Recent Cases
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal hands down judgment in China Life Trustees v China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group
Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, International / offshore
Jonathan Hilliard KC
Monday 17 June 2024
Insights
Recent Cases
Upper Tribunal decides tax and trusts appeal in respect of gilt strips
Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious
Jonathan Davey KC
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Friday 14 June 2024
Articles
Trust me, I’m a dolphin!
Joseph Steadman has written an article in which he considers McHale v Dunlop, a recent claim for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, arising from the loss of pension assets transferred into a SSAS and invested in an overseas investment... Read more
By Joseph Steadman
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Thursday 13 June 2024
Publications
The Edward Nugee Memorial Lectures 2024
Michael Tennet KC | Paul Newman KC | Jonathan Hilliard KC | Edward Sawyer | David Pollard | Sebastian Allen | James Walmsley | Jennifer Seaman | James McCreath | Jonathan Chew | Ram Lakshman
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June 2024
Articles
Eternal life, or dead and buried – which claims survive death?
Article by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson, 23rd May 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Lois McMaster Bujold once wrote “the dead cannot cry out for justice. It is the duty of the living to do so... Read more
By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
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Thursday 23 May 2024
Articles
McCloud Costs Directions: BMA v HM Treasury
Edward Sawyer has written an article in which he discusses the Court of Appeal’s decision in BMA v HM Treasury, which upheld the validity of directions made by the Treasury to charge members rather than taxpayers with the costs of... Read more
By Edward Sawyer
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Thursday 16 May 2024
News
Wilberforce shortlisted for Set of the Year at the High Net Worth Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2024 for Set of the Year. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as follows; “These award nominations and the ultimate winners are the... Read more
Thursday 2 May 2024
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Articles
Lessons from the PO on recoupment and overpayments
Ram Lakshman has written an article in which he considers the important Pensions Ombudsman determination relating to the BIC UK Pension Scheme, concerning the recoupment of overpaid benefits from future pension instalments. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s... Read more
By Ram Lakshman
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Thursday 2 May 2024
Articles
A Tale of Two Forums – the decision in Grosskopf v Grosskopf [2024] EWHC 291 (Ch)
Article by Ernest Leung, 19th March 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The decision by Master Clark on 16 February 2024 in Grosskopf v Grosskopf (two members of Wilberforce Chambers: Fenner Moeran KC... Read more
By Ernest Leung
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Friday 26 April 2024
Articles
The pro-rating of pensions increases
Paul Newman KC has written an article in which he considers whether the pro-rating of annual non-statutory increases to pensions in payment for only part of a year can be read into a scheme that makes no express provision for... Read more
By Paul Newman KC
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Thursday 25 April 2024
Articles
Pension crimes, fines and insolvency practitioners
David Pollard has written an article about the relevance of the recent Supreme Court decision in R (Palmer) – in which it was held that an administrator was not in the class of persons liable to prosecution under the Trade... Read more
By David Pollard
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Thursday 18 April 2024
News
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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