Insights

News

Overage – making it stick

BLUNDELL LECTURES Joanne Wicks QC (Wilberforce Chambers) and Marie Scott, Partner, (Nabarro LLP) Chairman: Kirk Reynolds QC Leading property professionals Joanne Wicks QC and Marie Scott have been invited to give a Blundell lecture. Blundell is a platform for innovative, ground... Read more

Thursday 15 May 2014

Recent Cases

Icebreaker and Others v HMRC [2014] UKFTT 416 (TC)

First-tier Tax Tribunal

Jonathan Davey KC
Wednesday 7 May 2014

Publications

The Law of Compulsory Purchase and Compensation

April 2014

News

Wilberforce shortlisted as ‘Chambers of the Year’

We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers have been shortlisted as ‘Chambers of the Year’ at The LawyerAwards 2014. The awards ceremony will take place this year on Wednesday 25th June 2014 at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. https://stage.thelawyerawards.com/home

Monday 28 April 2014

News

Property Team Recruitment

Wilberforce Chambers wishes to recruit one junior property practitioner and one silk. Applicants will be expected to have a successful practice predominantly (though not necessarily exclusively) in the property field, and a desire to develop their property practice with a... Read more

Thursday 24 April 2014

Articles

Dealing with fixtures on a lease renewal – A trap for the unwary?

By Tom Roscoe
Sunday 20 April 2014

Recent Cases

Ennismore Fund Management Ltd v Fenris Consulting

Cayman Islands Court of Appeal

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Recent Cases

Strategic Technologies PTE v Chuan Pu Wang

Cayman Islands Court of Appeal

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Recent Cases

Honda Motor Europe Ltd v Powell

Court of Appeal

Friday 11 April 2014

News

Revenue reverses CGT concession on damages

Emily Campbell With effect from 27 January 2014, Revenue ESC D33 has been modified. Previously, compensation derived from a right of action acquired by a claimant in connection with some matter which did not involve a form of property which... Read more

Wednesday 9 April 2014

News

High Court rules IBM in breach of its duty of good faith to employees in closing defined benefit plans

IBM UK Holdings Ltd and IBM UK Ltd v Dalgleish and others The High Court has ruled that IBM UK acted in breach of its duty of good faith to the members of its defined benefit pension plans in closing... Read more

Friday 4 April 2014

News

Emily Campbell wins ‘Contentious Barrister of the Year’ award

We are delighted to announce that Emily Campbell has won the 2014 ACTAPS Award for Contentious Barrister of the Year. The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) was established for lawyers specialising in contentious trust and probate work. Emily Campbell was... Read more

Friday 4 April 2014