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    The Pensions Ombudsman and the common law

    Allison Wu considers two recent determinations of the Deputy Pensions Ombudsman which apply common law principles in pensions contexts. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com Read the full article

    By Allison Wu
    Thursday 19 March 2026

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    News

    Paul Newman KC awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

    Paul Newman KC has been awarded a Visiting Research Fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) for 2026/2027, which will enable him to continue his research into 18th and 19th-century nominate law reporting. The IALS Visiting Research Fellowship... Read more

    Wednesday 18 March 2026

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    Piercing Trust Structures in Switzerland in Aid of Financial Claims in England

    Andrew Mold KC and Roxane Reiser have contributed to the Spring Issue of Financial Remedies Journal. In this article, Andrew and Roxane discuss the Swiss court’s powers to “lift the veil” between trust structures and the individuals controlling them. They... Read more

    By Andrew Mold KC | Roxane Reiser
    Tuesday 17 March 2026

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    Recent Cases

    Judgment handed down in Crest Nicholson v Calvert

    Property

    Joanne Wicks KC
    Wednesday 11 March 2026

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    Recent Cases

    DIFC’s Financial Markets Tribunal rules on the obligation to file suspicious transaction reports regarding market abuse

    Regulatory and disciplinary

    Thomas Robinson KC
    Tuesday 3 March 2026

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    Cator v Thynn – the latest in the Denaxe debate

    Article by Samuel Cathro, 2nd March 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. Must a trustee join all the trust’s beneficiaries to a blessing application in order to gain immunity from subsequent suit? Until the... Read more

    By Samuel Cathro
    Monday 2 March 2026

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    Section 91 of the Law of Property Act 1925 – Court of Appeal decision on conduct of sale of property in receivership

    Tiffany Scott KC has written an article analysing the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Fairmont Property Developers v Venus Bridging Ltd. In the article Tiffany poses the question:  When will the court order that a borrower be given conduct of... Read more

    By Tiffany Scott KC
    Monday 2 March 2026

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    Gateways for Chabra freezing injunctions: Gilbert v Broadoak

    In this article Philippe Kuhn analyses the recent decision in Gilbert v Broadoak concerning novel jurisdictional arguments about gateways for service out in the context of worldwide freezing orders against Chabra respondents.

    By Philippe Kuhn
    Thursday 26 February 2026

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    Real property, real impact: the legacy of Regency Villas

    Article by Emer Murphy and Andreas Giannakopoulos, 21st February 2026 This article was first published by Estates Gazette here. In Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd [2018] UKSC 57; [2019] EGLR 1, the Supreme Court held by... Read more

    By Emer Murphy | Andreas Giannakopoulos
    Saturday 21 February 2026

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    England and Wales Court of Appeal ruling on peremptory orders

    Daniel Jukes has written an article on the recent judgment in LLC Eurochem North-West-2 v Techimont SPA & others [2026]. The key issue in this case turned on a question of statutory construction, namely whether pursuant to section 42 of... Read more

    By Daniel Jukes
    Wednesday 18 February 2026

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    When do trustees have a duty to act in relation to non-trust properties?

    Article by Zihang Liu, 2nd February 2026 To read or download this article  as a PDF, please click here. It is well known that in Bartlett v Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd [1980] Ch 515, Brightman J held that where a... Read more

    By Zihang Liu
    Monday 2 February 2026

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    An office-holder’s liability for adverse costs in litigation

    Tom Robinson KC and Zihang Liu have written an article on an office-holder’s liability for adverse costs in litigation. The article covers the following aspects: the general position if an office-holder is a claimant or a defendant in litigation the... Read more

    By Thomas Robinson KC | Zihang Liu
    Thursday 22 January 2026

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