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Recent Cases

TFS Stores Ltd v Designer Retail Outlet (Mansfield) General Partner Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 688

Court of Appeal

Friday 14 May 2021

News

TFS Stores Ltd v Designer Retail Outlet (Mansfield) General Partner Ltd

Judgment was handed down today by the Court of Appeal in TFS Stores Ltd v Designer Retail Outlet (Mansfield) General Partner Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 688. Joanne Wicks QC appeared with Mark Galtrey for the appellant, a fragrance retailer and... Read more

Friday 14 May 2021

News

Opportunity to join Wilberforce’s Insolvency Group

Wilberforce Chambers’ award-winning insolvency practice is recruiting. Tenancy applications are encouraged from silks and juniors who can demonstrate experience in some, or all, of the following areas: corporate insolvency, personal insolvency, contentious and non-contentious restructuring, and offshore litigation. Applicants should... Read more

Friday 14 May 2021

Articles

Limitation and Deliberate Concealment after Canada Square v Potter [2021] EWCA CIV 339 (“Canada Square”)

Thursday 13 May 2021

Articles

Effect of Brexit on Part 26A arrangements and reconstructions

Thursday 13 May 2021

Articles

Defensive Advising Strategies 1: What you learn from practising in the field of professional negligence

Thursday 13 May 2021

News

Opportunity to join Wilberforce’s Pensions Group

Wilberforce Chambers’ market-leading pensions practice is recruiting to support our large team of silks and the demand for work in this area. Tenancy applications are particularly encouraged from junior barristers who can demonstrate experience in pensions litigation, or in cases... Read more

Thursday 13 May 2021

News

Defensive Advising Strategies 1: What you learn from practising in the field of professional negligence

To download and read this piece as a PDF, please click here. Commentary by Emily Campbell Relatively speaking, barristers usually have rather broad practices. Even if (like me) a significant part of their practice is concerned with advisory work and drafting, barristers... Read more

Thursday 13 May 2021

News

Opportunity to join Wilberforce’s Commercial Disputes Group

Wilberforce Chambers invites applications for tenancy from barristers with experience in commercial litigation to join the Commercial Disputes Group. To support our large team of silks and the strong demand for work in this area, Wilberforce Chambers invites applications for... Read more

Tuesday 11 May 2021

News

Alan Gourgey QC: The Lawyer’s Barrister of the Week

We are delighted to announce that Alan Gourgey QC is this week’s Barrister of the Week in The Lawyer, following his successful representation of Tatiana Akhmedova in pursuing a £453 million divorce award against her ex-husband, Farkhad Akhmedov. The article was... Read more

Friday 7 May 2021

Webchats

Bank of NY Mellon v Cine-UK Part 1: What’s the damage? Construing rent cesser clauses

Joanne Wicks KC and Daniel Petrides argue for different sides on the rent cesser point arising from this significant case. Does the concept of damage extend beyond “physical damage”? Should one start by looking at the definition of insured risk? Joanne and Daniel... Read more

Joanne Wicks KC | Daniel Petrides
Thursday 6 May 2021

Recent Cases

Mitchell v Al Jaber [2021] EWHC 912 (Ch)

High Court of Justice

Wednesday 5 May 2021