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Pieces of paper: Teixeira v Moaven and the new landscape at the private client/fraud border
Article by John Grocott-Barrett, 4 August 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. When property is fought over, it is not unusual for a document to surface which purports to answer the question of beneficial ownership... Read more
By John Grocott-Barrett
Tuesday 4 August 2026
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Trust Interpretation: Looking at previous decisions of a word or phrase
Article by David Pollard, 13th July 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Interpretation of trusts (including pension trusts and other commercial trusts) can be a big issue. The Supreme Court has tried, in a... Read more
By David Pollard
Monday 13 July 2026
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News
Jennifer Seaman works as legal consultant on new BBC legal drama “I, Jack Wright”
Jennifer Seaman worked as legal consultant, with scriptwriter Chris Lang, on legal drama “I, Jack Wright” which debuted on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Sunday 12th July 2026. The series is described as follows: “Where there’s a will, there’s... Read more
Monday 13 July 2026
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Citywealth Future Leaders Awards – Shortlisted
Citywealth Future Leaders Awards have revealed their 2026 shortlist, and we are delighted to announce that Roxane Reiser has been shortlisted as Barrister of the Year. In order to vote and/or to view the full shortlist, please click here. The winners... Read more
Thursday 9 July 2026
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What Kroupeeva v Kroupeev tells us on orders for variation of nuptial settlements and adverse inferences in trust and divorce cases
Article by Fenner Moeran KC and Roxane Reiser, 1st June 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. In Kroupeeva v Kroupeev [2026] EWFC 85, James Ewins KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge found... Read more
By Fenner Moeran KC | Roxane Reiser
Tuesday 2 June 2026
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BX v. T : the Court’s inherent jurisdiction to grant disclosure of trust documents to non-beneficiaries
Article by Jamie Holmes, 2nd April 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The 20 August 2025 decision of the Guernsey Court of Appeal in BX v. T [2025] GCA 063 is of interest... Read more
By Jamie Holmes
Tuesday 7 April 2026
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News
Wilberforce shortlisted for Set of the Year at the High Net Worth Awards 2026
The winners of the awards will be announced on Thursday 18 June at Banqueting House. We are incredibly grateful to all our clients for your ongoing support.
Tuesday 7 April 2026
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Cator v Thynn – the latest in the Denaxe debate
Article by Samuel Cathro, 2nd March 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Must a trustee join all the trust’s beneficiaries to a blessing application in order to gain immunity from subsequent suit? Until the... Read more
By Samuel Cathro
Monday 2 March 2026
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When do trustees have a duty to act in relation to non-trust properties?
Article by Zihang Liu, 2nd February 2026 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. It is well known that in Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd [1980] Ch 515, Brightman J held that where a... Read more
By Zihang Liu
Monday 2 February 2026
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Recent Cases
Court of Appeal decides tax and trusts case concerning meaning of “loss” in the context of gilt strip transactions
Tax, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious, Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious
Jonathan Davey KC
Tuesday 16 December 2025
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Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2026: Wilberforce Shortlisted
Citywealth Magic Circle Awards have revealed their 2026 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
Tuesday 9 December 2025
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Lost in Translation – Enforcing English Worldwide Freezing Orders in Switzerland
Article by Roxane Reiser, 1st December 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. It is a familiar theme. You act for the Good Guys who seek to recover sums owed to them in proceedings in... Read more
By Roxane Reiser
Tuesday 2 December 2025
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