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Articles

Proposed new one-off wealth tax to raise revenue in response to pandemic

By Elizabeth Houghton
Monday 14 December 2020

Articles

What’s coming up in 2021?

By Joanne Wicks KC | Zoë Barton KC
Monday 14 December 2020

News

Insolvency & Restructuring Chambers of the Year at the TRI Awards

We are delighted to have won Insolvency & Restructuring Chambers of the Year at yesterday’s TRI (Turnaround, Restructuring & Insolvency) Awards. This follows a headline year for our insolvency team and is the second year in a row that Wilberforce... Read more

Thursday 10 December 2020

News

Iain Pester appointed Chancery Master

The Queen has appointed Iain Pester to be a Master of the Chancery Division on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Iain’s new post will see him deployed to the Royal... Read more

Tuesday 8 December 2020

News

Who gains in the OTS report on CGT?

To download and read this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Emily Campbell. Since its introduction by the Labour Government in 1965, capital gains tax has seen many changes. One important policy question is how to pitch the... Read more

Monday 16 November 2020

News

Wilberforce nominated for ‘Insolvency & Restructuring Chambers of the Year’ at TRI Awards 2020

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Insolvency and Restructuring Chambers of the Year’ at this year’s TRI (Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency) Awards. This nomination comes as a result of a year in which members of... Read more

Friday 13 November 2020

Recent Cases

Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd [2020] UKSC 45

Supreme Court

Martin Hutchings KC | James McCreath
Tuesday 10 November 2020

News

Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd

On 6 November 2020 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd, the first ever case in which the highest court (whether House of Lords or Supreme Court) has considered s.84(1) of... Read more

Tuesday 10 November 2020

Articles

Applications to amend

By Martin Hutchings KC
Sunday 1 November 2020

News

Capitol Park Leeds Plc v Global Radio Services

Capitol Park Leeds Plc v Global Radio Services [2020] EWHC 2750 was concerned with a tenant’s conditional break clause. The lease gave the tenant the right to determine it if, amongst other things, it “gave vacant possession of the Premises... Read more

Tuesday 27 October 2020

News

Chambers & Partners 2021: Wilberforce is “a supremely sophisticated and well-established set”

We are delighted to announce our continued success in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners, highlighting collective strength across our core practice areas and the expertise and experience of members of chambers and staff. We are recognised as a... Read more

Tuesday 27 October 2020

Recent Cases

Capitol Park Leeds Plc v Global Radio Services [2020] EWHC 2750 (Ch)

High Court of Justice

Joanne Wicks KC
Friday 23 October 2020