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Paul Newman KC awarded the Wallace Medal

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to congratulate Paul Newman KC for winning the Wallace Medal, presented at the Association of Pension Lawyers annual conference last night, for his title released earlier this year, ‘A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pension Schemes’. For... Read more

Friday 11 November 2022

Articles

Pension Trustee Companies: An Update after Lehtimäki [2020] UKSC 33

This article was published in Trust Law International, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2022 Click here to view the full article

By Robert Ham KC | David Pollard
Friday 21 October 2022

Articles

Consideration v Causation in the context of S142 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Jamie Holmes. There are a number of circumstances in which it will be advantageous to a taxpayer that some part of a tax planning arrangement is other... Read more

By Jamie Holmes
Thursday 22 September 2022

Webchats

Does TUPE automatically transfer pension benefit obligations?

David Pollard discusses in a Pensions Technical Bite whether private sector pension schemes are excluded from transfer under TUPE. Pointing to both (a) the wording of TUPE (referring to only employer obligations) and (b) the KIrtruna case in the European Court,... Read more

David Pollard
Tuesday 23 August 2022

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HNW Guide 2022: Wilberforce are “top of their game”

Wilberforce has had another incredible year in Chambers & Partners’ HNW Guide with 21 barrister rankings across three Bar practice areas, including a tier one set ranking in the Chancery: Traditional and a two tier set ranking in Tax: Private... Read more

Friday 15 July 2022

Articles

An introduction to ‘A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pension Schemes’

Paul Newman KC introduces his new book, A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pension Schemes in Pensions Today’s July/August 2022 edition. Click here to view the full article

By Paul Newman KC
Wednesday 6 July 2022

Publications

The Edward Nugee Memorial Lectures 2022

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Wilberforce shortlisted for Set of the Year at the High Net Worth Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2022 for Set of the Year. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as follows; “The rankings and the shortlist are the result... Read more

Wednesday 18 May 2022

Publications

Corporate Insolvency: Employment and Pension Rights

David Pollard
April 2022

Articles

Be careful what you assume: professional negligence claims against tax advisors following Mclean v Thornhill

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Ram Lakshman The promoters of a scheme market it to investors, claiming that it will enable them to obtain certain tax advantages. The promotional materials state that... Read more

By Ram Lakshman
Thursday 5 May 2022

Articles

An artificial solution to an artificial problem – Tax avoidance and the Dukeries case

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Fenner Moeran KC The recent case of Dukeries Healthcare Ltd -v- Bay Trust International Ltd [2021] EWHC 2086 (Ch) has highlighted an issue that practitioners who are... Read more

By Fenner Moeran KC
Thursday 14 April 2022

Publications

A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pension Schemes

Paul Newman KC
March 2022