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Wilberforce shortlisted as ‘Chambers of the Year’
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers have been shortlisted as ‘Chambers of the Year’ at The LawyerAwards 2014. The awards ceremony will take place this year on Wednesday 25th June 2014 at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. https://stage.thelawyerawards.com/home
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The Law of Compulsory Purchase and Compensation
This book is a statement of the current law of compulsory purchase of land and compensation for that purchase. It covers all major aspects of the procedure for the compulsory acquisition of land and deals in full detail with all... Read more
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Recent Cases
Icebreaker and Others v HMRC [2014] UKFTT 416 (TC)
Jonathan Davey of Wilberforce Chambers has been acting for HMRC, along with Peter Blair QC of Guildhall Chambers and Imran Afzal of Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers, in the long-running Icebreaker litigation. The First-tier Tax Tribunal has just delivered its eagerly anticipated judgment in respect... Read more
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Banking Litigation Seminar 2014
Current Issues in Banking Litigation Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to invite you to an evening seminar on three topics of current interest to Banking & Finance lawyers. Whilst principally concerned with contentious matters, the topics will also be of interest... Read more
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Overage – making it stick
BLUNDELL LECTURES Joanne Wicks QC (Wilberforce Chambers) and Marie Scott, Partner, (Nabarro LLP) Chairman: Kirk Reynolds QC Leading property professionals Joanne Wicks QC and Marie Scott have been invited to give a Blundell lecture. Blundell is a platform for innovative, ground... Read more
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Dubai Seminar Series 2014
Jonathan Seitler QC, Rupert Reed QC, Harris Bor, Jonathan Chew and Tom Roscoe of Wilberforce Chambers will be presenting a choice of 5 x 15 minute in-house seminars in Dubai from 19th May – 21st May 2014. Each 1 hour session will consist of... Read more
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Recent Cases
The Secretary of State for Transport v Paragon Group UK Ltd v PHS Ltd
Trial Date: 5th June 2014 This case concerns who should bear the cost of the decision in 2010 to re-print and re-issue registration forms for every car in the United Kingdom, amounting to around £8million. In 2006, the Defendant, Paragon,... Read more
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Recent Cases
Armaments Ministry of Republic of China v Chuan Pu Wang
In these proceedings the Taiwanese Government brought proceedings to recover funds which they alleged were the proceeds of bribery in a notorious arms deal . The Grand Court dismissed the claim on a number of grounds that it had not... Read more
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Supreme Court victory for United Utilities
United Utilities Plc has won its appeal to the Supreme Court in its long-running case against the Manchester Ship Canal Company concerning discharges into the Canal. See The Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd v United Utilities Plc [2014] UKSC 40. United Utilities... Read more
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Recent Cases
Baillie & Others v Bromhead & Co
This was a claim against a patent attorney who was sued for failing to advise that broad patent protection could not be obtained for a new glow-in-the-dark product called DualGlo. It was claimed that this had resulted in very substantial... Read more