Insights

  1. Placeholder

    Articles

    The boundaries of blessing applications – Re XYZ Trusts [2022] SC (Bda) 10 Civ

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson The hearing dealt with a blessing application made by trustees in connection with the restructuring of the trust funds. of some 23 settlements between sub-funds in... Read more

    By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
    Thursday 31 March 2022

    View more
  2. Placeholder

    Recent Cases

    Counsel General for Wales & Ors v Gareth Allen (as Official Receiver) & Ors [2022] EWHC 647 (Ch)

    High Court of Justice

    Thomas Robinson | Francesca Mitchell | Daniel Petrides | Daniel Scott
    Wednesday 30 March 2022

    View more
  3. Placeholder

    News

    Counsel General for Wales & Ors v Gareth Allen (as Official Receiver) & Ors

    On Monday last week, the High Court handed down judgment in Counsel General for Wales & Ors v Gareth Allen (as Official Receiver) & Ors [2022] EWHC 647 (Ch). The case is the first occasion on which the courts have... Read more

    Wednesday 30 March 2022

    View more
  4. Placeholder

    News

    Legal Cheek Chambers of the Year 2022

    We’re delighted to announce that Wilberforce won Chambers of the Year at the Legal Cheek Awards on 24th March. This award reflects chambers’ training, quality of work, colleague supportiveness, facilities and work/life balance, and the results are based on surveys... Read more

    Monday 28 March 2022

    View more
  5. Placeholder

    Publications

    Current Issues in Nuisance and Trespass

    Jonathan Seitler KC | Joanne Wicks KC | Julian Greenhill KC | Tiffany Scott KC | Benjamin Faulkner | Jonathan Chew | Daniel Scott | Francesca Mitchell | Daniel Petrides
    March 2022

    View more
  6. Placeholder

    News

    New eBook: Current Issues in Nuisance and Trespass

    The property team at Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to bring you the following ebook, comprising topical chapters and introductory videos from our barristers on the law of nuisance and trespass: Current Issues in Nuisance and Trespass (click here to view... Read more

    Wednesday 23 March 2022

    View more
  7. Placeholder

    News

    Dispute resolution: The role of neutral evaluation in mediation

    Article by Sir Paul Morgan A series of developments in 2021 has meant that disputes lawyers must be more ready than ever to recommend mediation before or during litigation. The courts are prepared to use a different tool, that of... Read more

    Friday 18 March 2022

    View more
  8. Placeholder

    Articles

    Standing in the Chancellor’s Shoes: Equitable Remedies in the Tribunals

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Daniel Petrides Regular readers of this eBriefing will need no persuading of the labyrinthine nature of English tax law, even by the standards of Chancery practice.... Read more

    By Daniel Petrides
    Thursday 17 March 2022

    View more
  9. PlaceholderWebChat

    Webchats

    Disposals in administration [Part 2]: When is an evaluator independent?

    David Pollard and Thomas Robinson have recorded our latest WebChat which discusses new restrictions on sales and other disposals in administration under paragraph 60A of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc to Connected Persons) Regulations... Read more

    David Pollard | Thomas Robinson
    Monday 14 March 2022

    View more
  10. Placeholder

    News

    Sir Paul Morgan appointed an Evaluator with Independent Evaluation

    We are delighted to announce that Sir Paul Morgan has been appointed as an Evaluator with Independent Evaluation (IE), while remaining a full-time Arbitrator and Mediator at Wilberforce Chambers. IE is a unique form of dispute resolution that combines Early... Read more

    Friday 11 March 2022

    View more
  11. Placeholder

    Articles

    Personal Property+

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Gilead Cooper KC For every legal textbook on Personal Property, there is usually a whole shelf devoted to Real Property; the law of personal property is... Read more

    By Gilead Cooper KC
    Thursday 3 March 2022

    View more
  12. PlaceholderWebChat

    Webchats

    Disposals in administration [Part 1]: Who is “connected”?

    David Pollard and Thomas Robinson have recorded our latest WebChat which discusses new restrictions on sales and other disposals in administration under paragraph 60A of Sch B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc to Connected Persons) Regulations... Read more

    David Pollard | Thomas Robinson
    Monday 28 February 2022

    View more