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Judgment in Filatona Trading Ltd and Ors v Navigator Equities Ltd and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 109

Court of Appeal

Tuesday 11 February 2020

News

Judgment in Filatona Trading Ltd and Ors v Navigator Equities Ltd and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 109

Judgment was handed down on Thursday by the Court of Appeal in Filatona Trading Ltd and Ors v and Navigator Equities Ltd and Ors [2020] EWCA Civ 109. In the judgment, the Court of Appeal gave authoritative guidance on the... Read more

Tuesday 11 February 2020

Publications

The Law of Estoppel

February 2020

News

In the matter of Comet Group Limited (in Liquidation) [2018] EWHC 1378 (Ch)

This judgment is an important one. It concerned an application by the joint liquidators of Comet (formerly joint administrators) for directions permitting them not to carry out any further investigation into the validity of the fixed and floating charge held... Read more

Wednesday 5 February 2020

News

Reform of inheritance tax: an update

Commentary by Emily Campbell Last summer, I wrote a series of articles about the Office of Tax Simplification’s Inheritance Tax review, second report. There has now been a further development, in the form of the report of All-Party Parliamentary Group on... Read more

Monday 3 February 2020

News

Alan Gourgey QC and Joanne Wicks QC recognised in The Lawyer Hot 100 2020

We are delighted to announce that both Alan Gourgey QC and Joanne Wicks QC have been listed in this year’s “The Lawyer Hot 100”! The Lawyer’s annual list “recognises the most daring, innovative and creative lawyers from in-house, private practice... Read more

Tuesday 28 January 2020

Recent Cases

In the matter of Comet Group Limited (in Liquidation) [2018] EWHC 1378 (Ch) – reporting restrictions lifted on 28 January 2020

High Court of Justice

Terence Mowschenson KC | Lexa Hilliard KC
Tuesday 28 January 2020

News

National Bank Trust v Ilya Yurov & Ors [2020] EWHC 100 (Comm)

Following an eight week trial in late 2018, the High Court has handed down judgment finding against the former majority shareholders of Russia’s National Bank Trust who were alleged to have misappropriated over $1billion of Bank funds via a sophisticated... Read more

Monday 27 January 2020

Recent Cases

National Bank Trust v Ilya Yurov & Ors [2020] EWHC 100 (Comm)

High Court of Justice

Tim Penny KC | Tara Taylor
Monday 27 January 2020

News

Court of Appeal case Grupo Mexico v Registrar of Companies features in The Times

The Court of Appeal case of In re Infund LLP (Grupo México SAB de CV and another v Registrar of Companies (England and Wales) and others) appeared in yesterday’s edition of The Times (16th January 2020). John Wardell QC and... Read more

Friday 17 January 2020

News

Zoë Barton and Andrew Mold to be appointed Queen’s Counsel

Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce that Zoë Barton and Andrew Mold are to be appointed Queen’s Counsel. The formal ceremony at which newly appointed QCs make the declaration before the Lord Chancellor will take place at Westminster Hall on... Read more

Thursday 16 January 2020

News

Terminating leases for repudiatory breach

Commentary by Charlotte Black of our property team. To view and download this article as a pdf, please click here.   Introduction to repudiatory breach A repudiatory breach of a contract (or a renunciation)[1] can be a powerful weapon in... Read more

Wednesday 8 January 2020