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Grants to foreign personal representatives
Article by Andreas Giannakopoulos, 30th April 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. When a person dies domiciled abroad but leaves property in England and Wales, a question arises as to who should administer... Read more
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Jurisdiction of FTT: Penalty notice review
Ram Lakshman has written an article in which he considers a recent First Trier Tribunal decision providing guidance on its jurisdiction to review penalty notices issued by tPR. The article was first posted on Paul Newman KC‘s website pensionsbarrister.com. Read the... Read more
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Two distinguished academics join Wilberforce as Associate Members
Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to announce that Professor Lionel Smith and Professor Ben McFarlane have joined Chambers as Associate Members. Professor Lionel Smith is the Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Brasenose College. He was previously the Downing... Read more
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PLA South West & Wales Training Event
Wilberforce is delighted to partner with the Property Litigation Association to deliver talks to members in the South West and Wales on Thursday 15th May. Please see below for further information. Event details Date: Thursday 15 May 2025 Registration: 3.30pm Event times: 4-6.30pm followed... Read more
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You say potato…
James McCreath has written an article in which he looks at the different approaches adopted by the Court of Appeal to the construction of pension scheme documents and pensions legislation, and considers whether those differences are justified. The article was... Read more
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The Rt Hon the Lord Etherton GBE KC PC
We are very sad to announce that Lord Etherton, Chancellor of the High Court between 2013 and 2016 and Master of the Rolls between 2016 and 2021, as well as a member of these Chambers from 1975 to 2000, passed... Read more
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Fresh Perspectives 2025 – Future-Proofing: Anticipating Key Legal Issues for the Year Ahead
The seventh Fresh Perspectives contentious trusts conference will take place in Barcelona in May, and will bring together leading private client solicitors, barristers, offshore lawyers and trust practitioners from different jurisdictions. Various members of Chambers will be in attendance. Clare... Read more
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LIDW 2025
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to be involved in London International Disputes Week (LIDW) 2025, a multi-day conference comprising events looking at key issues and trends across the international commercial disputes community. Five members are giving talks throughout the week. Please... Read more
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Whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn’t mean it…
Theo Dixon has written an article in which he considers a recent PO determination on the extent to which an employer must consider additional increases to pensions in payment when RPI exceeded the maximum increase mandated by the scheme rules.... Read more
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Case note on Supreme Court decision on the qualifying period for adverse possession (Brown v Ridley)
Tiffany Scott KC has written a case note on Brown v Ridley which has recently been published on LexisNexis. Practitioners will have had an eye on this case during its journey through the Tribunals. The Supreme Court has provided welcome... Read more