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    Wilberforce shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at this year’s The Lawyer Awards for Chambers of the Year! Winners will be announced on Tuesday 18th June at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel. We are incredibly... Read more

    Friday 12 April 2024

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    A Nigerian tragedy: how to set aside a US$11 billion arbitral award

    John Grocott-Barrett and Ernest Leung have written an article for TL4’s FIRE Starters magazine on ‘A Nigerian tragedy: how to set aside a US$11 billion arbitral award’, where they analyse Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Limited.... Read more

    By John Grocott-Barrett | Ernest Leung
    Monday 4 March 2024

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    English anti-suit injunctions in aid of arbitration agreements with a foreign seat

    Article by Stuart Isaacs KC and Daniel Petrides, 22nd February 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent Court of Appeal decision in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] EWCA Civ 64... Read more

    By Stuart Isaacs KC | Daniel Petrides
    Thursday 22 February 2024

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    Leading junior James Man joins Wilberforce Chambers

    Wilberforce is delighted to announce that James Man has joined Chambers. James’s established reputation and experience in commercial and trusts disputes adds to the existing pool of talent in our core specialist areas and supports our litigation and arbitration practices... Read more

    Wednesday 31 January 2024

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    Stephen Brown has been appointed to the List of Arbitrators for the Dubai International Arbitration Centre

    Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Stephen Brown has been appointed to the List of Arbitrators for the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. Stephen has been appointed with immediate effect, for an initial period of two years.  

    Wednesday 10 January 2024

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    Four wins for Wilberforce at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023

    We are absolutely delighted to have picked up four awards at last night’s Chambers UK Bar Awards! We are proud to announce that Wilberforce Chambers won the highly coveted ‘Set of the Year‘ award, as well as ‘Chancery Set of... Read more

    Friday 1 December 2023

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    Supreme Court and Privy Council simultaneously deliver important judgments on arbitration stays

    Commercial disputes, International / offshore, International arbitration

    Thomas Lowe KC
    Monday 25 September 2023

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    The Separability Principle: the Newcastle Express Case

    To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Ever since the House of Lords decision in Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation v Privalov [2007] UKHL 40, the principle of the separability of arbitration agreements has been... Read more

    By Stuart Isaacs KC | Elizabeth Houghton
    Monday 10 July 2023

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    Mittal v Westbridge: Singapore Court of Appeal charts a novel course for pre-award arbitrability

    To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Arbitrability is a hot topic in international commercial arbitration. There is a developing body of recent case-law, of which the most interesting and important is perhaps the decision... Read more

    By Stuart Isaacs KC | Jia Wei Lee
    Tuesday 9 May 2023

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    60 Seconds with Bobby Friedman

    Bobby Friedman features in the latest edition of ThoughtLeaders4’s FIRE Magazine, revealing what motivates him, what he sees as the biggest legal trends of 2023, even his ideal holiday and the last book he read. Read the full article

    By Bobby Friedman
    Monday 6 March 2023

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    Stuart Isaacs KC has been appointed to the BVI International Arbitration Centre Panel of Arbitrators

    We are delighted to announce that Stuart Isaacs KC has been appointed to the BVI International Arbitration Centre’s Panel of Arbitrators. For more information about the BVI Arbitration Centre, please click here.

    Monday 17 October 2022

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    Leading Commercial Chancery Silk Thomas Grant KC joins Wilberforce

    Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Thomas Grant KC has joined Chambers from Friday 7th October 2022. Tom is a leading commercial chancery silk who received the “Chancery Silk of The Year” award from Chambers & Partners in 2021.... Read more

    Friday 7 October 2022

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