Radcliffe Chambers shortlisted for Legal Business Awards 2021
We are delighted to announce that Radcliffe Chambers has been shortlisted for the Legal Business Awards 2021 in the category of Chambers of the Year. Congratulations to all of chambers’ members and staff and thank you to our clients for their support. You can read the full shortlist here.
Radcliffe Chambers shortlisted for the UK Social Mobility Awards
We are delighted to announce that Radcliffe Chambers is a finalist in the fifth annual UK Social Mobility Awards. The awards recognise organisations who are making strides and creating initiatives to advance social mobility within their own workforce or beyond their own walls. They were the first national awards dedicated to social mobility, recognising the […]
Appeal in Re Brunt (Deceased)
Sophia Rogers acted for the successful appellants in Re Brunt (deceased), an appeal concerning duplicate wills which did not emerge until over 10 years after the deceased’s death. The respondent is seeking to propound the wills as the valid wills of the deceased. The appellants allege that the wills are forged and/or not duly executed […]
Apply now for mini-pupillages
We have now resumed our mini-pupillage programme and are accepting applications from 1 September 2021. Our unassessed mini-pupillage programme offers successful applicants the opportunity to shadow a member of chambers and gain a real insight into life as a commercial and/or chancery barrister. We think candidates with some legal knowledge get more out of our […]
Radcliffe Chambers and Robert Pearce KC shortlisted for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2021
We are delighted to announce that Radcliffe Chambers and Robert Pearce KC have been shortlisted for the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2021 in the following categories: Client Service Set of the Year Chancery Silk of the Year – Robert Pearce KC Many congratulations to Robert Pearce KC on his well-deserved nomination. Thank you to all […]
Bird v Lantern Recovery & Others
Thomas Dumont KC and Matthew Fletcher & Ben Marsden of Gosschalks LLP have obtained a hugely successful outcome for their clients in a recent undue influence and forgery case, in the Business & Property Courts (the old Chancery Division) of the High Court. Following a two-week, hard-fought trial, their clients David Bird and Sharon Montgomery, […]
Fiona Fitzgerald writes in Legal Futures on the future of professional development
Fiona Fitzgerald was invited by Legal Futures to discuss the future of professional development in law. You can read the piece here.
Robert Pearce KC featured in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite
We are delighted to announce that Robert Pearce KC has been listed in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite. Private Client Global Elite is a highly respected directory of leading lawyers advising UNHW clients. You can view the directory here.
Court of Appeal upholds transfer of privilege in joint retainer files
Travelers Insurance Company Ltd v Armstrong & Anor [2021] EWCA Civ 978 On 1 July 2021, judgment was handed down in a significant appeal by Travelers Insurance Company Ltd, the insurers of leading breast implant supplier Transform Medical Group (CS) Ltd, against Travelers’ Insolvency Act administrators, Martin Armstrong and James Patchett and its joint solicitors, […]
Former Supervisors of the Regis UK Ltd CVA succeed in obtaining costs order against landlords following failed claim against them
Following his judgment rejecting the claims of commercial landlords against the former Supervisors of the Regis UK Ltd CVA, Zacaroli J has confirmed in a separate judgment that whilst the landlords succeeded as against the Company in having the CVA revoked on one ground; as against the Supervisors, the landlords had failed and the former […]
