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 […]
Our Christmas opening hours
Please note that Radcliffe Chambers will close at 1pm on 24 December and reopen on 27 December. On 27 and 30 December our opening hours will be 9.00am – 5.00pm. We will close at 4.00pm on 31 December. Thank you for your support during 2020. We hope you all have a safe and merry Christmas, […]
Re Regis UK Limited [2021] EWHC 1294 (Ch)
Landlords fail in their attempt to force Nominees to return their fees and in their bid to establish a meaningful precedent in their ongoing fight against CVAs In a judgment handed down on Monday 17th May 2021 in Re Regis UK Limited [2021] EWHC 1294 (Ch), Zacaroli J revoked an already long-since terminated CVA, but […]
“Ashton & Reid on Clubs and Associations” available for pre-order from Bloomsbury Professional
Gordon Nurse wrote the foreword to “Ashton & Reid on Clubs and Associations”, which is now available for pre-order from Bloomsbury Professional. “Ashton & Reid on Clubs and Associations” is a leading text on the law of clubs, societies and associations. It covers the formation and dissolution of clubs, clubs relationships with their members and […]
Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd & Ors [2020] EWHC2988 (Ch)
Robert Pearce KC and Daniel Burton acted for the successful first defendant in Attorney General v Zedra Fiduciary Services (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 2988 (Ch). The case concerned the National Fund, a charity set up in 1928 by a donor of £500,000 with the aim of investing and accumulating the income of the fund until […]
LB Barking and Dagenham & Ors v Persons Unknown & Ors [2021] EWHC 1201 (QB)
On 12 May Nicklin J handed down judgment in LB Barking and Dagenham & Ors v Persons & Ors [2021] EWHC 1201 (QB), in which Traveller Injunctions and the issue of whether final injunctions against Persons Unknown bind only the parties to the proceedings and not ‘newcomers’ was considered. Caroline Bolton and Natalie Pratt appeared […]
“Pease, Chitty and Cousins: Law of Markets and Fairs” published by Bloomsbury Professional (UK Law)
“Pease, Chitty and Cousins: Law of Markets and Fairs” was published by Bloomsbury Professional (UK Law) in November 2020. The book was edited by Edward Cousins, who is named in its title, with Graham Wilson. It is now in its seventh edition and is recognised as the leading text on the law of markets and […]
Clitheroe v Bond [2021] EWHC 1102 (Ch)
On 4 May 2021, Mrs Justice Falk gave judgment on the claimants’ appeal against the decision of Deputy Master Linwood in Clitheroe v Bond [2020] EWHC 1185 (Ch), in which he pronounced against two wills of the deceased on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity, amongst other things on the basis that the test […]