significant push for Gatehouse Chambers in the latest Legal 500 directory
04/10/2023
Pantheon International Advisors Ltd v Co-Diagnostics, Inc [2023] EWHC 1984 (KB)
13/09/2023
Unravelling it all: challenging judgments tainted by fraud
31/07/2023
Draft jurisdiction clauses with precision. “Otherwise” you may not get what you want
01/02/2023
Upcoming events
LIDW: Who is best placed to regulate (the use of) AI in international arbitrations?
04/06/2025
LIDW: Dissenting Opinions: Friend or Foe?
04/06/2025
LIDW: Resolving insurance coverage disputes without damaging commercial relationships: impossible dream or practical reality?
05/06/2025
Legal professional privilege: practical hints and tips on the application of legal professional privilege in England & Wales
05/06/2025
LIDW: When it’s not freezing: holding the ring in Offshore Disputes
06/06/2025
Past events
RIDW: Legal Hard Talk – Institutional Mediation under the Spotlight by International Arbitration Experts
25/02/2025
IBA Annual Conference, Mexico City
15/09/2024
LIDW: Onshore and offshore – effective teamwork
07/06/2024
Dubai Arbitration Week 2023
13/11/2023
IBA Paris 2023
29/10/2023
‘Developing an International Practice’ – hosted in conjunction with the Bar Council and COMBAR
18/07/2023
NYLON Arbitration presents… “Two nations separated by a common language”
22/05/2023
LIDW: international commercial courts and international arbitration: competitors or bedfellows?
18/05/2023
Newsletters
Mutual Recognition of Judgments Between the UAE Courts and those of England and Wales: A Fragile Framework
08/11/2022
Videos
J2J Commercial Series: Choice of Forum
07/04/2022
Books
Electronic Disclosure Law & Practice
17/05/2019
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