Insights

Articles

A Nigerian tragedy: how to set aside a US$11 billion arbitral award

John Grocott-Barrett and Ernest Leung have written an article for TL4’s FIRE Starters magazine on ‘A Nigerian tragedy: how to set aside a US$11 billion arbitral award’, where they analyse Federal Republic of Nigeria v Process and Industrial Developments Limited.... Read more

By John Grocott-Barrett | Ernest Leung
Monday 4 March 2024

Publications

Company Directors – Duties, Liabilities, and Remedies (new release and launch event)

Lexa Hilliard KC | Thomas Robinson
March 2024

Articles

Climate Change and Investment Duties: a Prisoner’s Dilemma?

James McCreath has written an article on the recent FMLC report on pension trustees and fiduciary duties. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com. Read the full article

By James McCreath
Thursday 29 February 2024

Articles

English anti-suit injunctions in aid of arbitration agreements with a foreign seat

Article by Stuart Isaacs KC and Daniel Petrides, 22nd February 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent Court of Appeal decision in Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC [2024] EWCA Civ 64... Read more

By Stuart Isaacs KC | Daniel Petrides
Thursday 22 February 2024

Recent Cases

Lim and others v Ong

Civil fraud and asset recovery, Commercial disputes, Company law

James Bailey KC | James Goodwin
Wednesday 21 February 2024

Recent Cases

Judgment handed down in Transwaste Recycling and Aggregates Ltd

Company law, Commercial disputes

Thomas Grant KC
Monday 19 February 2024

Recent Cases

JSC BTA Bank v Sabyrbaev and others

Civil fraud and asset recovery, Banking and financial services, Commercial disputes, International / offshore

Thomas Grant KC | Tara Taylor
Friday 9 February 2024

Articles

Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd

Edward Sawyer has written a casenote on the recent Newell decision, which provides a fresh insight into the effect of Courage provisos on the conversion of DB benefits to DC. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website... Read more

By Edward Sawyer
Monday 5 February 2024

News

Wilberforce Chambers features twice in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2024

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers appears in two of The Lawyer’s Top 10 appeals of 2024, identifying this year’s most-talked-about disputes in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Annington Property v The Secretary of State for... Read more

Monday 5 February 2024

Articles

Data protection legislation in the UK and its impact on the confidentiality of trustee decision-making

Article by Edward Sawyer, 2nd February 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here.  Introduction The UK’s data protection legislation has been in the news recently with the introduction last autumn of a US-UK data bridge... Read more

By Edward Sawyer
Friday 2 February 2024

News

Leading junior James Man joins Wilberforce Chambers

Wilberforce is delighted to announce that James Man has joined Chambers. James’s established reputation and experience in commercial and trusts disputes adds to the existing pool of talent in our core specialist areas and supports our litigation and arbitration practices... Read more

Wednesday 31 January 2024

Recent Cases

Judgment handed down in Newell Trustees Ltd v Newell Rubbermaid UK Services Ltd

Pensions

Paul Newman KC | Thomas Robinson
Tuesday 23 January 2024