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Wilberforce shortlisted for The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has 11 nominations across 9 different categories at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Set of the Year Chancery Set of the Year Chancery Junior of the Year: Edward Sawyer, Sebastian Allen Chancery... Read more

Wednesday 12 July 2023

Articles

Electronic execution of documents: where have we got to, and where we might be heading?

As a part of the “Remind me about” series, Joseph Steadman discusses the electronic execution of documents. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC’s website pensionsbarrister.com. Read the full article

By Joseph Steadman
Thursday 6 July 2023

Articles

Grand View v Wong and the doctrine of improper purposes

Article by Jia Wei Lee[1], 30th June 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The improper purpose doctrine is an easy one to state: a power may only be exercised for a purpose... Read more

By Jonathan Hilliard KC | Jia Wei Lee
Friday 30 June 2023

Articles

Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pensions Trustees II Ltd & ors

As a part of the “Remind me about” series, Jennifer Seaman discusses the judgment regarding the Virgin Media Limited v NTL Pensions Trustees II Ltd & ors case. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC’s website pensionsbarrister.com. Read... Read more

By Jennifer Seaman
Thursday 22 June 2023

Articles

Remind me about… pensions tax

In the second of this “Remind me about” series, Emily Campbell (Charles Russell Speechlys) and Ram Lakshman look at pensions tax. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC’s website pensionsbarrister.com. Read the full article here

By Ram Lakshman
Monday 12 June 2023

Publications

The Edward Nugee Memorial Lectures 2023

Articles

Pensions law and the Sequana decision

In this article, Tom Robinson considers the lessons that the 2022 Supreme Court decision in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana has for pension practitioners, and in particular the question of directors’ duties in relation to uncertain/future pensions debts. This article... Read more

By Thomas Robinson KC
Thursday 18 May 2023

Recent Cases

Tax Tribunal hands down important judgment concerning “home loan double trust” inheritance tax scheme

Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

Jonathan Davey KC
Friday 28 April 2023

Recent Cases

Recent pensions case: how much should members pay in a “shared cost” DB scheme? – Railways Pension Trustee v Atos [2022] EWHC 3236 (Ch)

Pensions

Brian Green KC | Edward Sawyer
Thursday 6 April 2023

Recent Cases

Brian Green KC and Anna Littler successful in Bermuda Court of Appeal in decision on breadth of standard form consent powers of fiduciary protectors of trusts

Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, International / offshore

Brian Green KC | Anna Littler
Wednesday 5 April 2023

Articles

Guest v Guest: clarity at last for proprietary estoppel?

To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Guest v Guest[1] is one in a long line of decisions involving proprietary estoppel and the family farm. The principles applicable to establishing proprietary estoppel claims are now... Read more

By Elizabeth Houghton
Thursday 30 March 2023

Articles

Andrew Mold KC and Michael Ashdown feature in TL4’s Private Client Magazine

Andrew Mold KC and Michael Ashdown feature in TL4’s Private Client Magazine Issue 10 – Contentious Trusts. Andrew Mold KC‘s article is entitled ‘Does a third party owe a duty of care to a beneficiary?’. Michael Ashdown writes on ‘Breach... Read more

By Andrew Mold KC | Michael Ashdown
Monday 27 March 2023