Private Client Breakfast Briefing: Wills, probate and capacity – the latest updates
This Private Client Breakfast Briefing will discuss the latest updates on wills, probate and capacity, including topics such as:
- Proving undue influence: getting over the threshold by evidence or inference
- Update on testamentary capacity
- Probate and estate litigation: when is going for summary judgment appropriate, and where will costs fall?
- Preparing wills and advising testators – tactics for avoiding future disputes
Join Michael Furness KC, Jennifer Seaman, Simon Atkinson and Michael Ashdown as they host this breakfast briefing.
This session will be hosted from 8.30am at Wilberforce Chambers or online via Zoom. We will be serving pastries and hot drinks upon arrival, and the talk will start at 8.45am.
If you would like to attend, or have any queries, please contact seminars@wilberforce.co.uk
We hope you are able to join us!
Wilberforce Commercial Litigation Conference 2024
Our Commercial Litigation Conference will once again take place at one of London’s most iconic hotels, The Langham. The event will feature a number of topical talks and discussions from members of the Wilberforce Commercial Litigation team. Throughout the day, there will be plentiful opportunities for networking with our barristers, including after the conference, where drinks and canapés will take place from 6pm in the hotel’s world-class restaurant, Palm Court.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact seminars@wilberforce.co.uk.
We hope to see you there!
Wilberforce Fraud, Trusts & Asset Recovery Conference 2024
Our Fraud, Trusts & Asset Recovery Conference will take place on Thursday 4th July at one of London’s newest venues, The View at The Royal College of Surgeons, followed by drinks and canapés. Food and drink at the event will be supplied by renowned British event caterers, Searcys. The event will feature a number of topical talks and discussions from members of the Wilberforce Fraud, Insolvency and Trusts teams.
We hope to see you there!
Wilberforce Civil Fraud Conference 2024
Our Civil Fraud Conference will take place on Wednesday 6th November at The Westin London City, followed by drinks and canapés. The event will feature a number of topical talks and discussions from members of the Wilberforce Civil Fraud and Commercial teams.
If you would like to RSVP or have any questions at all, please contact seminars@wilberforce.co.uk
We hope to see you there!
The best entrance to use for our event at The Westin is accessed via the alley named Huggin Hill off Queen Victoria Street and a 60 second walk from Mansion House, please see the following map here:
Wilberforce Birmingham Property Seminar 2024
We are delighted to invite you to our Birmingham Property Seminar 2024, featuring talks from silks and juniors on topical property law issues.
The event will take place at The Grand Hotel Birmingham from 3pm on Thursday 7th March 2024, and will be followed by drinks.
If you have any queries or would like to RSVP, please email seminars@wilberforce.co.uk.
Wilberforce Nugee Memorial Pensions Conference & Dinner 2024
Following the success of last year’s event, the Nugee Memorial Pensions Conference & Dinner returns to Nobu Hotel London Shoreditch on Wednesday 19th June. The conference will be followed by drinks at the hotel’s Nami Bar and dinner by the world-renowned Nobu restaurant.
Guest Speaker: Baroness Ros Altmann CBE
We are excited to announce that Baroness Ros Altmann CBE will be our Guest Speaker this year. Baroness Altmann is one of the UK’s leading pensions experts, with over 35 years’ experience in all aspects of pensions, from state pension policy to investment management of pensions funds.
She has worked as an independent consultant for many years, advising governments, the pensions industry and pension funds on policy and investment strategy. Her policy advisory work specialises in pensions and investment-related issues, and her work has often focused on the consumer perspective, focusing on helping pensioners or older citizens enjoy better later life income.
She was a consultant to the UK Treasury on the Myners Review of Institutional Investment and has worked on pensions policy issues with the Number 10 Policy Unit. Ros successfully spearheaded a campaign, lasting over 5 years, to force the UK Government to compensate 150,000 workers who lost their final salary company pensions after being falsely assured by the Government that their pensions were completely safe.
Baroness Ros Altmann CBE was appointed to the House of Lords and became Minister of State for Pensions in the UK Government following the May 2015 General Election until July 2016.
If you have any queries or would like to RSVP, please email seminars@wilberforce.co.uk.
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 – Refine, Reform or Reject? A Panel Debate
The PLA and PBA are hosting a panel debate to explore the pros and cons of the existing 1954 Act regime and how far (and in which areas) the Law Commission could usefully focus its attention in its upcoming consultation paper, which is expected before the end of the year. The debate will be chaired by PLA President and Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke.
Benjamin Faulkner will be part of the panel of speakers alongside Mark Sefton KC (Falcon Chambers), Professor Graham Chase (Chairman of Chase and Partners LLP, Chartered Surveyors and Chartered Town Planners), Paul Tonkin (Hogan Lovells) and Daniel Drummond-Brassington (CMS UK).
Wilberforce Insolvency Conference & Dinner 2024
The Good, the Bad and the Incompetent: Director Litigation
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to invite you to our annual Insolvency Conference & Dinner which will take place on Thursday 1st February 2024 at The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, London, followed by a drinks reception, and dinner at Al Mare restaurant.
This year our Insolvency Conference is focused on insolvency litigation involving directors and their duties. Reflecting what has been a lively area over the last year, our programme will look at the important highlights including: issues of delegation, the creditor duty in practice, injunctive relief to remove directors, the limitation of claims and developments on the remedies for breach of duty.
Guest Speaker: ICC Judge Burton
We’re excited to announce that our guest speaker for this event will be ICC Judge Burton who will discuss “Worst (and best) practice in the ICC” with two of our junior insolvency barristers, Tara Taylor and Francesca Mitchell.
Catherine Burton was appointed to sit as an Insolvency and Companies Court Judge in December 2018. Before that, she spent the majority of her career specialising in restructuring and insolvency law as part of DLA Piper’s International Restructuring Group. Catherine is currently the only full-time ICC judge who formerly practised as a solicitor.
If you have any queries or would like to RSVP, please email seminars@wilberforce.co.uk.
Wilberforce Nevis Seminar 2023
Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to invite you to our Nevis lunchtime seminar which will take place on Monday 11th September at the Four Seasons Resort, Nevis.
If you would like to RSVP or have any questions at all, please contact seminars@wilberforce.co.uk
We hope to see you there!
Wilberforce Trusts Litigation Day 2024
Our annual Trusts Litigation Day returns on Monday 29th January 2024 to InterContinental London Park Lane. The day will feature a number of topical talks delivered by members of Chambers as well as several workshops where guests will work through a series of scenarios with Wilberforce guides.
A drinks reception will follow the conference, and afterwards guests are invited to join us for dinner in Theo Randall (located in the hotel).
If you have any queries or would like to RSVP, please email seminars@wilberforce.co.uk.