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Dispute resolution: The role of neutral evaluation in mediation

Article by Sir Paul Morgan A series of developments in 2021 has meant that disputes lawyers must be more ready than ever to recommend mediation before or during litigation. The courts are prepared to use a different tool, that of... Read more

Friday 18 March 2022

Articles

Standing in the Chancellor’s Shoes: Equitable Remedies in the Tribunals

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Daniel Petrides Regular readers of this eBriefing will need no persuading of the labyrinthine nature of English tax law, even by the standards of Chancery practice.... Read more

By Daniel Petrides
Thursday 17 March 2022

Webchats

Disposals in administration [Part 2]: When is an evaluator independent?

David Pollard and Thomas Robinson have recorded our latest WebChat which discusses new restrictions on sales and other disposals in administration under paragraph 60A of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc to Connected Persons) Regulations... Read more

David Pollard | Thomas Robinson KC
Monday 14 March 2022

News

Sir Paul Morgan appointed an Evaluator with Independent Evaluation

We are delighted to announce that Sir Paul Morgan has been appointed as an Evaluator with Independent Evaluation (IE), while remaining a full-time Arbitrator and Mediator at Wilberforce Chambers. IE is a unique form of dispute resolution that combines Early... Read more

Friday 11 March 2022

Articles

Personal Property+

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Gilead Cooper KC For every legal textbook on Personal Property, there is usually a whole shelf devoted to Real Property; the law of personal property is... Read more

By Gilead Cooper KC
Thursday 3 March 2022

Webchats

Disposals in administration [Part 1]: Who is “connected”?

David Pollard and Thomas Robinson have recorded our latest WebChat which discusses new restrictions on sales and other disposals in administration under paragraph 60A of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc to Connected Persons) Regulations... Read more

David Pollard | Thomas Robinson KC
Monday 28 February 2022

Articles

Can unlawful dividends received by company director/shareholders be later reclassified as remuneration to avoid liability?

By Jessica Brooke
Monday 28 February 2022

Articles

TL4 HNW Divorce Magazine – 60 seconds with Jonathan Hilliard KC

By Jonathan Hilliard KC
Monday 28 February 2022

News

Lebanese banks – who have been refusing to pay customers due to the country’s economic crisis – ordered to make international transfers

In one of The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20 Cases of 2022’, Manoukian v Société Générale Banque Liban and Bank Audi, Bobby Friedman and Caspar Bartscherer (led by Daniel Toledano QC), have successfully acted for Mr Manoukian in obtaining an order for... Read more

Monday 28 February 2022

Recent Cases

Lucas v Gilbert [2022] 2 WLUK 177

County Court

James Goodwin
Thursday 24 February 2022

News

Lucas v Gilbert [2022] 2 WLUK 177: joint ventures between solicitors and clients, fiduciary duties and undue influence

Judgment has been handed down in Lucas v Gilbert [2022] 2 WLUK 177. A solicitor and his client entered into a joint venture in respect of the development of a property, by which the solicitor provided the purchase costs and... Read more

Thursday 24 February 2022

Articles

Womble Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Ltd (as trustee of the Stephris Trust) v No Named Defendant [2022] EWHC 43 (Ch): Taking action against potentially collusive actions?

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Benjamin Slingo Introduction One way this case differs from most is obvious from its name. There was a claimant, but no defendant. Nevertheless, the court was... Read more

By Benjamin Slingo
Thursday 17 February 2022