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   Articles

   Pension Trustee Companies: An Update after Lehtimäki [2020] UKSC 33

   This article was published in Trust Law International, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2022 Click here to view the full article

   By Robert Ham KC | David Pollard
   Friday 21 October 2022

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   Re Snowden and the Charities Act 2022

   To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Michael Furness KC. Re Snowden [1970] Ch 700 will be familiar to practitioners as the case which affirmed the principle, established in earlier case law, that the Attorney-General has... Read more

   By Michael Furness KC
   Thursday 20 October 2022

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   News

   Stuart Isaacs KC has been appointed to the BVI International Arbitration Centre Panel of Arbitrators

   We are delighted to announce that Stuart Isaacs KC has been appointed to the BVI International Arbitration Centre’s Panel of Arbitrators. For more information about the BVI Arbitration Centre, please click here.

   Monday 17 October 2022

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   Recent Cases

   Key Privy Council decision: Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi

   International / offshore, Insolvency, Trusts, probate and estates: contentious | Privy Council

   Clare Stanley KC | James Goodwin
   Thursday 13 October 2022

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   Leading Commercial Chancery Silk Thomas Grant KC joins Wilberforce

   Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Thomas Grant KC has joined Chambers from Friday 7th October 2022. Tom is a leading commercial chancery silk who received the “Chancery Silk of The Year” award from Chambers & Partners in 2021.... Read more

   Friday 7 October 2022

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   Wilberforce and Joanne Wicks KC win at The Legal 500 Awards 2022

   We are absolutely delighted to have picked up two awards at last night’s The Legal 500 Awards! Wilberforce Chambers was awarded ‘Chancery Set of the Year’, and Joanne Wicks KC won the ‘Property Silk of the Year’ award for a... Read more

   Thursday 6 October 2022

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   The Legal 500 2023: “Wilberforce Chambers is a first rate set with a growing number of excellent barristers”

   The Legal 500 have released their 2023 UK Bar Guide, and we are proud to have achieved a record number of rankings. We have two top-tier set rankings and are recommended as a leading set in a further eight practice... Read more

   Thursday 29 September 2022

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   Articles

   Challenging Office Holder Decisions After Baglan Operations Limited [2022] EWHC 647 (CH)

   This article was first published in ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine Issue 10. Click here to view the full article  

   By Thomas Robinson KC | Daniel Scott | Daniel Petrides
   Monday 26 September 2022

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   Administrators’ Appointments – Void or Defective – Light at the end of the tunnel

   This article was first published in ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine Issue 10. Click here to view the full article

   By Rachael Earle
   Monday 26 September 2022

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    News

    Samuel Cathro and John Grocott-Barrett join Wilberforce Chambers as tenants

    Wilberforce Chambers is pleased to announce that Samuel Cathro and John Grocott-Barrett will join Chambers as tenants from 26th September 2022, following the successful completion of their pupillages. Their practices will cover all areas of Chambers’ core specialisms, including commercial... Read more

    Monday 26 September 2022

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    Articles

    Consideration v Causation in the context of S142 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984

    To read and download this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Jamie Holmes. There are a number of circumstances in which it will be advantageous to a taxpayer that some part of a tax planning arrangement is other... Read more

    By Jamie Holmes
    Thursday 22 September 2022

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    News

    Wilberforce Chambers mourns the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

    Wilberforce Chambers joins the nation in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We offer our sincerest condolences to King Charles III and all the members of the Royal Family.

    Friday 9 September 2022

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