News
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted in three different categories at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024. Real Estate Set of the Year Chancery Silk of the Year – Brian Green KC Tax Silk of the... Read more
Friday 23 August 2024
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Recent Cases
Commercial disputes
Thomas Grant KC | Daniel Petrides
Friday 9 August 2024
Articles
At first blush the decision of Freedman J in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB) appears counterintuitive. Section 33(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (“AEA”) states that: “On the death of a person intestate as to any... Read more
By Theo Dixon
Tuesday 30 July 2024
Recent Cases
Cryptocurrency, Civil fraud and asset recovery, Commercial disputes
Daniel Scott
Friday 26 July 2024
News
Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to share that we have been nominated in multiple categories at Legal 500’s 2024 Bar Awards. Wilberforce Chambers has been nominated for ‘Set of the Year’ for the third year in a row as well as ‘Chancery... Read more
Wednesday 10 July 2024
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Articles
Article by John Grocott-Barrett, 27th June 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The co-ownership of property is a question that vexes all private client lawyers. The recent judgment of Nugee LJ, a former member of... Read more
By John Grocott-Barrett
Friday 28 June 2024
Articles
In Sian Participation Corp v Halimedia International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16, Lords Briggs and Hamblen considered the issue of whether insolvency proceedings should be stayed where the underlying debt was covered by an arbitration agreement. In an appeal from the BVI,... Read more
By Ernest Leung
Friday 21 June 2024
Recent Cases
Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, International / offshore
Jonathan Hilliard KC
Monday 17 June 2024
Recent Cases
Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious
Jonathan Davey KC
Friday 14 June 2024
Articles
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
Thursday 13 June 2024
Articles
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
Monday 3 June 2024
Recent Cases
Commercial disputes, Civil fraud and asset recovery, Company law
Tim Matthewson
Wednesday 29 May 2024