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In the latest edition of our commercial litigation insights series, Alice Hawker examines the Court of Appeal's recent decision in G.I. Globinvestment Ltd v XY ERS UK Limited [2026] EWCA Civ 1248, considering whether a fiduciary's duty to disclose is a shield (against claims alleging breach of the ’no conflict’ or ’no profit’ rules) or a sword (to be used as a freestanding claim).
By Alice Hawker
Monday 19 October 2026
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In this article in our commercial litigation insights series, Ernest Leung analyses the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Grosvenor Property Developers Limited v Portner Law Limited [2026] EWCA Civ 1238, which provides important guidance on the test for dishonesty in civil fraud claims and the circumstances in which "Nelsonian" or blind-eye knowledge can be imputed to a party.
By Ernest Leung
Tuesday 13 October 2026
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Article by Benjamin Faulkner and Francesca Mitchell, published 28th September 2026 This article was originally published by Estates Gazette here. It used to be said that ground (f) cases under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 were a landlord’s to lose.... Read more
By Benjamin Faulkner | Francesca Mitchell
Monday 28 September 2026
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Article by Tiffany Scott KC and Ernest Leung, published 1st September 2026 This article was originally published by Estates Gazette here. There have been several recent and important developments in the jurisprudence considering the procedural and other requirements for seeking and... Read more
By Tiffany Scott KC | Ernest Leung
Tuesday 1 September 2026
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Article by John Grocott-Barrett, 4 August 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. When property is fought over, it is not unusual for a document to surface which purports to answer the question of beneficial ownership... Read more
By John Grocott-Barrett
Tuesday 4 August 2026
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Article by Joanne Wicks KC and Naomi Kilcoyne, published 20th July 2026 This article was originally published by Estates Gazette here. The law is often required to decide which of two innocent parties should bear the brunt of another’s wrongdoing. This... Read more
By Joanne Wicks KC | Naomi Kilcoyne
Monday 20 July 2026
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Article by David Pollard, 13th July 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Interpretation of trusts (including pension trusts and other commercial trusts) can be a big issue. The Supreme Court has tried, in a... Read more
By David Pollard
Monday 13 July 2026
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Article by Alice Hawker and Benedict Evans, 22nd June 2026 This article was originally published by Estates Gazette here. “One day, all this will be yours.” In varying guises, this story is familiar: a promise of land, acted on by the... Read more
By Alice Hawker | Benedict Evans
Monday 22 June 2026
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Andreas Giannakopoulos has written an article on the recognition of foreign succession judgments at common law, which is due to be published in the in-depth section of Issue 7 (Vol. 32) of Trusts & Trustees. The article examines whether the... Read more
By Andreas Giannakopoulos
Wednesday 10 June 2026
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Article by Fenner Moeran KC and Roxane Reiser, 1st June 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. In Kroupeeva v Kroupeev [2026] EWFC 85, James Ewins KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge found... Read more
By Fenner Moeran KC | Roxane Reiser
Tuesday 2 June 2026
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Article by James McCreath, 18thMay 2026 This article was originally published by Estates Gazette here. Amid the flurry of nuisance cases the Supreme Court has heard in the past four years, none is as significant as Fearn and others v... Read more
By James McCreath
Monday 18 May 2026
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Article by Philippe Kuhn, 1st May 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent English case of Smith v Campbell [2025] EWHC 3011 (Ch) considered once again the approach to trustee removal applications... Read more
By Philippe Kuhn
Friday 1 May 2026