News and Cases

Simon Williams represented the Claimants in Scott & Scott v Kennedys Law LLP & Vertex Law LLP before Mr. Justice Vos in the Chancery Division on the 16th November 2011.

Marcus Flavin appeared for the claimants in an application under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 for the court’s approval of a variation of statutory trusts in favour of an infant arising on two successive intestacies.

Hedley Marten and Daniel Burton appeared for the First and Fourth Defendants respecitvely in the Claimant’s application to sell 17th century Haremere Hall, in Etchingham, Sussex, which is currently held in a family trust.

The Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) has today released its decision in R (Independent Schools Council) v The Charity Commission for England and Wales and HM Attorney General v The Charity Commission for England and Wales [2011] UKUT 421 (TCC).

The 2012 edition of Chambers UK, which was recently published, comments: “Radcliffe Chambers is a ‘supremely user-friendly set’ with reasonable charging rates and ‘barristers who are courteous and responsive.’ It is also blessed with clerks of high quality.

We are pleased to announce that Daniel Burton has joined chambers with effect from 1st October 2011.

The new edition of The Legal 500 2011 notes that Radcliffe Chambers is ‘easy to deal with, flexible and helpful’ and ‘always provides a good quality of service’.

On 5 September 2011 in the High Court in Birmingham Keith Rowley QC appeared for the well known litigant Richard Roe at a hearing to determine how regulation 13 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) Regulations 1996, SI 1996/3126, affects the application of money purchase assets on the winding up of two hybrid pension schemes.

The Supreme Court today handed down its judgment in Houldsworth v Bridge Trustees Ltd (the Imperial Home Décor Pension Scheme). Keith Rowley QC appeared for the trustee of the scheme.

Kate Selway is SOCA’s junior counsel in the long-running Szepietowski litigation which has produced a number of reported High Court decisions in the last few years.