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High Court finds a ‘building safety risk’ which could lead to the making of a ‘building liability order’ under the Building Safety Act 2022 and permits RTM company to claim damages on behalf of leaseholders

Tiffany Scott KC has written a case analysis for LexisNexis on 381 Southwark Park Road RTM & Various Leaseholders v Click St Andrews. This is the first High Court case to hold that defective works by a developer gave rise... Read more

By Tiffany Scott KC
Wednesday 29 January 2025

News

Thomas Robinson to be appointed King’s Counsel

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Thomas Robinson is to be appointed King’s Counsel. Tom, called to the bar in 2003, has a stellar commercial chancery practice with particular emphasis on pensions, insolvency and corporate matters including directors’ duties... Read more

Friday 24 January 2025

News

Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2025: Wilberforce Shortlisted

Citywealth Magic Circle Awards have revealed their 2025 shortlist and we are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year and Jonathan Davey KC shortlisted as Barrister of the Year. In order to vote and/or... Read more

Friday 17 January 2025

News

Mitchell v Al Jaber features in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2025

We are delighted to announce that Clare Stanley KC and Jia Wei Lee‘s case of Mitchell v Al Jaber appears in The Lawyer’s Top 10 appeals of 2025 which identifies this year’s most-talked-about disputes in the Court of Appeal and... Read more

Monday 13 January 2025

News

Nine Wilberforce barristers feature in three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2025

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce barristers appear in three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2025, identifying the upcoming year’s most-talked-about disputes. Nine of our members are involved across the highlighted matters. The Public Institution For Social... Read more

Monday 6 January 2025

News

Wilberforce features in two of Estates Gazette’s Top 10 Cases of 2024

EG (Estates Gazette) has released its annual podcast, discussing the most significant property law cases of the past year, and we are pleased to announce that Wilberforce members appear in case number 9 and case number 2 on the 2024... Read more

Friday 20 December 2024

Recent Cases

MOD and Annington Homes reach settlement following a major piece of long-running litigation

Property

Joanne Wicks KC | Daniel Petrides
Thursday 19 December 2024

Recent Cases

Supreme Court hands down judgment in LA Micro Group Inc v LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd and others [2024]

Company law, Commercial disputes, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

Clare Stanley KC
Wednesday 11 December 2024

Articles

Marcus v Marcus: can a non-biological child be ‘a child of the settlor’?

Article by Elizabeth Houghton, 4th December 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. In the recent judgment of Marcus v Marcus [2024] EWHC 2086, Master Marsh found that the words “the children and remoter issue of... Read more

By Elizabeth Houghton
Wednesday 4 December 2024

Recent Cases

Invest Bank P.S.C. v El-Husseini & Ors: Important Commercial Court case providing guidance on pleading and proving cases under s.423 Insolvency Act 1986

Commercial disputes, Civil fraud and asset recovery

Tim Penny KC | Tiffany Scott KC
Tuesday 3 December 2024

Recent Cases

Receiver restored – an interim remedy in shareholder disputes

Company law, Commercial disputes, International / offshore

Nikki Singla KC
Thursday 7 November 2024

Recent Cases

Blower v GH Canfields – claimant fails to establish case on negligence or causation

Professional liability, Insolvency, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

Jonathan Seitler KC | Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
Tuesday 5 November 2024