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Wilberforce co-edits and contributes to Kerr & Hunter on Receivership & Administration (21st Edition)

Members of Wilberforce Chambers have co-edited, and contributed to, the latest edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s leading insolvency text, Kerr & Hunter on Receivership and Administration. Tom Robinson was one of the editors of the work, and contributors include Marcia... Read more

Thursday 3 September 2020

Webchats

Time for a wealth tax?

Emily Campbell and Simon Atkinson discussing some of the issues relating to wealth taxes and how one might be applied in the United Kingdom.

Simon Atkinson
Tuesday 18 August 2020

News

Four Wilberforce members feature on the Lawdragon 500 leading global restructuring and insolvency lawyers list

We are delighted to announce that four members of Wilberforce Chambers feature in Lawdragon’s 2020 list of the 500 leading global restructuring and insolvency lawyers. Thomas Lowe QC, Lexa Hilliard QC, Marcia Shekerdemian QC and Max Mallin QC have been... Read more

Monday 10 August 2020

News

Wilberforce shortlisted for Set of the Year at the High Net Worth Awards 2020

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2020 for Set of the Year. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as follows; “ To be ranked by Chambers means that you... Read more

Thursday 6 August 2020

Recent Cases

Raiffeisen International Bank AG v Scully Royalty Ltd – FSD 162 of 2019 (RPJ)

The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

Tim Penny KC | Jamie Holmes
Tuesday 4 August 2020

News

Freezing orders in the Cayman Islands pursuant to the Fraudulent Dispositions Law and a tortious conspiracy: Raiffeisen International Bank AG v Scully Royalty Ltd

On 7 July 2020 Parker J, sitting in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, handed down his written reasons for orders that he had made earlier this year in favour of Raiffeisen International Bank AG (‘RBI’), which amongst other... Read more

Tuesday 4 August 2020

News

Estates Gazette Podcast: TFS and the automatic stay of possession proceedings

Following the handing down of the judgment in Court of Appeal case of TFS Stores v BMG (Ashford), Joanne Wicks QC and Mark Galtrey (Falcon Chambers) have recorded a podcast where they discussed the significance of the case with EG’s deputy legal... Read more

Monday 27 July 2020

Recent Cases

TFS Stores Ltd v BMG (Ashford) Ltd & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 833

Court of Appeal

Joanne Wicks KC
Thursday 23 July 2020

News

Court of Appeal stands firm on stay of landlord possession claims

The Court of Appeal has given important clarity and breathing space to commercial and residential tenants in its recent judgment in TFS Stores Ltd v BMG (Ashford) Ltd & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 833 by confirming that all parts of... Read more

Thursday 23 July 2020

News

The rule against reflective loss limps on: Sevilleja v Marex in the Supreme Court

Case summary by Elizabeth Houghton. The Supreme Court recently handed down its long-awaited decision in Sevilleja v Marex [2020] UKSC 31. A seven-member panel of the Court unanimously held that the rule prohibiting reflective loss is limited to shareholders, and... Read more

Thursday 16 July 2020

Articles

Insolvency Case Summaries – Summer 2020

By Tara Taylor
Thursday 16 July 2020

Recent Cases

Safeway Limited v (1) Andrew Newton and (2) Safeway Pension Trustees Limited [2020] EWCA Civ 869

Court of Appeal

Sebastian Allen
Monday 13 July 2020