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Testamentary capacity: warning signs and professional best practice
Article by Simon Atkinson, 30th September 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent decision of Joanna Smith J in Leonard v Leonard [2024] EWHC 321 (Ch) is instructive for private client practitioners, non-contentious and... Read more
By Simon Atkinson
Monday 30 September 2024
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Guidance on representatives appointed under CPR 19.12: Answers… and more questions
Article by Benedict Evans, 29th August 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The role of a representative appointed to represent an estate for the purpose of litigation only was first created by section... Read more
Tuesday 3 September 2024
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News
Wilberforce shortlisted in three categories at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted in three different categories at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024. Real Estate Set of the Year Chancery Silk of the Year – Brian Green KC Tax Silk of the... Read more
Friday 23 August 2024
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Articles
When property held “in trust” is not a trust: the decision in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378
At first blush the decision of Freedman J in Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB) appears counterintuitive. Section 33(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (“AEA”) states that: “On the death of a person intestate as to any... Read more
By Theo Dixon
Tuesday 30 July 2024
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News
Wilberforce nominated in multiple categories including Set of the Year for third year running at Legal 500 Bar Awards
Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to share that we have been nominated in multiple categories at Legal 500’s 2024 Bar Awards. Wilberforce Chambers has been nominated for ‘Set of the Year’ for the third year in a row as well as ‘Chancery... Read more
Wednesday 10 July 2024
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Articles
Co-ownership in the business context: the odiousness of survivorship in equity
Article by John Grocott-Barrett, 27th June 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The co-ownership of property is a question that vexes all private client lawyers. The recent judgment of Nugee LJ, a former member of... Read more
By John Grocott-Barrett
Friday 28 June 2024
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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
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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
Friday 14 June 2024
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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
Thursday 13 June 2024
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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
Thursday 23 May 2024
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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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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
Friday 26 April 2024
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