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Landlord’s Consent The Potted Guide: Cracking the basics

By Jonathan Seitler KC
Tuesday 16 June 2015

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Vindicating shareholder rights under nominee and custodian agreements

By Thomas Lowe KC
Thursday 28 May 2015

News

Court of Appeal decision on easements

The Court of Appeal has today delivered judgment in Wood v Waddington.  Mr and Mrs Wood, the appellants, claimed several rights of way over the land of their neighbour, Mr Waddington.  The rights were said to have arisen when the... Read more

Thursday 21 May 2015

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Wood v Waddington

Court of Appeal

Simon Atkinson
Thursday 21 May 2015

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Ground-breaking judicial decision in Nortel

The Canadian and US Courts hearing an unprecedented joint cross-border trial have delivered their judgments as to how the Nortel Group’s residual assets should be distributed.  In groundbreaking judgments, both Judges agreed that those US$7bn worth of assets should be... Read more

Thursday 14 May 2015

News

NEW: Property Update (Issue 1)

This first issue will explore five key cases in which members of the Wilberforce Property Team have recently been involved. Our aim is to provide easy access to discussion and analysis of some of our latest cases for the property... Read more

Tuesday 12 May 2015

Articles

Estoppel in pensions cases

By James McCreath
Tuesday 5 May 2015

News

Joanna Smith QC to speak at Construction Law Conference

Joanna Smith QC will be speaking at the annual Construction Law conference (White Paper) – Construction Law: Shaping New Cases into Solution-Focused Advice for Clients Her session will cover: Liquidated Damages When does an agreed liquidated damages clause go too far... Read more

Thursday 30 April 2015

News

Wilberforce instructed on $10bn Nina Wang appeal

Chinachem is currently being heard in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal- the latest stage of litigation concerning the estate of the late Nina Wang, who died in 2007, reputedly the richest woman in Asia, leaving an estate leaving at HK... Read more

Wednesday 22 April 2015

News

Wilberforce Pensions Lectures 2015

The Edward Nugee Memorial Lectures Date: June 2015 Location: The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL CPD: Each lecture is worth 1.0 CPD Wilberforce Chambers invites you to a series of lectures by senior practitioners on technical topics of particular interest... Read more

Tuesday 14 April 2015

News

Symrise v Baker & MacKenzie

Baker & McKenzie has succeeded in its £11.7m professional negligence dispute brought by German food flavourings maker Symrise and its Mexican subsidiary after a judgment passed down at the High Court (31 March). Baker & McKenzie is represented by Triton... Read more

Tuesday 31 March 2015

News

NEW: Legal Digest (Issue 1)

Our first issue will explore two 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... Read more

Monday 30 March 2015