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    “You’re acting like a child…”

    Claims by adult children under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 Article by Naomi Kilcoyne, 3 November 2025 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. This article considers the recent case of... Read more

    By Naomi Kilcoyne
    Monday 3 November 2025

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    Rules of the DIFC courts 2025

    Tom Roscoe | Jonathan Chew | Stephen Brown | Bobby Friedman | Simon Atkinson | Jessica Brooke | Tara Taylor | John Grocott-Barrett | Ernest Leung
    October 2025

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    Published today: The ADGM Book

    Daniel Lewis | Daniel Jukes
    October 2025

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    Directors and Creditors: Law and Liability

    Clare Stanley KC
    October 2025

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    Leaving a trust in limbo: Can a sole trustee resign?

    Article by Simon Atkinson, 30th September 2025 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. Under the old law of uses, out of which the law of trusts grew, a use would fail for want of... Read more

    By Simon Atkinson
    Tuesday 30 September 2025

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    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

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    Dawson-Damer v Grampian Trust Company: Another challenge to trustee distribution decision in a family trust

    In Dawson-Damer v Grampian Trust Company the Privy Council reviews the law on settlor intentions and rejects a claim to set aside a trustee decision based on a Pitt v Holt/Hastings-Bass inadequate deliberation challenge.

    By David Pollard
    Monday 1 September 2025

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    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

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    Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2025

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has continued its success in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2025. We are ranked as a top-tier set in High Net Worth Chancery: Traditional, with 22 barristers individually ranked across three... Read more

    Wednesday 30 July 2025

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    English Court refuses registration of Italian judgment regarding succession (Sidoli v Sidoli)

    Tiffany Scott KC has written an article on the case of Sidoli v Sidoli, in which the Italian Court found the testator mistaken regarding the paternity of two sons excluded from his English will. The assets in the estate were located... Read more

    By Tiffany Scott KC
    Tuesday 29 July 2025

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    Supreme Court hands down judgment in Standish v Standish – implications for trusts in matrimonial finance work

    Article by Joseph Steadman and Roxane Reiser, 23rd July 2025. To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. On 2 July 2025, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26. The purpose... Read more

    By Joseph Steadman | Roxane Reiser
    Wednesday 23 July 2025

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    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

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