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The Court of Appeal has underlined the importance of the factual context and commercial common sense when interpreting the trigger for the exercise of an option over development land. Fishbourne Developments Limited v Stephens [2020] EWCA Civ 1704 was an... Read more
Wednesday 16 December 2020
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To download and read this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Elizabeth Houghton. The Wealth Tax Commission has released a report recommending a one-off wealth tax in the UK to raise revenue in response to the COVID-19... Read more
Monday 14 December 2020
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By Elizabeth Houghton
Monday 14 December 2020
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By Joanne Wicks KC | Zoë Barton KC
Monday 14 December 2020
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We are delighted to have won Insolvency & Restructuring Chambers of the Year at yesterday’s TRI (Turnaround, Restructuring & Insolvency) Awards. This follows a headline year for our insolvency team and is the second year in a row that Wilberforce... Read more
Thursday 10 December 2020
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The Queen has appointed Iain Pester to be a Master of the Chancery Division on the advice of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Iain’s new post will see him deployed to the Royal... Read more
Tuesday 8 December 2020
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To download and read this piece as a pdf, please click here. Commentary by Emily Campbell. Since its introduction by the Labour Government in 1965, capital gains tax has seen many changes. One important policy question is how to pitch the... Read more
Monday 16 November 2020
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We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Insolvency and Restructuring Chambers of the Year’ at this year’s TRI (Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency) Awards. This nomination comes as a result of a year in which members of... Read more
Friday 13 November 2020
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Recent Cases
Supreme Court
Martin Hutchings KC | James McCreath
Tuesday 10 November 2020
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On 6 November 2020 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Alexander Devine Children’s Cancer Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd, the first ever case in which the highest court (whether House of Lords or Supreme Court) has considered s.84(1) of... Read more
Tuesday 10 November 2020
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By Martin Hutchings KC
Sunday 1 November 2020
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Capitol Park Leeds Plc v Global Radio Services [2020] EWHC 2750 was concerned with a tenant’s conditional break clause. The lease gave the tenant the right to determine it if, amongst other things, it “gave vacant possession of the Premises... Read more
Tuesday 27 October 2020
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