Articles
Will construction – failure of trust (Jeffreys and others v Scruton and others)
Friday 13 March 2020
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Legal Cheek Awards 2020: Wilberforce shortlisted
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for three awards at The Legal Cheek Awards 2020, which are based on the annual Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Survey of over 2,000 trainees, junior lawyers and barristers.... Read more
Monday 9 March 2020
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Legal Business Awards 2020 shortlistings
We are delighted to announce that we have been nominated in two categories of the Legal Business Awards: Chambers of the year: Wilberforce Chambers Lawyer of the year: Joanne Wicks QC The awards ceremony will take place on the evening of... Read more
Friday 6 March 2020
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Commercial disputes specialist Stephen Brown joins Wilberforce Chambers
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Stephen Brown has joined Chambers as of Monday 2nd March 2020. Stephen has specialised for many years in heavyweight business disputes representing clients across a range of complex commercial litigation and arbitration disputes, usually... Read more
Monday 2 March 2020
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Book Launch: The Law of Estoppel by Michael Barnes QC
5th March 2020 update: Please note that due to growing concerns related to Coronavirus, and because our priority is the well-being of our clients and members, this event has been cancelled until further notice. We will update our website once... Read more
Thursday 27 February 2020
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Insolvency specialists Daniel Lewis and Rachael Earle join Wilberforce Chambers
Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to announce that Daniel Lewis and Rachael Earle have joined Chambers as of Monday 24th February 2020. Head of Chambers Michael Furness QC said “I am delighted to welcome Daniel and Rachael as members of Wilberforce... Read more
Tuesday 25 February 2020
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Marcia Shekerdemian QC on judging panel for The International Corporate Rescue Award 2020
Marcia Shekerdemian QC will sit on a judging panel that will assess entries into the inaugural International Corporate Rescue and International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) Article Competition. The competition will be open to IWIRC members with less than... Read more
Thursday 20 February 2020
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Recent Cases
Judgment in Filatona Trading Ltd and Ors v Navigator Equities Ltd and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 109
Court of Appeal
Tuesday 11 February 2020
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Judgment in Filatona Trading Ltd and Ors v Navigator Equities Ltd and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 109
Judgment was handed down on Thursday by the Court of Appeal in Filatona Trading Ltd and Ors v and Navigator Equities Ltd and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 109. In the judgment, the Court of Appeal gave authoritative guidance on the... Read more
Tuesday 11 February 2020
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Publications
The Law of Estoppel
February 2020
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In the matter of Comet Group Limited (in Liquidation) [2018] EWHC 1378 (Ch)
This judgment is an important one. It concerned an application by the joint liquidators of Comet (formerly joint administrators) for directions permitting them not to carry out any further investigation into the validity of the fixed and floating charge held... Read more
Wednesday 5 February 2020
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Reform of inheritance tax: an update
Commentary by Emily Campbell Last summer, I wrote a series of articles about the Office of Tax Simplification’s Inheritance Tax review, second report. There has now been a further development, in the form of the report of All-Party Parliamentary Group on... Read more
Monday 3 February 2020
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