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   Wilberforce shortlisted for Chambers of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2024

   We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at this year’s The Lawyer Awards for Chambers of the Year! Winners will be announced on Tuesday 18th June at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel. We are incredibly... Read more

   Friday 12 April 2024

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   Articles

   Climate Change and Investment Duties: a Prisoner’s Dilemma?

   James McCreath has written an article on the recent FMLC report on pension trustees and fiduciary duties. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com. Read the full article

   By James McCreath
   Thursday 29 February 2024

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   Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd

   Edward Sawyer has written a casenote on the recent Newell decision, which provides a fresh insight into the effect of Courage provisos on the conversion of DB benefits to DC. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website... Read more

   By Edward Sawyer
   Monday 5 February 2024

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   Wilberforce Chambers features twice in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2024

   We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers appears in two of The Lawyer’s Top 10 appeals of 2024, identifying this year’s most-talked-about disputes in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Annington Property v The Secretary of State for... Read more

   Monday 5 February 2024

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   Recent Cases

   Judgment handed down in Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd

   Pensions

   Paul Newman KC | Thomas Robinson KC
   Tuesday 23 January 2024

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   Recent Cases

   Judgment handed down in Avon Cosmetics v Dalriada Trustees and ors

   Pensions

   Paul Newman KC
   Monday 22 January 2024

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   Four wins for Wilberforce at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023

   We are absolutely delighted to have picked up four awards at last night’s Chambers UK Bar Awards! We are proud to announce that Wilberforce Chambers won the highly coveted ‘Set of the Year‘ award, as well as ‘Chancery Set of... Read more

   Friday 1 December 2023

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   Recent Cases

   Tax Tribunal decision on whether partnership structure involved trading

   Tax, Joint venture and partnership disputes

   Jonathan Davey KC
   Monday 25 September 2023

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   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
   Friday 15 September 2023

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    Recent Cases

    Tax Tribunal’s latest decision on home loan inheritance tax schemes

    Tax, Property, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

    Jonathan Davey KC
    Tuesday 12 September 2023

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    Articles

    The Remuneration of Pension Trustees: Some Current Issues

    As a part of the “Remind me about” series, Robert Ham KC discusses two current issues regarding trustee remuneration, namely the 2022 decision of the Court of Appeal in Re Townsend and the new tPR Code provisions. The article was... Read more

    By Robert Ham KC
    Monday 11 September 2023

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    Recent Cases

    Judgment handed down: British Broadcasting Corporation v BBC Pension Trust Ltd

    Pensions

    Brian Green KC | Michael Tennet KC | Edward Sawyer | Joseph Steadman
    Monday 14 August 2023

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