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Anthony Christopher Taussig passed away on the 3rd April 2025. He retired from Chambers in 2006 after a distinguished career in trusts and tax over a period of some forty years. His exceptional drafting skills, honed by his degree in... Read more
Wednesday 28 May 2025
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Daniel Jukes has written a case note on Manta Penyez Shipping Inc and another v Zuhoor Alsaeed Foodstuff Company which has recently been published in LexisNexis. The decision of Cockerill J reinforces the ability of a non-party who is not... Read more
By Daniel Jukes
Monday 19 May 2025
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We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce won Best Chambers for Quality of Work at the Legal Cheek Awards. This award reflects the quality of the work that Chambers sees across our various practice areas. Hayley Duggan (Head of BD... Read more
Friday 16 May 2025
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Tiffany Scott KC has written a case note on Brown v Ridley which has recently been published on LexisNexis. Practitioners will have had an eye on this case during its journey through the Tribunals. The Supreme Court has provided welcome... Read more
By Tiffany Scott KC
Friday 16 May 2025
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We are very sad to announce that Lord Etherton, Chancellor of the High Court between 2013 and 2016 and Master of the Rolls between 2016 and 2021, as well as a member of these Chambers from 1975 to 2000, passed... Read more
Thursday 8 May 2025
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Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to announce that Professor Lionel Smith and Professor Ben McFarlane have joined Chambers as Associate Members. Professor Lionel Smith is the Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Brasenose College. He was previously the Downing... Read more
Friday 2 May 2025
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Article by Andreas Giannakopoulos, 30th April 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. When a person dies domiciled abroad but leaves property in England and Wales, a question arises as to who should administer... Read more
By Andreas Giannakopoulos
Wednesday 30 April 2025
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Graeme Halkerston
Tuesday 29 April 2025
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We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2025 for Set of the Year and Elizabeth Houghton has been shortlisted as Star Junior. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as... Read more
Thursday 24 April 2025
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The cases of Cooper v Ludgate House Limited and Powell v Ludgate House Limited have been featured in an article published by The Lawyer. The cases concern two top 100 UK law firms, Lewis Silkin and Winckworth Sherwood, who may... Read more
Tuesday 15 April 2025
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Ernest Leung has written an article for Kluwer Arbitration Blog entitled, ‘Serious Irregularity for Failure to Consider a Limitation Defence: Lessons from Djanogly v Djanogly’. Read the full article
By Ernest Leung
Monday 14 April 2025
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We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at this year’s The Lawyer Awards for Chambers of the Year! We are incredibly grateful to all our clients for your ongoing support – thank you! Winners will be... Read more
Friday 11 April 2025
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