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The Separability Principle: the Newcastle Express Case

To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Ever since the House of Lords decision in Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation v Privalov [2007] UKHL 40, the principle of the separability of arbitration agreements has been... Read more

By Stuart Isaacs KC | Elizabeth Houghton
Monday 10 July 2023

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Grand View v Wong and the doctrine of improper purposes

Article by Jia Wei Lee[1], 30th June 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The improper purpose doctrine is an easy one to state: a power may only be exercised for a purpose... Read more

By Jonathan Hilliard KC | Jia Wei Lee
Friday 30 June 2023

Recent Cases

City Gardens v Dok 82: High Court confirms that a winding up petition may be brought notwithstanding a foreign exclusive jurisdiction clause

Insolvency, International / offshore

Bobby Friedman KC
Monday 15 May 2023

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Mittal v Westbridge: Singapore Court of Appeal charts a novel course for pre-award arbitrability

To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Arbitrability is a hot topic in international commercial arbitration. There is a developing body of recent case-law, of which the most interesting and important is perhaps the decision... Read more

By Stuart Isaacs KC | Jia Wei Lee
Tuesday 9 May 2023

Recent Cases

Tax Tribunal hands down important judgment concerning “home loan double trust” inheritance tax scheme

Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

Jonathan Davey KC
Friday 28 April 2023

Recent Cases

Permission to appeal in Mitchell v Al Jaber [2023] EWHC 364 (Ch)

Company law, Commercial disputes, International / offshore

Clare Stanley KC | Jia Wei Lee | Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
Wednesday 5 April 2023

Recent Cases

Brian Green KC and Anna Littler successful in Bermuda Court of Appeal in decision on breadth of standard form consent powers of fiduciary protectors of trusts

Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, International / offshore

Brian Green KC | Anna Littler
Wednesday 5 April 2023

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Guest v Guest: clarity at last for proprietary estoppel?

To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Guest v Guest[1] is one in a long line of decisions involving proprietary estoppel and the family farm. The principles applicable to establishing proprietary estoppel claims are now... Read more

By Elizabeth Houghton
Thursday 30 March 2023

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Andrew Mold KC and Michael Ashdown feature in TL4’s Private Client Magazine

Andrew Mold KC and Michael Ashdown feature in TL4’s Private Client Magazine Issue 10 – Contentious Trusts. Andrew Mold KC‘s article is entitled ‘Does a third party owe a duty of care to a beneficiary?’. Michael Ashdown writes on ‘Breach... Read more

By Andrew Mold KC | Michael Ashdown
Monday 27 March 2023

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60 Seconds with Bobby Friedman

Bobby Friedman features in the latest edition of ThoughtLeaders4’s FIRE Magazine, revealing what motivates him, what he sees as the biggest legal trends of 2023, even his ideal holiday and the last book he read. Read the full article

By Bobby Friedman KC
Monday 6 March 2023

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What next for “insolvent trusts” after ETJL v Halabi; ITGL v Fort Trustees [2022] UKPC 36?

To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Commentary by Joseph Steadman. Technically, a trust cannot be insolvent: trusts are not legal persons. However, the term “insolvent trust” is a useful shorthand for the situation which arises... Read more

By Joseph Steadman
Thursday 23 February 2023

Recent Cases

Wilberforce team successful as Court of Appeal dismisses jurisdiction applications in leading “Bitcoin” case

Cryptocurrency, Commercial disputes

John Wardell KC | Bobby Friedman KC | Sri Carmichael
Friday 3 February 2023