External Conferences
STEP Cayman 2027
21 - 22 January 2027
Hotel Indigo, Grand Cayman
Speakers:
Clare Stanley KC
Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, Commercial disputes, Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious
Trust structures in the crosshairs: When to worry and what to do
Thursday 4 June 2026
9am - 10.30am
Wilberforce Chambers, 77 Chancery Lane
Free to attend
LIDW 2026
Registration and breakfast refreshments: 9am
Session starts: 9.30am
Finish: 10.30am
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to be involved in London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2026, a multi-day conference comprising events looking at key issues and trends across the international commercial disputes community.
Jonathan Hilliard KC, Anna Littler and Michael Ashdown will be presenting a talk with Jonathan Arr, Jacob Ward and Emma Cohen (Macfarlanes).
Trusts are facing increased scrutiny, and the challenges of managing them are becoming more complex. In this session, we’ll bring these issues to life with real world case examples and share practical insights on:
- How to approach protector powers and the risk of deadlock, drawing on experience analysing the position in the Privy Council (the highest appeal court for many common-law jurisdictions).
- Responding when capacity is weaponised, from our recent experience in numerous very delicate examples.
- When lawyers become the target: The claims that can be brought against lawyers involved in setting up structures, and how to avoid being the target of those claims yourself.
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