Recent Cases
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC v Shetty & others [2022] EWHC 529 (Comm)
Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, Civil fraud and asset recovery
Tim Penny KC
Monday 4 April 2022
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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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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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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
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Tuesday 8 February 2022
Articles
Voices of women at the Chancery Bar
Thursday 20 January 2022
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Wilberforce features three times in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2022
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers appears in three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2022, identifying this year’s most talked about disputes: The Executive Counsel to the Financial Reporting Council v KPMG, Peter Noel Meehan, Alistair... Read more
Monday 10 January 2022
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Sir Paul Morgan’s article features in The Times
Sir Paul Morgan has provided commentary to The Times on the Commercial Rents (Coronavirus) Bill, following his submission of written evidence to the Public Bill Committee. In this article, Sir Paul discusses why he feels the Government is probably being... Read more
Friday 17 December 2021
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Articles
Summarily judging fraud: Bringing claims to an early close
Tuesday 14 December 2021
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Recent Cases
The Libyan Investment Authority v Credit Suisse and others [2021] EWHC 2684 (Comm)
Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, Civil fraud and asset recovery
Alan Gourgey KC | Anna Littler
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Wednesday 8 December 2021
Articles
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill: Part 2 – what is happening in Parliament?
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Sir Paul Morgan. This is my second article on the Commercial Rents (Coronavirus) Bill. As is well known, the Bill provides for a statutory arbitration where the arbitrator... Read more
By Sir Paul Morgan
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Monday 6 December 2021Articles
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill: How will the arbitration stage work?
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Sir Paul Morgan. This article considers the clauses of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill which provide for arbitration in relation to the relief which can be granted to... Read more
By Sir Paul Morgan
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Tuesday 23 November 2021
Articles
Betamax v STC – when may an arbitral award be set aside or enforcement refused?
By Stuart Isaacs KC
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Monday 21 June 2021