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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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   Summarily judging fraud: Bringing claims to an early close

   Tuesday 14 December 2021

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   Chancery barrister and mathematician: Arthur Cayley (1821-1895)

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Emily Campbell The Chancery Bar has a long history of mathematician barristers, some of them famous. For a period, there was a tradition that the “Senior... Read more

   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
   Wednesday 8 December 2021

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   Too many hats, not enough time and the wrong people – the difficulties of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation

   Thursday 2 December 2021

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   Precedent value of Chancery Masters’ decisions

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown Role of Chancery Masters The Masters of the Chancery Division of the High Court have always played an important role in getting Chancery litigation trial-ready. Traditionally... Read more

   By Michael Ashdown
   Thursday 18 November 2021

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   Protectors’ Powers: The Siren Song of the “Narrower View”?

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Gilead Cooper QC The term “Protector” is not a term of art in trust law. The duties and the powers of any given protector are defined,... Read more

   By Gilead Cooper KC
   Thursday 4 November 2021

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   When is an order under s48 AJA appropriate? That’s a matter of opinions

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Ram Lakshman   S48(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 empowers the High Court to authorise personal representatives or trustees to take action on the... Read more

   By Ram Lakshman
   Wednesday 20 October 2021

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   Powers of appointment: All in the wording

   By Elizabeth Houghton
   Monday 18 October 2021

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    Qualifying interests in possession: Restating the problem

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Jamie Holmes Is it possible to taint an interest in possession, thereby losing its transitional protection under the Finance Act 2006 and triggering adverse inheritance tax... Read more

    By Jamie Holmes
    Thursday 23 September 2021

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    Missing persons – guardianship and the presumption of death

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Furness QC This briefing is an introduction to two complementary pieces of legislation which are of relevance in circumstances where an individual has gone missing.... Read more

    By Michael Furness KC
    Wednesday 8 September 2021

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    Virtual property: trusts of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets

    By Gilead Cooper KC
    Monday 9 August 2021

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