Recent Cases
Upper Tribunal decides tax and trusts appeal in respect of gilt strips
Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious
Jonathan Davey KC
Friday 14 June 2024
Insights
Articles
Trust me, I’m a dolphin!
Joseph Steadman has written an article in which he considers McHale v Dunlop, a recent claim for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, arising from the loss of pension assets transferred into a SSAS and invested in an overseas investment... Read more
By Joseph Steadman
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Thursday 13 June 2024
Recent Cases
Judgment handed down in Re BHS Group Ltd
Insolvency, Company law
Lexa Hilliard KC | Rachael Earle
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Tuesday 11 June 2024
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
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Monday 3 June 2024
Recent Cases
Commercial Court judgment handed down in Gordiy v Dorofejeva & another
Commercial disputes, Civil fraud and asset recovery, Company law
Tim Matthewson
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Wednesday 29 May 2024
Articles
Eternal life, or dead and buried – which claims survive death?
Article by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson, 23rd May 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Lois McMaster Bujold once wrote “the dead cannot cry out for justice. It is the duty of the living to do so... Read more
By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
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Thursday 23 May 2024
Recent Cases
Judgment handed down Cowan v Equis Special LP and others
International / offshore, Civil fraud and asset recovery
Thomas Grant KC
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Thursday 23 May 2024
News
Wilberforce shortlisted for Set of the Year at the High Net Worth Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2024 for Set of the Year. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as follows; “These award nominations and the ultimate winners are the... Read more
Thursday 2 May 2024
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Articles
Substantial Disposals by Administrators in the First Eight Weeks: When is the purchaser a “connected person” and when is an evaluator independent?
David Pollard has published a three part article on Substantial Disposals by Administrators in the First Eight Weeks: When is the purchaser a “connected person” and when is an evaluator independent? Published in the journal International Corporate Rescue, it discusses the... Read more
By David Pollard
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Monday 29 April 2024
Articles
A Tale of Two Forums – the decision in Grosskopf v Grosskopf [2024] EWHC 291 (Ch)
Article by Ernest Leung, 19th March 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The decision by Master Clark on 16 February 2024 in Grosskopf v Grosskopf (two members of Wilberforce Chambers: Fenner Moeran KC... Read more
By Ernest Leung
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Friday 26 April 2024
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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Articles
Tracing and cherrypicking: the decision in Lapome v Kemp and wider, recent trends
Article by Jamie Holmes, 19th March 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The decision of Master Brightwell in Lapome v. Kemp & Ors on 29 June 2023 (reported in summary at [2024] 1... Read more
By Jamie Holmes
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Thursday 28 March 2024