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The Privy Council confirms that shareholders have a personal claim against a company for improper exercises of power
This article is co-authored by Thomas Lowe KC (Wilberforce), Tara Taylor (Wilberforce), Corey Byrne (Ogier), Gemma Bellfield (Ogier), Oliver Payne (Ogier), and Maria On (Ogier). Introduction On 14 November 2024, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council handed down its... Read more
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Jonathan Davey KC wins Tax Silk of the Year at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2024
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Jonathan Davey KC was awarded Tax Silk of the Year at the 2024 Chambers UK Bar Awards. A huge thank you to all our clients for your ongoing support of Wilberforce Chambers. Congratulations... Read more
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GRR Live: Contentious Insolvency and Restructuring 2024
Rachael Earle is speaking at GRR Live: Contentious Insolvency and Restructuring 2024. Rachael is speaking on a panel on “Directors’ liability, D&O insurance and disqualification”, alongside Craig Montgomery (Freshfields), Chris Parker (DLA Piper), and Ruhi Sethi-Smith (Forum Chambers), moderated by... Read more
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ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce Litigation Conference – 4th Annual Flagship Conference 2024
Jonathan Hilliard KC is co-chairing the ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce Litigation Conference 2024 alongside Jane Keir (Kingsley Napley). Read more
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Invest Bank P.S.C. v El-Husseini & Ors: Important Commercial Court case providing guidance on pleading and proving cases under s.423 Insolvency Act 1986
On 21 November 2024 the Commercial Court handed down judgment in Invest Bank P.S.C. v El-Husseini & Ors [2024] EWHC 2976 (Comm), a claim brought under s.423 Insolvency Act 1986, following a 4 week trial in July 2024. The Court... Read more
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Marcus v Marcus: can a non-biological child be ‘a child of the settlor’?
Article by Elizabeth Houghton, 4th December 2024 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. In the recent judgment of Marcus v Marcus [2024] EWHC 2086, Master Marsh found that the words “the children and remoter issue of... Read more
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Supreme Court hands down judgment in LA Micro Group Inc v LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd and others [2024]
The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in LA Micro Group Inc v LA Micro Group (UK) Ltd and others [2024] UKSC 42. Clare Stanley KC acted for the first appellant, instructed by Tom Bolam and Cecilia Ricks of Fladgate... Read more
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Pensions pots – an asset beyond the reach of creditors?
Thomas Robinson has written an article in which he looks at an important new Court of Appeal case which has struck down the practice of requiring OPS members to draw down their lump sums to make them available to judgment... Read more
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Wilberforce co-edits and contributes to Kerr & Hunter on Receivership & Administration (22nd Edition)
Members of Wilberforce Chambers have co-edited, and contributed to, the latest edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s leading insolvency text, Kerr & Hunter on Receivership and Administration. Tom Robinson was one of the editors of the work, and contributors include Marcia Shekerdemian KC , Tim Penny... Read more
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Informa Connect Asset Recovery International 2025
Thomas Robinson is speaking at Informa Connect Asset Recovery International 2025. Thomas is speaking on “Routes to Recovery”, alongside Chiara Spector-Naranjo (Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss), Marina Hadjisoteriou (Michael Kyprianou Law Firm), Bree Taylor (Alius Law) and Charles Phiri (CP Advisers). This... Read more