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Breach of trust, directors and corporate trustees: multiple derivative claims following McGaughey v USS
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown. Introduction It is commonplace now for the trustee of almost any sort of trust to be a company, and for the individuals who may... Read more
By Michael Ashdown
Tuesday 20 December 2022
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Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2023: Wilberforce Shortlisted
Citywealth Magic Circle Awards have recently revealed their 2023 shortlist and we are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year. In order to vote and/or to view the full shortlist, please click here. Voting closes... Read more
Wednesday 7 December 2022
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Does a third party owe a duty of care to a beneficiary?
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Andrew Mold KC Establishing that a duty of care is owed to a beneficiary by a third party (i.e. someone other than the trustee or a person with... Read more
By Andrew Mold KC
Thursday 24 November 2022
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Jonathan Seitler KC and Clare Stanley KC win at Chambers Bar Awards 2022
We are absolutely delighted to have picked up two awards at last night’s Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022. Jonathan Seitler KC won ‘Real Estate Silk of the Year‘! Clare Stanley KC won ‘Chancery Silk of the Year‘! A huge thank you to... Read more
Friday 18 November 2022
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Recent Cases
Bond & anor v Webster & ors features in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail
Trusts, probate and estates: contentious
Clare Stanley KC
Thursday 17 November 2022
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Re Snowden and the Charities Act 2022
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Furness KC. Re Snowden [1970] Ch 700 will be familiar to practitioners as the case which affirmed the principle, established in earlier case law, that the Attorney-General has... Read more
By Michael Furness KC
Thursday 20 October 2022
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Recent Cases
Key Privy Council decision: Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi
International / offshore, Insolvency, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious | Privy Council
Clare Stanley KC | James Goodwin
Thursday 13 October 2022
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Wilberforce and Joanne Wicks KC win at The Legal 500 Awards 2022
We are absolutely delighted to have picked up two awards at last night’s The Legal 500 Awards! Wilberforce Chambers was awarded ‘Chancery Set of the Year’, and Joanne Wicks KC won the ‘Property Silk of the Year’ award for a... Read more
Thursday 6 October 2022
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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
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Trusts for the next generation: Responding to and planning for changes in family structures
This article was first published in ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client Magazine Issue 8. Click here to view the full article
By Joseph Steadman
Wednesday 31 August 2022
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“Put ‘Em Up”: Parsons v Reid and trustee disclosure
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Tiffany Scott KC. In Parsons v Reid [2022] EWHC 755 (Ch) executors of William Reid (“the Testator”) had issued proceedings seeking an order permitting them to... Read more
By Tiffany Scott KC
Wednesday 31 August 2022
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Wilberforce Shortlisted in Six Categories at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted for a total of six awards at this year’s Chambers Bar Awards: Chancery Silk of the Year – Clare Stanley QC Chancery Set of the Year Professional Negligence Silk... Read more
Wednesday 31 August 2022
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