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Wilberforce Chambers’ response to COVID-19: Temporary measures

Updated 21st May 2021 Wilberforce Chambers is committed to ensuring we continue to function as effectively as possible, whilst placing the safety and well-being of our members, staff and clients are at the forefront of our ongoing business continuity strategy.... Read more

Friday 27 March 2020

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Insolvency Commentary: Remuneration tips from the top

Commentary by Lexa Hilliard QC and Cara Goldthorpe To download this commentary as a pdf, please click here.   Top tips for IP claims for remuneration Cara Goldthorpe   Introduction Those who have had experience with making office-holder remuneration applications... Read more

Friday 20 March 2020

Articles

Insolvency Commentary: Remuneration tips from the top

By Lexa Hilliard KC
Friday 20 March 2020

News

Property Commentary: Telecoms – Faster, better, cheaper – pick [one? two? all three?]

Commentary by Jonathan Seitler QC, Julian Greenhill QC, Zoë Barton QC and Harriet Holmes To download this commentary as a pdf, please click here.   Renewals and Compton Beauchamp Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd v. Compton Beauchamp Estates Ltd [2019] EWCA... Read more

Thursday 19 March 2020

Articles

Property Commentary: Telecoms – Faster, better, cheaper – pick [one? two? all three?]

By Jonathan Seitler KC | Julian Greenhill KC | Zoë Barton KC | Harriet Holmes
Thursday 19 March 2020

Recent Cases

Shelford and others v HM Revenue and Customs [2020] UKFTT 53 (TC)

First-Tier Tribunal, Tax Chamber

Wednesday 18 March 2020

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First-tier Tribunal Decision concerning “Home Loan Scheme”, purported sale of house to interest in possession trust and section 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989

Shelford and others v HM Revenue and Customs [2020] UKFTT 53 (TC) Jonathan Davey QC has received judgment from the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) in an appeal concerning the correct inheritance tax analysis applicable in respect of a “Home Loan Scheme”... Read more

Wednesday 18 March 2020

Articles

Office-holders, investigations and conflicts of interest – don’t expect judicial bomb-proofing (Re Comet Group Ltd)

By Marcia Shekerdemian KC
Tuesday 17 March 2020

News

New silks: Zoë Barton and Andrew Mold

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Zoë Barton and Andrew Mold have been appointed Queen’s Counsel at today’s ceremony at Westminster Hall. Zoë Barton QC Zoë Barton, called in 2003, is consistently recommended in the leading legal directories in... Read more

Monday 16 March 2020

Articles

Will construction – failure of trust (Jeffreys and others v Scruton and others)

Friday 13 March 2020

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Legal Cheek Awards 2020: Wilberforce shortlisted

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for three awards at The Legal Cheek Awards 2020, which are based on the annual Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey of over 2,000 trainees, junior lawyers and barristers.... Read more

Monday 9 March 2020

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Legal Business Awards 2020 shortlistings

We are delighted to announce that we have been nominated in two categories of the Legal Business Awards: Chambers of the year: Wilberforce Chambers Lawyer of the year: Joanne Wicks QC The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of... Read more

Friday 6 March 2020