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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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    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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    The boundaries of blessing applications – Re XYZ Trusts [2022] SC (Bda) 10 Civ

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson The hearing dealt with a blessing application made by trustees in connection with the restructuring of the trust funds. of some 23 settlements between sub-funds in... Read more

    By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
    Thursday 31 March 2022

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    Standing in the Chancellor’s Shoes: Equitable Remedies in the Tribunals

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Daniel Petrides Regular readers of this eBriefing will need no persuading of the labyrinthine nature of English tax law, even by the standards of Chancery practice.... Read more

    By Daniel Petrides
    Thursday 17 March 2022

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    Personal Property+

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Gilead Cooper KC For every legal textbook on Personal Property, there is usually a whole shelf devoted to Real Property; the law of personal property is... Read more

    By Gilead Cooper KC
    Thursday 3 March 2022

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    TL4 HNW Divorce Magazine – 60 seconds with Jonathan Hilliard KC

    By Jonathan Hilliard KC
    Monday 28 February 2022

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    Womble Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Ltd (as trustee of the Stephris Trust) v No Named Defendant [2022] EWHC 43 (Ch): Taking action against potentially collusive actions?

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Benjamin Slingo Introduction One way this case differs from most is obvious from its name. There was a claimant, but no defendant. Nevertheless, the court was... Read more

    By Benjamin Slingo
    Thursday 17 February 2022

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