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The Correction of Mistakes in Trusts
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Paul Newman QC We all make mistakes; and we are often judged, not by the mistake itself, but by how we respond to it. In my... Read more
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Leading Pensions and Trusts Junior Jennifer Seaman joins Wilberforce
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Jennifer Seaman has joined our pensions and trusts teams, with effect from today, Monday 7th February 2022. Jennifer is recommended as a leading junior by both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500,... Read more
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Women in Property Breakfast at MIPIM
Wilberforce Chambers and the Association of Women in Property will be co-hosting a networking breakfast at this year’s MIPIM conference in Cannes, bringing together practitioners and professionals from across the property industry. We are delighted to support Women in Property once... Read more
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Wilberforce Commercial Conference 2022
To view the full conference programme, please click here. We are delighted to announce that the annual Wilberforce Commercial Conference returns on Thursday 24th March 2022 and takes place at Kimpton Fitzroy London, Russell Square. The programme features a broad... Read more
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Punter Southall Governance Services Ltd v Benge [2022] EWHC 193 (Ch)
Judgment has been handed down in Punter Southall Governance Services Ltd v Benge [2022] EWHC 193 (Ch). This decision of Chief Master Shuman concerns the circumstances in which the Court might refuse to bless a decision of pension scheme trustees,... Read more
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What’s the Broad Idea? Freezing injunctions in the Privy Council
John McGhee KC and Daniel Petrides discuss the important recent decision of the Privy Council in Broad Idea International Ltd v Convoy Collateral Ltd (British Virgin Islands) [2021] UKPC 24 on the scope of injunctive relief.
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Wilberforce Chambers announces TL4 Private Client Community Partnership
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that we have joined ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client as a Community Partner. This comes as an addition to our already existing Community Partnership with ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE which we have renewed for another year. ThoughtLeaders4 is... Read more
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Alice Hawker joins Wilberforce Chambers
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that commercial chancery junior Alice Hawker has joined Chambers, with effect from today, Monday 14th February 2022. Alice has significant experience of property litigation, and is also regularly instructed on cases involving civil fraud... Read more
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Womble Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Ltd (as trustee of the Stephris Trust) v No Named Defendant [2022] EWHC 43 (Ch): Taking action against potentially collusive actions?
To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Benjamin Slingo Introduction One way this case differs from most is obvious from its name. There was a claimant, but no defendant. Nevertheless, the court was... Read more
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Lucas v Gilbert [2022] 2 WLUK 177: joint ventures between solicitors and clients, fiduciary duties and undue influence
Judgment has been handed down in Lucas v Gilbert [2022] 2 WLUK 177. A solicitor and his client entered into a joint venture in respect of the development of a property, by which the solicitor provided the purchase costs and... Read more