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   Webchats

   Disposals in administration [Part 1]: Who is “connected”?

   David Pollard and Thomas Robinson have recorded our latest WebChat which discusses new restrictions on sales and other disposals in administration under paragraph 60A of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc to Connected Persons) Regulations... Read more

   David Pollard | Thomas Robinson KC
   Monday 28 February 2022

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   Articles

   Can unlawful dividends received by company director/shareholders be later reclassified as remuneration to avoid liability?

   By Jessica Brooke
   Monday 28 February 2022

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   Articles

   TL4 HNW Divorce Magazine – 60 seconds with Jonathan Hilliard KC

   By Jonathan Hilliard KC
   Monday 28 February 2022

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   News

   Lebanese banks – who have been refusing to pay customers due to the country’s economic crisis – ordered to make international transfers

   In one of The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20 Cases of 2022’, Manoukian v Société Générale Banque Liban and Bank Audi, Bobby Friedman and Caspar Bartscherer (led by Daniel Toledano QC), have successfully acted for Mr Manoukian in obtaining an order for... Read more

   Monday 28 February 2022

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   Articles

   Womble Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Ltd (as trustee of the Stephris Trust) v No Named Defendant [2022] EWHC 43 (Ch): Taking action against potentially collusive actions?

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Benjamin Slingo Introduction One way this case differs from most is obvious from its name. There was a claimant, but no defendant. Nevertheless, the court was... Read more

   By Benjamin Slingo
   Thursday 17 February 2022

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   News

   Alice Hawker joins Wilberforce Chambers

   Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that commercial chancery junior Alice Hawker has joined Chambers, with effect from today, Monday 14th February 2022. Alice has significant experience of property litigation, and is also regularly instructed on cases involving civil fraud... Read more

   Monday 14 February 2022

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   News

   Wilberforce Chambers announces TL4 Private Client Community Partnership

   Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that we have joined ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client as a Community Partner. This comes as an addition to our already existing Community Partnership with ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE which we have renewed for another year. ThoughtLeaders4 is... Read more

   Tuesday 8 February 2022

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   Webchats

   What’s the Broad Idea? Freezing injunctions in the Privy Council

   John McGhee KC and Daniel Petrides discuss the important recent decision of the Privy Council in Broad Idea International Ltd v Convoy Collateral Ltd (British Virgin Islands) [2021] UKPC 24 on the scope of injunctive relief.

   John McGhee KC | Daniel Petrides
   Tuesday 8 February 2022

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   News

   Leading Pensions and Trusts Junior Jennifer Seaman joins Wilberforce

   Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Jennifer Seaman has joined our pensions and trusts teams, with effect from today, Monday 7th February 2022. Jennifer is recommended as a leading junior by both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500,... Read more

   Monday 7 February 2022

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    Articles

    The Correction of Mistakes in Trusts

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Paul Newman QC We all make mistakes; and we are often judged, not by the mistake itself, but by how we respond to it. In my... Read more

    By Paul Newman KC
    Thursday 3 February 2022

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    News

    Private Client Global Elite 2022-23

    We are delighted to announce our success in this year’s Private Client Global Elite directory, which features both Robert Ham QC and Gilead Cooper QC. The Private Client Global Elite lists the world’s most respected lawyers advising UHNW clients, all... Read more

    Monday 31 January 2022

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    Recent Cases

    Goodrich v AB [2022] EWHC 81 (Ch)

    Trusts, probate and estates: contentious | High Court of Justice

    Simon Atkinson
    Wednesday 26 January 2022

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