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    Beckmann claims and limitation

    Daniel Jukes examines a recent case applying a six-year limitation period to Beckmann claims, and why its reasoning may be open to challenge. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read the full article

    By Daniel Jukes
    Thursday 23 April 2026

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    BX v. T : the Court’s inherent jurisdiction to grant disclosure of trust documents to non-beneficiaries

    Article by Jamie Holmes, 2nd April 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. The 20 August 2025 decision of the Guernsey Court of Appeal in BX v. T [2025] GCA 063 is of interest... Read more

    By Jamie Holmes
    Tuesday 7 April 2026

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    Real property, real impact: a game-changer for nuisance

    Article by John McGhee KC and Allison Wu, 28th March 2026. This article was first published by Estates Gazette here. For lawyers and others involved in the property world, it seems obvious that property rights are special. Not only are... Read more

    By John McGhee KC | Allison Wu
    Saturday 28 March 2026

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    The Pensions Ombudsman and the common law

    Allison Wu considers two recent determinations of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman which apply common law principles in pensions contexts. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read the full article

    By Allison Wu
    Thursday 19 March 2026

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    Piercing Trust Structures in Switzerland in Aid of Financial Claims in England

    Andrew Mold KC and Roxane Reiser have contributed to the Spring Issue of Financial Remedies Journal. In this article, Andrew and Roxane discuss the Swiss court’s powers to “lift the veil” between trust structures and the individuals controlling them. They... Read more

    By Andrew Mold KC | Roxane Reiser
    Tuesday 17 March 2026

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    Cator v Thynn – the latest in the Denaxe debate

    Article by Samuel Cathro, 2nd March 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. Must a trustee join all the trust’s beneficiaries to a blessing application in order to gain immunity from subsequent suit? Until the... Read more

    By Samuel Cathro
    Monday 2 March 2026

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    Section 91 of the Law of Property Act 1925 – Court of Appeal decision on conduct of sale of property in receivership

    Tiffany Scott KC has written an article analysing the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Fairmont Property Developers v Venus Bridging Ltd. In the article Tiffany poses the question:  When will the court order that a borrower be given conduct of... Read more

    By Tiffany Scott KC
    Monday 2 March 2026

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    Gateways for Chabra freezing injunctions: Gilbert v Broadoak

    In this article Philippe Kuhn analyses the recent decision in Gilbert v Broadoak concerning novel jurisdictional arguments about gateways for service out in the context of worldwide freezing orders against Chabra respondents.

    By Philippe Kuhn
    Thursday 26 February 2026

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    Real property, real impact: the legacy of Regency Villas

    Article by Emer Murphy and Andreas Giannakopoulos, 21st February 2026 This article was first published by Estates Gazette here. In Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd [2018] UKSC 57; [2019] EGLR 1, the Supreme Court held by... Read more

    By Emer Murphy | Andreas Giannakopoulos
    Saturday 21 February 2026

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    England and Wales Court of Appeal ruling on peremptory orders

    Daniel Jukes has written an article on the recent judgment in LLC Eurochem North-West-2 v Techimont SPA & others [2026]. The key issue in this case turned on a question of statutory construction, namely whether pursuant to section 42 of... Read more

    By Daniel Jukes
    Wednesday 18 February 2026

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    When do trustees have a duty to act in relation to non-trust properties?

    Article by Zihang Liu, 2nd February 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. It is well known that in Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd [1980] Ch 515, Brightman J held that where a... Read more

    By Zihang Liu
    Monday 2 February 2026

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    An office-holder’s liability for adverse costs in litigation

    Tom Robinson KC and Zihang Liu have written an article on an office-holder’s liability for adverse costs in litigation. The article covers the following aspects: the general position if an office-holder is a claimant or a defendant in litigation the... Read more

    By Thomas Robinson KC | Zihang Liu
    Thursday 22 January 2026

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