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Publications

Employment Law and Pensions (2nd edition)

David Pollard
August 2023

Recent Cases

Judgment handed down: British Broadcasting Corporation v BBC Pension Trust Ltd

Pensions

Brian Green KC | Michael Tennet KC | Edward Sawyer | Joseph Steadman
Monday 14 August 2023

News

Jennifer Seaman appointed to the London A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown

We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Seaman has been promoted to the London A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. The appointment is for a period of five years commencing 1st September 2023 and expiring on 31st August... Read more

Tuesday 1 August 2023

Articles

Taking risks and tax avoidance – Bhaur v Equity First Trustees (Nevis) Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 534

Article by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson, 31st July 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent case of Bhaur v Equity First Trustees (Nevis) Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 534 provides a timely reminder of the... Read more

By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
Monday 31 July 2023

Articles

Rental levels in lease renewals

Ben Faulkner and Kirsty Black (Shoosmiths) have written an article entitled “Rental levels in lease renewals” which asks, with the announcement of the Law Commission’s consultation on Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, can changes be made... Read more

By Benjamin Faulkner
Monday 17 July 2023

News

A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pensions Schemes – book review

Paul Newman KC‘s book: ‘A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pension Schemes’, has been reviewed in the latest issue of Private Client Business. Reviewer Mark Herbert states in his opening line: “This book is graced with a foreword by... Read more

Monday 17 July 2023

Articles

The Omniscient Draftsman – the answer to Virgin Media?

Paul Newman KC has written an article on the principles of statutory construction, which might be relevant to the interpretation of a term of art used in a statutory instrument – such as “accrued rights” in the contracting-out legislation recently... Read more

By Paul Newman KC
Thursday 13 July 2023

News

Wilberforce shortlisted for The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has 11 nominations across 9 different categories at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Set of the Year Chancery Set of the Year Chancery Junior of the Year: Edward Sawyer, Sebastian Allen Chancery... Read more

Wednesday 12 July 2023

Articles

The Separability Principle: the Newcastle Express Case

To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Ever since the House of Lords decision in Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation v Privalov [2007] UKHL 40, the principle of the separability of arbitration agreements has been... Read more

By Stuart Isaacs KC | Elizabeth Houghton
Monday 10 July 2023

Articles

Electronic execution of documents: where have we got to, and where we might be heading?

As a part of the “Remind me about” series, Joseph Steadman discusses the electronic execution of documents. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC’s website pensionsbarrister.com. Read the full article

By Joseph Steadman
Thursday 6 July 2023

Recent Cases

Judgment handed down: Ensign House Limited v FEC Development Management Limited & Ors

Property

Jonathan Seitler KC | Joanne Wicks KC | Benjamin Faulkner | Jia Wei Lee | Francesca Mitchell
Friday 30 June 2023

Articles

Grand View v Wong and the doctrine of improper purposes

Article by Jia Wei Lee[1], 30th June 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. 1. The improper purpose doctrine is an easy one to state: a power may only be exercised for a purpose... Read more

By Jonathan Hilliard KC | Jia Wei Lee
Friday 30 June 2023