Recent Cases
The Libyan Investment Authority v Credit Suisse and others [2021] EWHC 2684 (Comm)
Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, Civil fraud and asset recovery
Alan Gourgey KC | Anna Littler
Wednesday 8 December 2021
Insights
Articles
The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill: Part 2 – what is happening in Parliament?
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Sir Paul Morgan. This is my second article on the Commercial Rents (Coronavirus) Bill. As is well known, the Bill provides for a statutory arbitration where the arbitrator... Read more
By Sir Paul Morgan
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Monday 6 December 2021
News
Too many hats, not enough time and the wrong people – the difficulties of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson The recent case of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation [2021] EWHC 1425 (Ch) is a timely reminder for trustees of the need to critically... Read more
Thursday 2 December 2021
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Too many hats, not enough time and the wrong people – the difficulties of Smith v Michelmores Trust Corporation
Thursday 2 December 2021
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Recent Cases
In the matter of the Mitchells & Butlers Pension Plan [2021] EWHC 3017 (Ch)
High Court of Justice
Michael Tennet KC | Edward Sawyer | Jonathan Chew
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Friday 26 November 2021News
Mitchells & Butlers Pension Plan: Successful Rectification of Plan Increase Rules
Michael Tennet QC, Edward Sawyer and Jonathan Chew (instructed by Gowling WLG led by Ian Gordon and Charlotte Scholes) acted for the successful trustee of the Mitchells & Butlers Pension Plan on a series of rectification and other claims, following... Read more
Friday 26 November 2021
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The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill: How will the arbitration stage work?
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Sir Paul Morgan. This article considers the clauses of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill which provide for arbitration in relation to the relief which can be granted to... Read more
By Sir Paul Morgan
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Tuesday 23 November 2021
Articles
Precedent value of Chancery Masters’ decisions
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown Role of Chancery Masters The Masters of the Chancery Division of the High Court have always played an important role in getting Chancery litigation trial-ready. Traditionally... Read more
By Michael Ashdown
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Thursday 18 November 2021
Webchats
The Commercial Rents Arbitration Scheme: The insolvency law perspective
Sri Carmichael and Jessica Brooke get to grips with the new Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill and how it works from an insolvency perspective.
Sri Carmichael | Jessica Brooke
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Thursday 18 November 2021Webchats
IPs: New notification obligations re pension schemes?
David Pollard and Tom Robinson have recorded an Insolvency and Pensions Technical Bites WebChat discussing Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) and the new notification obligations in relation to occupational pension schemes. Link to slides here.
David Pollard | Thomas Robinson KC
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Monday 15 November 2021Webchats
The Commercial Rents Arbitration Scheme: The property law perspective
The current talk of the commercial property market is the commercial rents arbitration scheme, for which the government has recently issued a revised Code of Practice and introduced draft legislation into Parliament. Joanne Wicks KC and Emer Murphy talk about some of the many... Read more
Joanne Wicks KC
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Friday 12 November 2021
News
Leading Property and Commercial Chancery Silk John McGhee QC joins Wilberforce
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that John McGhee QC has joined Chambers from 12 November 2021. John is a leading Chancery silk with an outstanding reputation in the areas of property, company and insolvency, commercial litigation, civil fraud, and trusts.... Read more
Monday 15 November 2021
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