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INSOL Cayman Islands Seminar
On Wednesday 15 November at INSOL International’s Cayman Islands Seminar, Clare Stanley KC will appear on a panel alongside Lord Justice Snowden and Honourable Justice Segal. Their session is entitled “A Tale of Two Cities” and their discussion will delve... Read more
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Wilberforce shortlisted in five categories at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023
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
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The Remuneration of Pension Trustees: Some Current Issues
As a part of the “Remind me about” series, Robert Ham KC discusses two current issues regarding trustee remuneration, namely the 2022 decision of the Court of Appeal in Re Townsend and the new tPR Code provisions. The article was... Read more
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Tax Tribunal’s latest decision on home loan inheritance tax schemes
The First-tier Tax Tribunal has given judgment in the case of Elborne v HMRC [2023] UKFTT 626 (TC). The case concerns whether or not a home loan inheritance tax scheme designed to remove the value of a freehold interest in real... Read more
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Pensions, personal bankruptcy and creditor recovery: recent developments
David Pollard and Joseph Steadman’s article, ‘Pensions, personal bankruptcy and creditor recovery: recent developments’, has been published in Issue 37.2 of Trust Law International by Bloomsbury Publishing. Trust Law International is a well established quarterly journal with a mixed readership... Read more
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Wilberforce Insolvency Conference & Dinner 2024
The Good, the Bad and the Incompetent: Director Litigation Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to invite you to our annual Insolvency Conference & Dinner which will take place on Thursday 1st February 2024 at The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, London, followed by... Read more
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Judgment handed down: Invest Bank v El Husseini
In Invest Bank v El Husseini [2023] EWHC 2302 (Comm), in a judgment handed down on 20 September 2023 following the trial of preliminary issues, the Deputy Judge of the Commercial Court held that it is not a rule of private international... Read more
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TL4’s First Annual Practitioner’s Forum on Trusts in Divorce
Andrew Mold KC is speaking at the ThoughtLeaders4HNW Divorce event, ‘The first annual practitioner’s forum on trusts in divorce’. Andrew is speaking on ‘Highlighting key factors surrounding trust disclosure during divorce litigation’, discussing the topics of ‘dealing with non-disclosures and... Read more
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Recent Cases
Tax Tribunal decision on whether partnership structure involved trading
The First-tier Tax Tribunal has given judgment in the case of Gala Film Partners LLP v HMRC [2023] UKFTT 699 (TC). The case concerns a number of issues of general importance relating to the activities of a film-related limited liability partnership, including,... Read more
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Supreme Court and Privy Council simultaneously deliver important judgments on arbitration stays
In FamilyMart Holding v Ting Chuan [2023] UKPC 33 delivered simultaneously with the decision in Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International [2023] UKHL, Lord Hodge delivered two important judgments on how to define and identify the “matters” which give... Read more