Insights

Articles

Breach of trust, directors and corporate trustees: multiple derivative claims following McGaughey v USS

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Ashdown. Introduction It is commonplace now for the trustee of almost any sort of trust to be a company, and for the individuals who may... Read more

By Michael Ashdown
Tuesday 20 December 2022

Recent Cases

In the matter of Avivo Group – FSD 145 of 2022 (RPJ)

Company law, International / offshore

Clare Stanley KC
Wednesday 21 December 2022

Recent Cases

No obstacles to enforcement of an English costs order in the UAE

Commercial disputes, Banking and financial services, Civil fraud and asset recovery, International / offshore

Alan Gourgey KC
Tuesday 20 December 2022

Articles

The Supreme Court’s Decision in BTI 2014 LLC (Appellant) v Sequana SA and others (Respondents) [2022] UKSC 25: Is This a Case of All Change or No Change? Or Is It Somewhere in Between?

This article first appeared in Volume 19, Issue 6 of International Corporate Rescue and is reprinted with the permission of Chase Cambria Publishing – www.chasecambria.com Click here to view the full article

By Marcia Shekerdemian KC
Wednesday 7 December 2022

Articles

Consents or Agreements Preventing the Acquisition of Rights to Light by Prescription and the Position of Successors in Title

Sir Paul Morgan has written an article for the Conveyancer which has now been published in [2022] Conveyancer 365-381. The article is entitled “Consents or Agreements Preventing the Acquisition of Rights to Light by Prescription and the Position of Successors in... Read more

By Sir Paul Morgan
Wednesday 7 December 2022

News

Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2023: Wilberforce Shortlisted

Citywealth Magic Circle Awards have recently revealed their 2023 shortlist and we are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year. In order to vote and/or to view the full shortlist, please click here. Voting closes... Read more

Wednesday 7 December 2022

Articles

Substantial disposals by administrators in the first 8 weeks: when is the purchaser a connected person?

David Pollard has been looking at the statutory provisions dealing with substantial disposals by a company in administration in the first 8 weeks of the administration.  When is a potential purchaser a connected person under the new provisions that come... Read more

By David Pollard
Monday 5 December 2022

Articles

Not just another article about BTI v Sequana

This article was first published in ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine Issue 11. Click here to view the full article  

By Daniel Lewis
Monday 5 December 2022

Publications

Butterworths Property Law Handbook

Jonathan Davey KC | Benjamin Faulkner
November 2022

Articles

Does a third party owe a duty of care to a beneficiary?

To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Andrew Mold KC Establishing that a duty of care is owed to a beneficiary by a third party (i.e. someone other than the trustee or a person with... Read more

By Andrew Mold KC
Thursday 24 November 2022

News

Jonathan Seitler KC and Clare Stanley KC win at Chambers Bar Awards 2022

We are absolutely delighted to have picked up two awards at last night’s Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022. Jonathan Seitler KC won ‘Real Estate Silk of the Year‘! Clare Stanley KC won ‘Chancery Silk of the Year‘! A huge thank you to... Read more

Friday 18 November 2022

Recent Cases

Bond & anor v Webster & ors features in the Telegraph and the Daily Mail

Trusts, probate and estates: contentious

Clare Stanley KC
Thursday 17 November 2022