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Trustees and claims under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986: lessons from Invest Bank

Tiffany Scott KC has co-authored an article for Trusts & Trustees with Emma Hargreaves (Serle Court) entitled, “Trustees and claims under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986: lessons from Invest Bank”. Abstract In Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini and others [2024]... Read more

By Tiffany Scott KC
Wednesday 2 April 2025

Articles

Keeping it in the family: how are informal loans treated by the Courts?

Article by Joseph Steadman, 31st March 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. All too often, arrangements between family members arise informally and without the benefit of legal advice. It is often assumed that everyone involved understands... Read more

By Joseph Steadman
Monday 31 March 2025

News

‘Rising Star’ Roxane Reiser joins the specialist Trusts Group at Wilberforce

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Roxane Reiser has joined Chambers from 10th March 2025. Roxane joins the trusts group to add to the growing number of specialists at Wilberforce that deal with trust issues in the divorce context. Roxane is... Read more

Monday 10 March 2025

Recent Cases

Supreme Court of Gibraltar hands down judgment in Kijani Ratio (in liquidation) v Fagan and ors

Insolvency, International / offshore

Daniel Lewis
Monday 17 February 2025

Articles

‘Rep Sol’ instead of ‘Rep Ben’? When to appoint a solicitor as a representative party

Article by Jamie Holmes, 30th January 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The decision of Saira Salimi (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) in Natwest & Ors v. Ludlow & Ors [2024] WTLR 239... Read more

By Jamie Holmes
Thursday 30 January 2025

News

Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2025: Wilberforce Shortlisted

Citywealth Magic Circle Awards have revealed their 2025 shortlist and we are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year and Jonathan Davey KC shortlisted as Barrister of the Year. In order to vote and/or... Read more

Friday 17 January 2025

Recent Cases

Supreme Court hands down judgment in LA Micro Group Inc v LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd and others [2024]

Company law, Commercial disputes, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

Clare Stanley KC
Wednesday 11 December 2024

Articles

Marcus v Marcus: can a non-biological child be ‘a child of the settlor’?

Article by Elizabeth Houghton, 4th December 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. In the recent judgment of Marcus v Marcus [2024] EWHC 2086, Master Marsh found that the words “the children and remoter issue of... Read more

By Elizabeth Houghton
Wednesday 4 December 2024

Recent Cases

The Privy Council confirms that shareholders have a personal claim against a company for improper exercises of power

International / offshore, Company law

Thomas Lowe KC | Tara Taylor
Thursday 14 November 2024

Recent Cases

Receiver restored – an interim remedy in shareholder disputes

Company law, Commercial disputes, International / offshore

Nikki Singla KC
Thursday 7 November 2024

Recent Cases

Blower v GH Canfields – claimant fails to establish case on negligence or causation

Professional liability, Insolvency, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

Jonathan Seitler KC | Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
Tuesday 5 November 2024

Recent Cases

Commercial Court grants Norwich Pharmacal order in Filatona Trading and Oleg Deripaska v Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan UK

Civil fraud and asset recovery, Commercial disputes, Company law, International / offshore

Thomas Grant KC
Tuesday 15 October 2024