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We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has been shortlisted in five different categories at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023. Chancery Set Real Estate Set Chancery Silk – Tim Penny KC Professional Negligence Silk – Jonathan Seitler KC Real... Read more
Monday 11 September 2023
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Article by Samuel Cathro, 30th August 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. If the court blesses a transaction, the trustee is immune from subsequent challenge. One might be forgiven for thinking that is... Read more
By Samuel Cathro
Wednesday 30 August 2023
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ThoughtLeaders4 has recently launched an initiative that embodies the core values of empowerment, knowledge exchange, and inclusivity – Women in FIRE. We are delighted to announce that Marcia Shekerdemian KC and Jessica Brooke are on the advisory committee. TL4 says: “This endeavour... Read more
Tuesday 29 August 2023
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David Pollard
August 2023
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Brian Green KC | Michael Tennet KC | Edward Sawyer | Joseph Steadman
Monday 14 August 2023
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We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Seaman has been promoted to the London A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. The appointment is for a period of five years commencing 1st September 2023 and expiring on 31st August... Read more
Tuesday 1 August 2023
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Article by Lemuel Lucan-Wilson, 31st July 2023 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. The recent case of Bhaur v Equity First Trustees (Nevis) Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 534 provides a timely reminder of the... Read more
By Lemuel Lucan-Wilson
Monday 31 July 2023
Articles
Ben Faulkner and Kirsty Black (Shoosmiths) have written an article entitled “Rental levels in lease renewals” which asks, with the announcement of the Law Commission’s consultation on Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, can changes be made... Read more
By Benjamin Faulkner
Monday 17 July 2023
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Paul Newman KC‘s book: ‘A Practitioner’s Guide to Correcting Mistakes in Pension Schemes’, has been reviewed in the latest issue of Private Client Business. Reviewer Mark Herbert states in his opening line: “This book is graced with a foreword by... Read more
Monday 17 July 2023
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Paul Newman KC has written an article on the principles of statutory construction, which might be relevant to the interpretation of a term of art used in a statutory instrument – such as “accrued rights” in the contracting-out legislation recently... Read more
By Paul Newman KC
Thursday 13 July 2023
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We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce has 11 nominations across 9 different categories at The Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023. Set of the Year Chancery Set of the Year Chancery Junior of the Year: Edward Sawyer, Sebastian Allen Chancery... Read more
Wednesday 12 July 2023
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To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. Ever since the House of Lords decision in Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation v Privalov [2007] UKHL 40, the principle of the separability of arbitration agreements has been... Read more
By Stuart Isaacs KC | Elizabeth Houghton
Monday 10 July 2023
