Articles
Can unlawful dividends received by company director/shareholders be later reclassified as remuneration to avoid liability?
By Jessica Brooke
Monday 28 February 2022
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Lucas v Gilbert [2022] 2 WLUK 177: joint ventures between solicitors and clients, fiduciary duties and undue influence
Judgment has been handed down in Lucas v Gilbert [2022] 2 WLUK 177. A solicitor and his client entered into a joint venture in respect of the development of a property, by which the solicitor provided the purchase costs and... Read more
Thursday 24 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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Voices of women at the Chancery Bar
Thursday 20 January 2022
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Wilberforce Chambers feature twice in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2022
Jonathan Seitler QC is instructed in two appeals featured in The Lawyer’s “Top 10 Appeals of 2022” list. This follows the recent announcement of Jonathan’s presence in The Lawyers Hot 100 2022 list, and also the recent news that Wilberforce’s... Read more
Wednesday 19 January 2022
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Jonathan Seitler KC recognised in The Lawyer Hot 100 2022
We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Seitler QC has been listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 2022! The Lawyer’s write-up on Jonathan reads as follows: “Jonathan Seitler QC stands at the forefront of property litigation at the Bar. Last... Read more
Monday 17 January 2022
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Recent Cases
Bath Rugby Ltd v Greenwood & Ors v Bath Recreation Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1927
Property | High Court of Justice
Martin Hutchings KC | Harriet Holmes
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Tuesday 21 December 2021
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Summarily judging fraud: Bringing claims to an early close
Tuesday 14 December 2021
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News
Dismissal of multi-billion dollar claim in energy dispute
An award was issued this week in relation to claims in an LCIA arbitration seeking damages in a joint venture dispute concerning oil and gas fields in the Middle East. The Claimants sought damages initially of $3.5bn, subsequently reduced to... Read more
Friday 10 December 2021
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New Title: Connected and Associated: Insolvency and Pensions Law
We are delighted to announce that David Pollard‘s new book: Connected and Associated: Insolvency and Pensions Law has just been published by Bloomsbury Professional. It discusses, in detail, the meaning and scope of the ‘connected’, ‘associated’ and ‘control’ tests used... Read more
Thursday 9 December 2021
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Connected and Associated: Insolvency and Pensions Law
David Pollard
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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 2021