Recent Cases
High Court hands down judgment in dispute concerning contractual rights to intellectual property
Commercial disputes
Emily McKechnie
Thursday 30 January 2025
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Articles
High Court finds a ‘building safety risk’ which could lead to the making of a ‘building liability order’ under the Building Safety Act 2022 and permits RTM company to claim damages on behalf of leaseholders
Tiffany Scott KC has written a case analysis for LexisNexis on 381 Southwark Park Road RTM & Various Leaseholders v Click St Andrews. This is the first High Court case to hold that defective works by a developer gave rise... Read more
By Tiffany Scott KC
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Wednesday 29 January 2025
News
Thomas Robinson to be appointed King’s Counsel
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Thomas Robinson is to be appointed King’s Counsel. Tom, called to the bar in 2003, has a stellar commercial chancery practice with particular emphasis on pensions, insolvency and corporate matters including directors’ duties... Read more
Friday 24 January 2025
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Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2025: Wilberforce Shortlisted
Citywealth Magic Circle Awards have revealed their 2025 shortlist and we are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year and Jonathan Davey KC shortlisted as Barrister of the Year. In order to vote and/or... Read more
Friday 17 January 2025
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Mitchell v Al Jaber features in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2025
We are delighted to announce that Clare Stanley KC and Jia Wei Lee‘s case of Mitchell v Al Jaber appears in The Lawyer’s Top 10 appeals of 2025 which identifies this year’s most-talked-about disputes in the Court of Appeal and... Read more
Monday 13 January 2025
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Articles
Can the Pensions Ombudsman rectify documents?
Michael Ashdown has written an article in which he considers the recent Supreme Court case of National Union of Rail &c v Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive and looks at the implications for an understanding of the powers of... Read more
By Michael Ashdown
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Friday 10 January 2025
News
Nine Wilberforce barristers feature in three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2025
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce barristers appear in three of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2025, identifying the upcoming year’s most-talked-about disputes. Nine of our members are involved across the highlighted matters. The Public Institution For Social... Read more
Monday 6 January 2025
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Wilberforce features in two of Estates Gazette’s Top 10 Cases of 2024
EG (Estates Gazette) has released its annual podcast, discussing the most significant property law cases of the past year, and we are pleased to announce that Wilberforce members appear in case number 9 and case number 2 on the 2024... Read more
Friday 20 December 2024
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Recent Cases
MOD and Annington Homes reach settlement following a major piece of long-running litigation
Property
Joanne Wicks KC | Daniel Petrides
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Thursday 19 December 2024
News
Wilberforce co-edits and contributes to Kerr & Hunter on Receivership & Administration (22nd 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 Shekerdemian KC , Tim Penny... Read more
Friday 13 December 2024
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Articles
Pensions pots – an asset beyond the reach of creditors?
Thomas Robinson has written an article in which he looks at an important new Court of Appeal case which has struck down the practice of requiring OPS members to draw down their lump sums to make them available to judgment... Read more
By Thomas Robinson KC
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Friday 13 December 2024
Recent Cases
Supreme Court hands down judgment in LA Micro Group Inc v LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd and others [2024]
Company law, Commercial disputes, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious
Clare Stanley KC
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Wednesday 11 December 2024