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    Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2024: Wilberforce Shortlisted

    Citywealth Magic Circle Awards have recently revealed their 2024 shortlist and we are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year. In order to vote and/or to view the full shortlist, please click here. Voting closes... Read more

    Tuesday 14 November 2023

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    Lumb v Lumb: fitting together the costs rules in probate disputes with the general ethos of the CPR

    Article by Benjamin Slingo, 30th October 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here.  Lumb v Lumb [2023] EWHC 2052 (Ch) was an appeal on costs which sheds interesting light on how general rules of... Read more

    By Benjamin Slingo
    Monday 30 October 2023

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    Moss, Fletcher and Isaacs on The EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings (Fourth Edition)

    Stuart Isaacs KC
    October 2023

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    Recent Cases

    Judgment handed down in CPF One Limited & anor v Ortus Secured Finance I Limited

    Banking and financial services, Property, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

    Zoë Barton KC | Jia Wei Lee
    Thursday 5 October 2023

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    When doing nothing is not enough: the liabilities of directors for inaction

    Daniel Lewis has written an article for Issue 14 of TL4 FIRE Magazine’s annual ‘Contentious Insolvency Edition 2023‘. Read the full article

    By Daniel Lewis
    Monday 25 September 2023

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    Pensions, personal bankruptcy and creditor recovery: recent developments

    David Pollard and Joseph Steadman’s article, ‘Pensions, personal bankruptcy and creditor recovery: recent developments’, has been published in Issue 37.2 of Trust Law International by Bloomsbury Publishing. Trust Law International is a well established quarterly journal with a mixed readership... Read more

    By David Pollard | Joseph Steadman
    Friday 15 September 2023

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    Tax Tribunal’s latest decision on home loan inheritance tax schemes

    Tax, Property, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

    Jonathan Davey KC
    Tuesday 12 September 2023

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    Immunity for Blackpool FC? It’s not clear…

    Article by Samuel Cathro, 30th August 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here.  If the court blesses a transaction, the trustee is immune from subsequent challenge.  One might be forgiven for thinking that is... Read more

    By Samuel Cathro
    Wednesday 30 August 2023

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    Marcia Shekerdemian KC and Jessica Brooke on the Women in FIRE Advisory Committee

    ThoughtLeaders4 has recently launched an initiative that embodies the core values of empowerment, knowledge exchange, and inclusivity – Women in FIRE. We are delighted to announce that Marcia Shekerdemian KC and Jessica Brooke are on the advisory committee. TL4 says: “This endeavour... Read more

    Tuesday 29 August 2023

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    Jennifer Seaman appointed to the London A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown

    We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Seaman has been promoted to the London A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. The appointment is for a period of five years commencing 1st September 2023 and expiring on 31st August... Read more

    Tuesday 1 August 2023

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    Taking risks and tax avoidance – Bhaur v Equity First Trustees (Nevis) Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 534

    Article by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson, 31st July 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent case of Bhaur v Equity First Trustees (Nevis) Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 534 provides a timely reminder of the... Read more

    By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
    Monday 31 July 2023

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    Wilberforce shortlisted for The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has 11 nominations across 9 different categories at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Set of the Year Chancery Set of the Year Chancery Junior of the Year: Edward Sawyer, Sebastian Allen Chancery... Read more

    Wednesday 12 July 2023

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