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    Gilead Cooper QC joins Wilberforce

    Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to announce that Gilead Cooper QC has accepted an offer to join Chambers. Gilead Cooper QC, has a wealth of experience and an excellent reputation in contentious trusts and probate disputes. He recently acted for the... Read more

    Saturday 5 December 2015

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    Recent Cases

    Re BCA Pension Trustees Limited: a new approach to construction.

    Chancery Division

    Paul Newman KC
    Wednesday 2 December 2015

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    Legal Digest (Issue 2) Trust, Tax, Probate and Estates

    Our second issue will explore  key cases, highlighting areas of interest and importance, provide a summary of other notable decisions and flag up cases to be aware of going forward. Our aim is to provide easy access to a summary of... Read more

    Monday 30 November 2015

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    Recent Cases

    Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi [2013] EWCA Civ 1539 and [2015] EWCA Civ 402

    The Supreme Court

    James McCreath
    Friday 6 November 2015

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    Supreme Court victory in Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi

    The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the cases of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi and ParkingEye Limited v Beavis, in which Joanna Smith QC and James McCreath acted for the successful appellant, Cavendish. For the first time... Read more

    Wednesday 4 November 2015

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    Daniel Hochberg retires

    Wilberforce chambers would like to announce that after over thirty years at the Bar Daniel Hochberg will be retiring from practice as of 1 November 2015. Daniel has been a valuable member who has contributed significantly to the success of chambers... Read more

    Monday 2 November 2015

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    Lexa Hilliard QC to speak at Commercial Litigation & Arbitration Forum

    Lexa Hilliard QC will be speaking at the Legal Week Commercial Litigation & Arbitration Forum on Thursday 5 November.  She will be presenting the following session: Insolvency and arbitration: the latest developments Updates on the law: the latest cases you need... Read more

    Friday 30 October 2015

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    Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child join Wilberforce

    Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to announce that Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child have accepted offers to join Chambers. The wealth of experience and excellent reputation in Contentious Trusts, Pensions and Commercial litigation that Fenner and Andrew bring to Wilberforce... Read more

    Thursday 29 October 2015

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    Chambers UK Bar Awards

    We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers won ‘Chancery Set of the Year’ at last night’s Chambers UK Bar Awards. Wilberforce were also runners up for ‘Real Estate Set of the Year’ and ‘Set of the Year’. Jonathan Seitler... Read more

    Wednesday 28 October 2015

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    Lexa Hilliard QC to speak at Insolvency Law Conference

    Lexa Hilliard QC will be speaking at the  (White Paper) – Insolvency: Shaping New Law into Highly Developed Advice for Clients Her session will cover: When can a company attribute the knowledge of its fraudulent management – after its control moves from... Read more

    Tuesday 20 October 2015

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    Mr H TV & ITV 2 Judgment

    Max Mallin acted for the Claimant TV production company in this claim for breach of contract against ITV2. The Claimant was successful after a 3 week Commercial Court trial in front of Flaux J in the Commercial Court. The case... Read more

    Thursday 15 October 2015

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    Chartbrook v Persimmon appears on most important cases list

    The case of Chartbrook v Persimmon [2009] 1 AC 1101 in which Christopher Nugee QC (now Mr Justice Nugee) and Julian Greenhill (both of Wilberforce Chambers) appeared for the successful appellant was recently voted one of the fifteen most important... Read more

    Thursday 8 October 2015

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