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Wilberforce shortlisted at The Legal Cheek Awards 2021

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers has been shortlisted at The Legal Cheek Awards 2021 in the following categories: Quality of work Colleagues / barrister supportiveness Facilities The winners of this year’s awards will be announced at a... Read more

Friday 5 February 2021

Recent Cases

Dion Friedland v Charles Hickox

International / offshore, Commercial disputes | Privy Council

David Phillips KC
Thursday 4 February 2021

Articles

You raise me up; but for how much longer? CGT and the uplift on death

To download and read this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Simon Atkinson. The cost of the ongoing pandemic to the Exchequer is well documented.  Late last year the OBR[1] forecast that over £270bn would be borrowed... Read more

By Simon Atkinson
Monday 1 February 2021

News

Private Client Global Elite 2020-21

We are delighted to announce our success in this year’s Private Client Global Elite directory, which features Robert Ham QC, Gilead Cooper QC, Jonathan Hilliard QC, Andrew Mold QC and Michael Ashdown. The Private Client Global Elite lists the world’s most respected lawyers advising... Read more

Friday 29 January 2021

News

Time to act: the UK Trust Register and the Fifth Money Laundering Directive

To download and read this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown. HMRC’s registration requirements for trusts may not have been the focus of many practitioners’ attention during 2020, but the 31 January deadline for Trusts... Read more

Tuesday 19 January 2021

Articles

Time to act: the UK Trust Register and the Fifth Money Laundering Directive

By Michael Ashdown
Tuesday 19 January 2021

News

Stuart Isaacs KC features as a leading silk in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific

We are delighted to announce that Stuart Isaacs QC has been recommended as a leading silk in the English Bar commercial category of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 guide. The directory notes that “his strengths are his impressive grasp... Read more

Wednesday 13 January 2021

Recent Cases

Estate Management and Business Development Co Ltd v Namalco Construction Services Ltd & Ors

International / offshore, Commercial disputes | Court of Appeal, Trinidad & Tobago

David Phillips KC
Tuesday 12 January 2021

News

Six Wilberforce barristers feature in Property Week’s top 10 cases of the year

We are delighted that six members of Wilberforce Chambers appeared in cases on Property Week’s top 10 property cases of the year list. Martin Hutchings KC and James McCreath – Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd (watch... Read more

Wednesday 23 December 2020

Articles

Re Tokenhouse VB Ltd [2020] EWHC 3171 (Ch) and the million dollar question

By Rachael Earle
Tuesday 22 December 2020

News

Joanna Smith QC appointed High Court judge

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Joanna Smith QC as a Justice of the High Court, with effect from 11th Jan 2021, when she will be known as the Honourable Mrs Justice Joanna Smith. The JAC recommended Joanna... Read more

Tuesday 22 December 2020

News

Stuart Isaacs QC features in The Lawyer’s top 10 Bar moves of 2020

We are delighted to announce that in The Lawyer’s feature on the Bar’s most significant hires of 2020, released today, Stuart Isaacs QC is ranked at the number 4 spot. Stuart joined Wilberforce in April 2020, moving across from an... Read more

Friday 18 December 2020