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Chartbrook v Persimmon appears on most important cases list
The case of Chartbrook v Persimmon [2009] 1 AC 1101 in which Christopher Nugee QC (now Mr Justice Nugee) and Julian Greenhill (both of Wilberforce Chambers) appeared for the successful appellant was recently voted one of the fifteen most important... Read more
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Mr H TV & ITV 2 Judgment
Max Mallin acted for the Claimant TV production company in this claim for breach of contract against ITV2. The Claimant was successful after a 3 week Commercial Court trial in front of Flaux J in the Commercial Court. The case... Read more
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Lexa Hilliard QC to speak at Insolvency Law Conference
Lexa Hilliard QC will be speaking at the (White Paper) – Insolvency: Shaping New Law into Highly Developed Advice for Clients Her session will cover: When can a company attribute the knowledge of its fraudulent management – after its control moves from... Read more
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Chambers UK Bar Awards
We are delighted to announce that Wilberforce Chambers won ‘Chancery Set of the Year’ at last night’s Chambers UK Bar Awards. Wilberforce were also runners up for ‘Real Estate Set of the Year’ and ‘Set of the Year’. Jonathan Seitler... Read more
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Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child join Wilberforce
Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to announce that Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child have accepted offers to join Chambers. The wealth of experience and excellent reputation in Contentious Trusts, Pensions and Commercial litigation that Fenner and Andrew bring to Wilberforce... Read more
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Lexa Hilliard QC to speak at Commercial Litigation & Arbitration Forum
Lexa Hilliard QC will be speaking at the Legal Week Commercial Litigation & Arbitration Forum on Thursday 5 November. She will be presenting the following session: Insolvency and arbitration: the latest developments Updates on the law: the latest cases you need... Read more
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Daniel Hochberg retires
Wilberforce chambers would like to announce that after over thirty years at the Bar Daniel Hochberg will be retiring from practice as of 1 November 2015. Daniel has been a valuable member who has contributed significantly to the success of chambers... Read more
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The future of the doctrine of penalties
On Wednesday 4th November the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the cases of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi and ParkingEye Limited v Beavis, giving a definitive ruling (for the first time in a century) on the scope and... Read more
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Supreme Court victory in Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi
The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in the cases of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi and ParkingEye Limited v Beavis, in which Joanna Smith QC and James McCreath acted for the successful appellant, Cavendish. For the first time... Read more
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Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi [2013] EWCA Civ 1539 and [2015] EWCA Civ 402
The Supreme Court handed down judgment in the cases of Cavendish Square Holding BV v Makdessi and ParkingEye Limited v Beavis, in which Joanna Smith QC and James McCreath acted for the successful appellant, Cavendish. For the first time in... Read more