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Time to act: the UK Trust Register and the Fifth Money Laundering Directive

By Michael Ashdown
Tuesday 19 January 2021

News

Stuart Isaacs KC features as a leading silk in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific

We are delighted to announce that Stuart Isaacs QC has been recommended as a leading silk in the English Bar commercial category of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 guide. The directory notes that “his strengths are his impressive grasp... Read more

Wednesday 13 January 2021

Recent Cases

Estate Management and Business Development Co Ltd v Namalco Construction Services Ltd & Ors

International / offshore, Commercial disputes | Court of Appeal, Trinidad & Tobago

David Phillips KC
Tuesday 12 January 2021

News

Six Wilberforce barristers feature in Property Week’s top 10 cases of the year

We are delighted that six members of Wilberforce Chambers appeared in cases on Property Week’s top 10 property cases of the year list. Martin Hutchings KC and James McCreath – Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd (watch... Read more

Wednesday 23 December 2020

Articles

Re Tokenhouse VB Ltd [2020] EWHC 3171 (Ch) and the million dollar question

By Rachael Earle
Tuesday 22 December 2020

News

Joanna Smith QC appointed High Court judge

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Joanna Smith QC as a Justice of the High Court, with effect from 11th Jan 2021, when she will be known as the Honourable Mrs Justice Joanna Smith. The JAC recommended Joanna... Read more

Tuesday 22 December 2020

News

Stuart Isaacs QC features in The Lawyer’s top 10 Bar moves of 2020

We are delighted to announce that in The Lawyer’s feature on the Bar’s most significant hires of 2020, released today, Stuart Isaacs QC is ranked at the number 4 spot. Stuart joined Wilberforce in April 2020, moving across from an... Read more

Friday 18 December 2020

Articles

Halliburton – was it worth the wait?

By Stuart Isaacs KC
Thursday 17 December 2020

News

Wilberforce features three times in EG’s “Top 10 Property Cases of 2020”

EG (Estates Gazette) has released two podcasts, discussing the most significant property law cases of 2020. Three of the top 10 involve Wilberforce members, including the #1 and #3 cases of the year! This is the second year in a... Read more

Wednesday 16 December 2020

News

Halliburton – was it worth the wait?

To download and read this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Stuart Isaacs QC. More than one year after the oral hearing took place, the Supreme Court on 27 November 2020 handed down its judgment in Halliburton Company v... Read more

Wednesday 16 December 2020

Recent Cases

Fishbourne Developments Limited v Stephens [2020] EWCA Civ 1704

Court of Appeal

Julian Greenhill KC
Wednesday 16 December 2020

News

Court of Appeal interprets “development” to mean “the erection of new buildings for a different use”

The Court of Appeal has underlined the importance of the factual context and commercial common sense when interpreting the trigger for the exercise of an option over development land. Fishbourne Developments Limited v Stephens [2020] EWCA Civ 1704 was an... Read more

Wednesday 16 December 2020