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   Leading Pensions and Trusts Junior Jennifer Seaman joins Wilberforce

   Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Jennifer Seaman has joined our pensions and trusts teams, with effect from today, Monday 7th February 2022. Jennifer is recommended as a leading junior by both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500,... Read more

   Monday 7 February 2022

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   Articles

   The Correction of Mistakes in Trusts

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Paul Newman QC We all make mistakes; and we are often judged, not by the mistake itself, but by how we respond to it. In my... Read more

   By Paul Newman KC
   Thursday 3 February 2022

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   Private Client Global Elite 2022-23

   We are delighted to announce our success in this year’s Private Client Global Elite directory, which features both Robert Ham QC and Gilead Cooper QC. The Private Client Global Elite lists the world’s most respected lawyers advising UHNW clients, all... Read more

   Monday 31 January 2022

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   Recent Cases

   Goodrich v AB [2022] EWHC 81 (Ch)

   Trusts, probate and estates: contentious | High Court of Justice

   Simon Atkinson
   Wednesday 26 January 2022

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   Articles

   Virtual property as trust assets and investments

   By Gilead Cooper KC
   Thursday 20 January 2022

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   Publications

   Private Client eYearbook 2022

   January 2022

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   Chancery barrister and mathematician: Arthur Cayley (1821-1895)

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Emily Campbell The Chancery Bar has a long history of mathematician barristers, some of them famous. For a period, there was a tradition that the “Senior... Read more

   Tuesday 14 December 2021

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   Too many hats, not enough time and the wrong people – the difficulties of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation

   Thursday 2 December 2021

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   Precedent value of Chancery Masters’ decisions

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown Role of Chancery Masters The Masters of the Chancery Division of the High Court have always played an important role in getting Chancery litigation trial-ready. Traditionally... Read more

   By Michael Ashdown
   Thursday 18 November 2021

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    Protectors’ Powers: The Siren Song of the “Narrower View”?

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Gilead Cooper QC The term “Protector” is not a term of art in trust law. The duties and the powers of any given protector are defined,... Read more

    By Gilead Cooper KC
    Thursday 4 November 2021

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    When is an order under s48 AJA appropriate? That’s a matter of opinions

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Ram Lakshman   S48(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 empowers the High Court to authorise personal representatives or trustees to take action on the... Read more

    By Ram Lakshman
    Wednesday 20 October 2021

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    Powers of appointment: All in the wording

    By Elizabeth Houghton
    Monday 18 October 2021

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