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Tuesday 27 September 2016 The Ritz Carlton, Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman Start: 4.15pm Members of Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to invite you to our afternoon conference on Tuesday 27 September. The conference will include short-talks and workshops which will present opportunities... Read more
Wednesday 17 August 2016
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Acornwood LLP and others v HMRC [2016] UKUT 0361 (TCC) Jonathan Davey QC has won a major victory for HMRC in a high profile tax case. In the appeal of the long running Icebreaker litigation the Upper Tribunal (Mr Justice... Read more
Friday 5 August 2016
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Lexa Hilliard QC has been shortlisted for ‘Insolvency Barrister of the Year’ at the TRI Awards 2016. Formerly known as the Insolvency & Rescue (I&R) Awards, the renamed Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency Awards (TRI) continue to champion experts undertaking outstanding work in corporate... Read more
Thursday 28 July 2016
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We are delighted to have sixteen independently recognised leading experts in the key areas of the HNW Guide 2016. Ranked in the top tier for Traditional Chancery as well as being ranked in Private Client Tax and having Gilead Cooper QC listed as a leading expert in Art... Read more
Thursday 21 July 2016
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Tom Lowe QC and Jack Watson appear in the largest trial in the history of The Cayman Islands involving worldwide allegations of fraud, forgery and conspiracy arising from a credit crisis concerning a large family conglomerate in the Middle East... Read more
Wednesday 20 July 2016
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Author: Martin Hutchings QC (Download PDF Copy) The enforceability of restrictive covenants by and against successors in title of the original parties (‘transmissibility’) remains one of the more complicated areas of property law. The law has developed for well over... Read more
Wednesday 13 July 2016
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Robert Ham KC | Paul Newman KC | Jonathan Hilliard KC | Andrew Mold KC | Edward Sawyer | Thomas Robinson KC | James McCreath
June 2016
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Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Joseph Steadman will join Chambers as a tenant on 26 September 2016 following a successful period of training and assessment during his pupillage.
Monday 20 June 2016
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We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers have been shortlisted for ‘Chambers of the Year’ in the STEP Private Client Awards 2016/17. These prestigious awards highlight excellence among private client solicitors/attorneys, accountants, barristers, bankers, trust managers and financial advisors. The... Read more
Friday 17 June 2016
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Does a trustee in bankruptcy (TIB) acquire the benefit of the bankrupt’s legal professional privilege? Marcia Shekerdemian QC of Wilberforce Chambers considers the decision in Shlosberg v Avonwick Holidings Ltd. Read the blog here
Thursday 9 June 2016
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Wilberforce would like to congratulate former member Sir Terence Etherton on his appointment as the Master of the Rolls with effect from 3 October 2016. Read more: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/master-of-the-rolls-sir-terence-etherton
Wednesday 1 June 2016
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Jules Sher QC has been appointed as a rotating Judge to the BVI Commercial Court. Justice Sher QC will be the first rotating Judge, sitting from 2 May to 10 June 2016. His distinguished career as counsel, arbitrator and a... Read more
Friday 13 May 2016
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