Recent Cases
Judgment handed down: Invest Bank v El Husseini
Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, International / offshore
Tim Penny KC
Friday 22 September 2023
Insights
Articles
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
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Friday 15 September 2023
Recent Cases
Tax Tribunal’s latest decision on home loan inheritance tax schemes
Tax, Property, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious
Jonathan Davey KC
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Tuesday 12 September 2023
Articles
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
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Wednesday 30 August 2023
News
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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Articles
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
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Monday 31 July 2023
News
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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Articles
Grand View v Wong and the doctrine of improper purposes
Article by Jia Wei Lee[1], 30th June 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The improper purpose doctrine is an easy one to state: a power may only be exercised for a purpose... Read more
By Jonathan Hilliard KC | Jia Wei Lee
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Friday 30 June 2023
Recent Cases
City Gardens v Dok 82: High Court confirms that a winding up petition may be brought notwithstanding a foreign exclusive jurisdiction clause
Insolvency, International / offshore
Bobby Friedman
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Monday 15 May 2023Recent Cases
Tax Tribunal hands down important judgment concerning “home loan double trust” inheritance tax scheme
Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious
Jonathan Davey KC
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Friday 28 April 2023
Recent Cases
Permission to appeal in Mitchell v Al Jaber [2023] EWHC 364 (Ch)
Company law, Commercial disputes, International / offshore
Clare Stanley KC | Jia Wei Lee | Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
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Wednesday 5 April 2023
Recent Cases
Brian Green KC and Anna Littler successful in Bermuda Court of Appeal in decision on breadth of standard form consent powers of fiduciary protectors of trusts
Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, International / offshore
Brian Green KC | Anna Littler
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Wednesday 5 April 2023