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When is a signature not a signature? The Law Commission report on the Electronic Execution of Documents
Commentary by Michael Ashdown In early September the Law Commission reported on the electronic execution of documents. This wide-ranging review considered electronic signatures generally, and deeds in particular, and so encompasses a wide variety of documents frequently drafted by private... Read more
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The Legal 500 2020: Wilberforce is “in the Premier League”
The latest edition of The Legal 500 UK has been released and Wilberforce has had another successful year. We have three top-tier set rankings and are recommended as a leading set in a further eight practice areas. We have achieved... Read more
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Contractual terms relating to performance and breach: Implication, presumption or rule of law?
Commentary by Joanne Wicks QC Our Victorian forbears liked rules. In particular, they had a habit of formulating rules about the meaning of contracts. Textbooks set out a series of statements about contracts, describing what was, and was not, a... Read more
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Contractual terms relating to performance and breach: Implication, presumption or rule of law?
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Chambers UK 2020: Wilberforce is “a very slick operation… they are the first people I pick up the phone to”
We are delighted to announce our continued success in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners, highlighting collective strength across our core practice areas and the expertise and experience of members of chambers and staff. We are recognised as a... Read more
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ICC Tribunal in Singapore grant an arbitral award of over US$40m in complex proceedings concerning a Southeast Asian petrochemical plant
Graeme Halkerston and Jamie Holmes successfully appeared for the claimants in a confidential ICC arbitration culminating in a complex 8-day trial in Singapore. The Tribunal’s final award ordered the respondents to pay the currency equivalent of over US$40m to the... Read more
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Joanne Wicks QC discusses recent high-profile cases in an interview with Estates Gazette
In a recent interview with Jess Harrold at EG, Joanne Wicks QC discussed what drives her as a barrister, and what it was like to win two of the most significant cases in recent years; S Franses and European Medicines Agency. In... Read more
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RPI/CPI – A little bit of good news for employers?
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RPI/CPI – A little bit of good news for employers?
Commentary by Paul Newman QC When the index used to calculate statutory increases to pensions in payment and the revaluation of deferred pensions was changed from RPI to CPI in 2011, the Government declined to require CPI to be applied... Read more
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Valuing property in accordance with contract (Great Dunmow Estates Ltd v Crest Nicholson Operations Ltd)