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Rules of the DIFC courts 2025

Publications

Published today: The ADGM Book

Daniel Lewis | Daniel Jukes
October 2025

Publications

Directors and Creditors: Law and Liability

Clare Stanley KC
October 2025

Articles

Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clauses and EU Exceptionalism – Società Italiana Lastre v Agora

Andreas Giannakopoulos has written a case comment for the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly on Società Italiana Lastre SpA v Agora Sàrl (Case C-537/23), the first decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union to consider the validity... Read more

By Andreas Giannakopoulos
Monday 8 September 2025

News

Leading Junior Philippe Kuhn joins Wilberforce

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Philippe Kuhn has joined Chambers from 11th August 2025. Philippe is ranked in Legal 500 as a Leading Junior and acts regularly in international commercial disputes in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division in London,... Read more

Monday 11 August 2025

News

Wilberforce Chambers wins ‘Set of the Year’ and ‘Star Junior’ at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2025

We are delighted to have picked up both Bar awards at last night’s Chambers High Net Worth Awards. Wilberforce Chambers won ‘Set of the Year’ and Elizabeth Houghton was named ‘Star Junior’. This prestigious annual event celebrates legal firms and... Read more

Friday 11 July 2025

Articles

Anti-suit injunctions and third parties — Manta Penyez Shipping Inc & others v Zuhoor Alsaeed Foodstuff Company

Daniel Jukes has written a case note on Manta Penyez Shipping Inc and another v Zuhoor Alsaeed Foodstuff Company which has recently been published in LexisNexis. The decision of Cockerill J reinforces the ability of a non-party who is not... Read more

By Daniel Jukes
Monday 19 May 2025

Articles

Case note on UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC

Andreas Giannakopoulos has written a case note on UniCredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] UKSC 30 which has recently been published in the Law Quarterly Review. The note examines the Supreme Court’s judgment in detail, including its indication that forum conveniens principles do not apply... Read more

By Andreas Giannakopoulos
Tuesday 29 April 2025

Articles

Serious Irregularity for Failure to Consider a Limitation Defence: Lessons from Djanogly v Djanogly

Ernest Leung has written an article for Kluwer Arbitration Blog entitled, ‘Serious Irregularity for Failure to Consider a Limitation Defence: Lessons from Djanogly v Djanogly’. Read the full article

By Ernest Leung
Monday 14 April 2025

News

New silk: Thomas Robinson KC

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Thomas Robinson has been appointed King’s Counsel at today’s ceremony at Westminster Hall. Thomas Robinson KC, has a strong commercial / chancery practice with particular emphasis on pensions, insolvency and corporate matters, including... Read more

Monday 24 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

News

Thomas Robinson to be appointed King’s Counsel

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Thomas Robinson is to be appointed King’s Counsel. Tom, called to the bar in 2003, has a stellar commercial chancery practice with particular emphasis on pensions, insolvency and corporate matters including directors’ duties... Read more

Friday 24 January 2025