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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

News

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

News

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

News

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

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

News

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

Publications

The Law of Estoppel

February 2020

News

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

News

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

News

Alan Gourgey QC and Joanne Wicks QC recognised in The Lawyer Hot 100 2020

We are delighted to announce that both Alan Gourgey QC and Joanne Wicks QC have been listed in this year’s “The Lawyer Hot 100”! The Lawyer’s annual list “recognises the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers from in-house, private practice... Read more

Tuesday 28 January 2020

Recent Cases

In the matter of Comet Group Limited (in Liquidation) [2018] EWHC 1378 (Ch) – reporting restrictions lifted on 28 January 2020

High Court of Justice

Terence Mowschenson KC | Lexa Hilliard KC
Tuesday 28 January 2020

News

National Bank Trust v Ilya Yurov & Ors [2020] EWHC 100 (Comm)

Following an eight week trial in late 2018, the High Court has handed down judgment finding against the former majority shareholders of Russia’s National Bank Trust who were alleged to have misappropriated over $1billion of Bank funds via a sophisticated... Read more

Monday 27 January 2020