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    Lemuel Lucan-Wilson and Caspar Bartscherer join Wilberforce Chambers as tenants

    Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to announce that Lemuel Lucan-Wilson and Caspar Bartscherer have joined as tenants following the successful completion of their pupillage in Chambers. Their practices will cover all areas of Chambers’ core specialisms, including commercial dispute resolution, insolvency, pensions,... Read more

    Wednesday 23 September 2020

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    Recent Cases

    TN Ramnauth and Company Ltd v Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd

    International / offshore, Commercial disputes | High Court of Trinidad and Tobago

    David Phillips KC
    Monday 14 September 2020

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    Remote Witnessing of Wills: the New Order

    To download and read this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Emily Campbell   Background Developments in technology have naturally led lawyers in recent times to question the traditional methods for the execution of documents. The Law Commission... Read more

    Wednesday 9 September 2020

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    Wilberforce co-edits and contributes to Kerr & Hunter on Receivership & Administration (21st 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... Read more

    Thursday 3 September 2020

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    Time for a wealth tax?

    Emily Campbell and Simon Atkinson discussing some of the issues relating to wealth taxes and how one might be applied in the United Kingdom.

    Simon Atkinson
    Tuesday 18 August 2020

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    Four Wilberforce members feature on the Lawdragon 500 leading global restructuring and insolvency lawyers list

    We are delighted to announce that four members of Wilberforce Chambers feature in Lawdragon’s 2020 list of the 500 leading global restructuring and insolvency lawyers. Thomas Lowe QC, Lexa Hilliard QC, Marcia Shekerdemian QC and Max Mallin QC have been... Read more

    Monday 10 August 2020

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    Wilberforce shortlisted for Set of the Year at the High Net Worth Awards 2020

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at the High Net Worth Awards 2020 for Set of the Year. Chambers and Partners’ criteria for this nomination reads as follows; “ To be ranked by Chambers means that you... Read more

    Thursday 6 August 2020

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    Recent Cases

    Raiffeisen International Bank AG v Scully Royalty Ltd – FSD 162 of 2019 (RPJ)

    The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands

    Tim Penny KC | Jamie Holmes
    Tuesday 4 August 2020

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    Freezing orders in the Cayman Islands pursuant to the Fraudulent Dispositions Law and a tortious conspiracy: Raiffeisen International Bank AG v Scully Royalty Ltd

    On 7 July 2020 Parker J, sitting in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, handed down his written reasons for orders that he had made earlier this year in favour of Raiffeisen International Bank AG (‘RBI’), which amongst other... Read more

    Tuesday 4 August 2020

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    Estates Gazette Podcast: TFS and the automatic stay of possession proceedings

    Following the handing down of the judgment in Court of Appeal case of TFS Stores v BMG (Ashford), Joanne Wicks QC and Mark Galtrey (Falcon Chambers) have recorded a podcast where they discussed the significance of the case with EG’s deputy legal... Read more

    Monday 27 July 2020

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    Recent Cases

    TFS Stores Ltd v BMG (Ashford) Ltd & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 833

    Court of Appeal

    Joanne Wicks KC
    Thursday 23 July 2020

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    Court of Appeal stands firm on stay of landlord possession claims

    The Court of Appeal has given important clarity and breathing space to commercial and residential tenants in its recent judgment in TFS Stores Ltd v BMG (Ashford) Ltd & Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 833 by confirming that all parts of... Read more

    Thursday 23 July 2020

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