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Deposits in conveyancing transactions: How does the penalties doctrine apply?

Friday 25 October 2019

Recent Cases

Great Dunmow Estates Limited v Crest Nicholson Operations Ltd & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1683

Court of Appeal

Wednesday 23 October 2019

News

Great Dunmow Estates Limited v Crest Nicholson Operations Ltd & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1683

The Court of Appeal has, in Great Dunmow Estates Limited v Crest Nicholson Operations Ltd & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 1683: (1) held that matters ‘agreed’ in the course of the expert determination could not have contractual effect where the... Read more

Wednesday 23 October 2019

Articles

Valuing property in accordance with contract (Great Dunmow Estates Ltd v Crest Nicholson Operations Ltd)

Tuesday 22 October 2019

Articles

First-Tier Tax Tribunal calls for change to strict application of unauthorised payments rules to victims of pension scams (West v Revenue and Customs Commissioners)

Wednesday 16 October 2019

News

RPI/CPI – A little bit of good news for employers?

Commentary by Paul Newman QC When the index used to calculate statutory increases to pensions in payment and the revaluation of deferred pensions was changed from RPI to CPI in 2011, the Government declined to require CPI to be applied... Read more

Tuesday 15 October 2019

Articles

RPI/CPI – A little bit of good news for employers?

Tuesday 15 October 2019

News

Joanne Wicks QC discusses recent high-profile cases in an interview with Estates Gazette

In a recent interview with Jess Harrold at EG, Joanne Wicks QC discussed what drives her as a barrister, and what it was like to win two of the most significant cases in recent years;  S Franses and European Medicines Agency. In... Read more

Monday 14 October 2019

News

ICC Tribunal in Singapore grant an arbitral award of over US$40m in complex proceedings concerning a Southeast Asian petrochemical plant

Graeme Halkerston and Jamie Holmes successfully appeared for the claimants in a confidential ICC arbitration culminating in a complex 8-day trial in Singapore. The Tribunal’s final award ordered the respondents to pay the currency equivalent of over US$40m to the... Read more

Monday 14 October 2019

News

Chambers UK 2020: Wilberforce is “a very slick operation… they are the first people I pick up the phone to”

We are delighted to announce our continued success in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners, highlighting collective strength across our core practice areas and the expertise and experience of members of chambers and staff. We are recognised as a... Read more

Thursday 10 October 2019

Articles

Contractual terms relating to performance and breach: Implication, presumption or rule of law?

Thursday 10 October 2019

News

Contractual terms relating to performance and breach: Implication, presumption or rule of law?

Commentary by Joanne Wicks QC Our Victorian forbears liked rules. In particular, they had a habit of formulating rules about the meaning of contracts. Textbooks set out a series of statements about contracts, describing what was, and was not, a... Read more

Thursday 10 October 2019