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   Recent Cases

   Committal to prison: Wang v Darby

   Cryptocurrency, Civil fraud and asset recovery, Commercial disputes, Company law

   Daniel Scott
   Friday 26 July 2024

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   News

   Wilberforce nominated in multiple categories including Set of the Year for third year running at Legal 500 Bar Awards

   Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to share that we have been nominated in multiple categories at Legal 500’s 2024 Bar Awards. Wilberforce Chambers has been nominated for ‘Set of the Year’ for the third year in a row as well as ‘Chancery... Read more

   Wednesday 10 July 2024

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   Recent Cases

   Radical without notice injunction changing the board of a company upheld in Garofalo v Crisp; Re Valorem Holdings Ltd [2024] EWHC 1737 (ChD)

   Company law, Commercial disputes

   James Bailey KC | Jessica Brooke
   Tuesday 9 July 2024

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   Articles

   Sian v Halimedia: Insolvency vs Arbitration – Article by Ernest Leung cited in recent Privy Council decision

   In Sian Participation Corp v Halimedia International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16, Lords Briggs and Hamblen considered the issue of whether insolvency proceedings should be stayed where the underlying debt was covered by an arbitration agreement. In an appeal from the BVI,... Read more

   By Ernest Leung
   Friday 21 June 2024

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   Recent Cases

   Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal hands down judgment in China Life Trustees v China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group

   Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, International / offshore

   Jonathan Hilliard KC
   Monday 17 June 2024

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   Articles

   A hidden gem? The ‘sufficient connection with the jurisdiction’ test under s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in the light of Suppipat v Narogdej [2023] EWHC 1988 (Comm)’

   Tim Penny KC and Daniel Petrides have written an article for TL4’s FIRE Starters magazine entitled “A hidden gem? The ‘sufficient connection with the jurisdiction’ test under s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in the light of Suppipat v Narogdej... Read more

   By Tim Penny KC | Daniel Petrides
   Monday 3 June 2024

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   Recent Cases

   Commercial Court judgment handed down in Gordiy v Dorofejeva & another

   Commercial disputes, Civil fraud and asset recovery, Company law

   Tim Matthewson
   Wednesday 29 May 2024

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   Recent Cases

   Judgment handed down Cowan v Equis Special LP and others

   International / offshore, Civil fraud and asset recovery

   Thomas Grant KC
   Thursday 23 May 2024

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   News

   Wilberforce shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024

   We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at this year’s The Lawyer Awards for Chambers of the Year! Winners will be announced on Tuesday 18th June at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel. We are incredibly... Read more

   Friday 12 April 2024

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    Recent Cases

    Court of Final Appeal judgment on Proper role of the first assignment in delineating common parts

    Property, International / offshore

    James Man
    Wednesday 27 March 2024

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    Articles

    INSOL WORLD – The Quarterly Journal of INSOL International

    Lexa Hilliard KC features in the latest edition of ‘INSOL WORLD – The Quarterly Journal of INSOL International’, alongside Sophia Rolle Kapousouzoglou (Lennox Paton). They have written an article entitled ‘FTX – A global settlement after jurisdictional wars between the... Read more

    By Lexa Hilliard KC
    Friday 22 March 2024

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    Recent Cases

    Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in Navigator Equities Ltd & Vladimir Chernukhin v Oleg Deripaska

    Commercial disputes, Civil fraud and asset recovery, Company law, International / offshore

    Thomas Grant KC
    Friday 22 March 2024

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