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    Benjamin Faulkner has won Property and Housing Junior of the Year at The Legal 500’s UK Bar Awards

    We are delighted to congratulate Benjamin Faulkner on winning ‘Property and Housing Junior of the Year‘ at last night’s The Legal 500’s UK Bar Awards 2023. A huge thank you to all our clients for your ongoing support of Wilberforce... Read more

    Wednesday 4 October 2023

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    Theo Dixon and Ernest Leung join Wilberforce Chambers as tenants

    Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to announce that Theo Dixon and Ernest Leung will join Chambers as tenants from Monday 2nd October 2023, following the successful completion of their pupillages. Their practices will cover all areas of Chambers’ core specialisms, including... Read more

    Monday 2 October 2023

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    When doing nothing is not enough: the liabilities of directors for inaction

    Daniel Lewis has written an article for Issue 14 of TL4 FIRE Magazine’s annual ‘Contentious Insolvency Edition 2023‘. Read the full article

    By Daniel Lewis
    Monday 25 September 2023

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    Recent Cases

    Supreme Court and Privy Council simultaneously deliver important judgments on arbitration stays

    Commercial disputes, International / offshore, International arbitration

    Thomas Lowe KC
    Monday 25 September 2023

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    Tax Tribunal decision on whether partnership structure involved trading

    Tax, Joint venture and partnership disputes

    Jonathan Davey KC
    Monday 25 September 2023

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    Judgment handed down: Invest Bank v El Husseini

    Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, International / offshore

    Tim Penny KC
    Friday 22 September 2023

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    Pensions, personal bankruptcy and creditor recovery: recent developments

    David Pollard and Joseph Steadman’s article, ‘Pensions, personal bankruptcy and creditor recovery: recent developments’, has been published in Issue 37.2 of Trust Law International by Bloomsbury Publishing. Trust Law International is a well established quarterly journal with a mixed readership... Read more

    By David Pollard | Joseph Steadman
    Friday 15 September 2023

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    Tax Tribunal’s latest decision on home loan inheritance tax schemes

    Tax, Property, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

    Jonathan Davey KC
    Tuesday 12 September 2023

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    The Remuneration of Pension Trustees: Some Current Issues

    As a part of the “Remind me about” series, Robert Ham KC discusses two current issues regarding trustee remuneration, namely the 2022 decision of the Court of Appeal in Re Townsend and the new tPR Code provisions. The article was... Read more

    By Robert Ham KC
    Monday 11 September 2023

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    Wilberforce shortlisted in five categories at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted in five different categories at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023. Chancery Set Real Estate Set Chancery Silk – Tim Penny KC Professional Negligence Silk – Jonathan Seitler KC Real... Read more

    Monday 11 September 2023

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    Immunity for Blackpool FC? It’s not clear…

    Article by Samuel Cathro, 30th August 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here.  If the court blesses a transaction, the trustee is immune from subsequent challenge.  One might be forgiven for thinking that is... Read more

    By Samuel Cathro
    Wednesday 30 August 2023

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    Marcia Shekerdemian KC and Jessica Brooke on the Women in FIRE Advisory Committee

    ThoughtLeaders4 has recently launched an initiative that embodies the core values of empowerment, knowledge exchange, and inclusivity – Women in FIRE. We are delighted to announce that Marcia Shekerdemian KC and Jessica Brooke are on the advisory committee. TL4 says: “This endeavour... Read more

    Tuesday 29 August 2023

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