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    Wilberforce shortlisted for The Legal 500 Awards 2022

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted in seven categories at The Legal 500 Awards 2022. Set of the year Chancery set of the year Property set of the year Commercial litigation silk of the year: Alan... Read more

    Wednesday 6 July 2022

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    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

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    The Edward Nugee Memorial Lectures 2022

    Michael Furness KC | Jonathan Hilliard KC | David Pollard | Edward Sawyer | Thomas Robinson KC | Sebastian Allen | Jennifer Seaman | Michael Ashdown | Joseph Steadman | Caspar Bartscherer
    June 2022

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    Absence of evidence, lack of capacity

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Simon Atkinson. The Supreme Court of New South Wales has recently handed down judgment in Lim v Lim [2022] NSWSC 454.[1] This case is of note... Read more

    By Simon Atkinson
    Friday 17 June 2022

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    Re Townsend (Deceased) [2021] EWHC 3079 (Ch): Implications for the drafting of trustee charging clauses

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Jennifer Seaman Introduction The role of trustee is prima facie carried out gratuitously. Subject to the terms of the trust, a trustee is entitled to be... Read more

    By Jennifer Seaman
    Thursday 26 May 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

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    Personalty+

    Digital Assets: Chapter 8 of the Law of Personal Property. (3rd edition), ed.  Bridge, Gullifer, Low and McMeel. Published Sweet & Maxwell, ISBN (print) 978-0-414-09815-2, 1,354 pages. This article was first published by Trusts & Trustees, Volume 28, Issue 5, June... Read more

    By Gilead Cooper KC
    Tuesday 17 May 2022

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    Corporate Insolvency: Employment and Pension Rights

    David Pollard
    April 2022

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    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

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    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

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    Cryptocurrencies and trusts: Watch and learn

    By Daniel Scott
    Thursday 7 April 2022

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    A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pension Schemes

    Paul Newman KC
    March 2022

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