Insights

Reset filter

  1. Placeholder

    News

    Leading Junior Philippe Kuhn joins Wilberforce

    Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Philippe Kuhn has joined Chambers from 11th August 2025. Philippe is ranked in Legal 500 as a Leading Junior and acts regularly in international commercial disputes in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division in London,... Read more

    Monday 11 August 2025

    View more
  2. Placeholder

    News

    Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2025

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has continued its success in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2025. We are ranked as a top-tier set in High Net Worth Chancery: Traditional, with 22 barristers individually ranked across three... Read more

    Wednesday 30 July 2025

    View more
  3. Placeholder

    Articles

    English Court refuses registration of Italian judgment regarding succession (Sidoli v Sidoli)

    Tiffany Scott KC has written an article on the case of Sidoli v Sidoli, in which the Italian Court found the testator mistaken regarding the paternity of two sons excluded from his English will. The assets in the estate were located... Read more

    By Tiffany Scott KC
    Tuesday 29 July 2025

    View more
  4. Placeholder

    Articles

    Supreme Court hands down judgment in Standish v Standish – implications for trusts in matrimonial finance work

    Article by Joseph Steadman and Roxane Reiser, 23rd July 2025. To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. On 2 July 2025, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26. The purpose... Read more

    By Joseph Steadman | Roxane Reiser
    Wednesday 23 July 2025

    View more
  5. Placeholder

    News

    Wilberforce Chambers wins ‘Set of the Year’ and ‘Star Junior’ at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2025

    We are delighted to have picked up both Bar awards at last night’s Chambers High Net Worth Awards. Wilberforce Chambers won ‘Set of the Year’ and Elizabeth Houghton was named ‘Star Junior’. This prestigious annual event celebrates legal firms and... Read more

    Friday 11 July 2025

    View more
  6. Placeholder

    News

    Wilberforce nominated in multiple categories at Legal 500 Bar Awards

    Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to share that we have been nominated in multiple categories at Legal 500 Bar Awards including ‘Chancery Set of the Year’, ‘Commercial Litigation Set of the Year’ and ‘Marketing Team of the Year’. Congratulations to our... Read more

    Friday 20 June 2025

    View more
  7. Placeholder

    News

    Two distinguished academics join Wilberforce as Associate Members

    Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to announce that Professor Lionel Smith and Professor Ben McFarlane have joined Chambers as Associate Members. Professor Lionel Smith is the Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Brasenose College.  He was previously the Downing... Read more

    Friday 2 May 2025

    View more
  8. Placeholder

    Articles

    Grants to foreign personal representatives

    Article by Andreas Giannakopoulos, 30th April 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. When a person dies domiciled abroad but leaves property in England and Wales, a question arises as to who should administer... Read more

    By Andreas Giannakopoulos
    Wednesday 30 April 2025

    View more
  9. Placeholder

    News

    Wilberforce shortlisted in two categories at the High Net Worth Awards 2025

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2025 for Set of the Year and Elizabeth Houghton has been shortlisted as Star Junior. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as... Read more

    Thursday 24 April 2025

    View more
  10. Placeholder

    Articles

    Trustees and claims under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986: lessons from Invest Bank

    Tiffany Scott KC has co-authored an article for Trusts & Trustees with Emma Hargreaves (Serle Court) entitled, “Trustees and claims under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986: lessons from Invest Bank”. Abstract In Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini and others [2024]... Read more

    By Tiffany Scott KC
    Wednesday 2 April 2025

    View more
  11. Placeholder

    Articles

    Keeping it in the family: how are informal loans treated by the Courts?

    Article by Joseph Steadman, 31st March 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. All too often, arrangements between family members arise informally and without the benefit of legal advice. It is often assumed that everyone involved understands... Read more

    By Joseph Steadman
    Monday 31 March 2025

    View more
  12. Placeholder

    News

    ‘Rising Star’ Roxane Reiser joins the specialist Trusts Group at Wilberforce

    Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Roxane Reiser has joined Chambers from 10th March 2025. Roxane joins the trusts group to add to the growing number of specialists at Wilberforce that deal with trust issues in the divorce context. Roxane is... Read more

    Monday 10 March 2025

    View more