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Publications

The Edward Nugee Memorial Lectures 2021

Robert Ham KC | Paul Newman KC | Michael Tennet KC | Andrew Mold KC | David Pollard | Edward Sawyer | Thomas Robinson KC | Simon Atkinson
June 2021

News

Axminster: Limitation and forfeiture revisited after Lloyds

The High Court (Morgan J.) has delivered judgment in Punter Southall Governance Services Ltd v Hazlett [2021] EWHC 1652 (Ch), concerning the Axminster Carpets Group pension plan. It is now the leading judgment on limitation in claims by pension scheme... Read more

Thursday 24 June 2021

Recent Cases

Punter Southall Governance Services Ltd v Hazlett [2021] EWHC 1652 (Ch)

High Court of Justice

Thomas Robinson KC
Thursday 24 June 2021

News

New world order for trusts?: The meaning of ‘prior interest’ in section 32

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Robert Ham QC The statutory power of advancement conferred by section 32 of the Trustee Act 1925 is a valuable tool for trustees given them as... Read more

Thursday 24 June 2021

Articles

New world order for trusts?: The meaning of ‘prior interest’ in section 32

By Robert Ham KC
Thursday 24 June 2021

Webchats

S Franses Round 2: A Return to the County Court

Joanne Wicks KC and Benjamin Faulkner discuss the recent lease renewal decision in the second round of S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd. Joanne acted for the successful claimant, instructed by David Cooper & Co.

Joanne Wicks KC | Benjamin Faulkner
Wednesday 23 June 2021

News

GAR Awards 2021: Most Important Decision shortlisting

We are delighted to announce that VRG Linhas Aéreas v MatlinPatterson has been nominated in the “Most Important Decision” category at this year’s GAR Awards (read more here). The case was heard in the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal last... Read more

Wednesday 23 June 2021

News

Betamax v STC – when may an arbitral award be set aside or enforcement refused?

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Stuart Isaacs QC The important and much anticipated judgment of the Privy Council in Betamax Ltd v State Trading Corporation [2021] UKPC 14, on an appeal... Read more

Monday 21 June 2021

Articles

Betamax v STC – when may an arbitral award be set aside or enforcement refused?

By Stuart Isaacs KC
Monday 21 June 2021

Recent Cases

S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd

County Court

Joanne Wicks KC
Monday 21 June 2021

News

Clare Stanley QC and James Goodwin appear in landmark Privy Council appeal

This week, Clare Stanley QC represented the Appellant on appeal from the Court of Appeal in Jersey in a Privy Council appeal which considers whether the claim of a former trustee of a Jersey law trust takes priority over the... Read more

Friday 18 June 2021

News

S Franses Ltd v The Cavendish Hotel (London) Ltd

HHJ Parfitt handed down judgment today in “round two” of this well-known case under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. S Franses Ltd having established its right to new tenancies of premises on Jermyn Street in the Supreme Court, this... Read more

Friday 18 June 2021