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    Wilberforce co-edits and contributes to Kerr & Hunter on Receivers & Administrators

    Members of Wilberforce Chambers’ Insolvency Team have co-edited, and contributed to, the latest edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s leading insolvency text, Kerr & Hunter on Receivers and Administrators. Tom Robinson was one of two editors of the work, and chapters... Read more

    Monday 15 January 2018

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    Gazprom awarded $2bn in long-running SCC arbitration

    Gazprom has secured a substantial award in its favour in a long-running and hard-fought SCC arbitration against Naftogaz. The dispute related to a long term gas supply contract. In a ruling handed down by the tribunal on 22 December 2017,... Read more

    Tuesday 2 January 2018

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    Recent Cases

    Naftogaz v Gazprom (SCC Arbitration)

    The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

    Friday 22 December 2017

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    Privy Council decision on delivery of deeds in escrow and pre-incorporation contacts.

    Andrew Mold appeared for the successful Respondent in the recent Privy Council decision of Rolle Family & Company Ltd v Rolle [2017] UKPC 35.  The case (on appeal from the Court of Appeal of the Bahamas) considered the subjects of... Read more

    Wednesday 20 December 2017

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    Rolle Family & Company Ltd v Rolle

    The Judicial Committee of The Privy Council

    Wednesday 20 December 2017

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    Three New Silks at Wilberforce Chambers

    Wilberforce Chambers is delighted to announce Julian Greenhill, Tiffany Scott and Nikki Singla have been successful in their applications for silk. The appointments to Queen’s Counsel will be made at a ceremony to be held on Monday 26th February 2018... Read more

    Tuesday 19 December 2017

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    Jonathan Seitler QC Legal 500 Silk of The Year 2017 – Real Estate, Environment and Planning

    Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to announce that  Jonathan Seitler QC has won The Legal 500 UK Silk of the Year for Real Estate, Environment and Planning

    Friday 15 December 2017

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    Wilberforce shortlisted for The Legal 500 2018 awards

    We are delighted to be shortlisted for The Legal 500 UK 2018 awards in the following area(s): Commercial Litigation set of the year Private client: trusts and probate set of the year Silk of the year: Gilead Cooper QC –... Read more

    Tuesday 28 November 2017

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    Joanne Wicks QC – New Chair of The Property Bar Association

    Wilberforce Chambers congratulates Joanne Wicks QC on her appointment as Chair of the Property Bar Association. The appointment is a year’s term of office and Joanne can stand for re-election twice.

    Thursday 23 November 2017

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    When is a pension scheme a trust and an administrator a trustee?

    Pensions analysis: The Upper Tribunal’s decision in RP Medplant Ltd v The Pensions Regulator affirms the view that it is substance rather than terminology that determines whether a document is in fact a trust. Joseph Steadman of Wilberforce Chambers and... Read more

    Monday 13 November 2017

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    Freshfields’ David Pollard joins Wilberforce Chambers Pensions Group

    Wilberforce Chambers are delighted to announce that David Pollard has accepted an offer to join Chambers. David specialised in pensions law at Freshfields for 29 years, and on completion of the formalities of being called to The Bar, David will join... Read more

    Wednesday 1 November 2017

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    In re China Agrotech

    Clare Stanley QC, leading Shaun Maloney of Ogier, acted in the ground-breaking case of In re China Agrotech FSD 157 of 2017 (NSJ), in which the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (Mr Justice Segal) granted recognition and assistance to... Read more

    Wednesday 18 October 2017

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