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Radcliffe Chambers shortlisted for four awards at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce that Radcliffe Chambers have been shortlisted in four categories at the Legal 500 Bar Awards 2022! Pupils Team of the Year Chancery Set of the Year Chancery Junior of the Year – Sophia Rogers Professional Negligence Silk of the Year – Thomas Dumont KC The aim of these awards is […]

The CIGA measures – where are we now and where are we going?

On Tuesday 19th July, Tina Kyriakides, Katie Longstaff and James Fagan presented a webinar on ‘The CIGA measures – where are we now and where are we going?’ On the 21st June 2022 the Insolvency Service published its interim report on the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2000 (CIGA), which considers the three permanent CIGA […]

‘Trustees’ powers of investment’ and ‘Professional charity fundraisers’

A Junior Programme: Charities webinar on “Trustees’ powers of investment” and “Professional charity fundraisers” presented by Natalie Pratt and Matthew Mills. Trustees’ powers of investment Natalie considers the recent decision in Butler-Sloss & Ors v The Charity Commission & HM Attorney General [2022] EWHC 974 (Ch) Please find the slides attached, here. Professional charity fundraisers […]

‘Preparing for witness evidence at trial’ and ‘Interim Applications’ – Junior Programme: Litigation

This webinar considered two important topics for litigators. You can watch a recording on our YouTube channel here. Preparing for witness evidence at trial – hosted by Jonathan Edwards The recent introduction of Practice Direction 57AC requires a changed approach to the preparation of trial witness statements. As well as this, careful attention needs to […]

‘Challenges to IVAs and the recent case of Re Rossi’ and ‘Back in Business? Presenting and restraining winding-up petitions’

A Junior Programme: Insolvency webinar on ‘Challenges to IVAs and the recent case of Re Rossi’ and ‘Back in Business? Presenting and restraining winding-up petitions’ presented by Andrew Brown and Daniel Thorpe. Challenges to IVAs and the recent case of Re Rossi In the current environment there is likely to be an increased use of […]

No contest clauses and the Inheritance (Family and Dependants) Act 1975 – Article by Charles Holbech

In this article, Charles Holbech, provides a practical overview of no contest clauses and their interaction with claims under the Inheritance (Family and Dependants) Act 1975. His article gives an analysis of the key case law to date, including the leading judgment of Nathan v Leonard [2003] 1 WLR 827 and subsequent decisions, both in […]

Pretoria Energy Company (Chittering) Ltd v Blankney Estates Ltd [2022] EWHC 1467 (Ch)

Dov Ohrenstein acted for the successful Defendant at the trial of the preliminary issue in this case which concerned a claim for £56.4 million based on an allegation that a Heads of Terms agreement relating to a lease of land for the construction of an Anaerobic Digestion plant had contractual effect. The agreement was signed […]

‘Phillips v Barclays Bank PLC and the potential expansion of the Quincecare duty’ and ‘An Introduction to the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022’

Junior Programme: Commercial webinar on ‘Phillips v Barclays Bank PLC and the potential expansion of the Quincecare duty’ and ‘An Introduction to the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022’ presented by Andrew Brown and James Fagan. Phillips v Barclays Bank PLC and the potential expansion of the Quincecare duty Andrew will discuss the Court of Appeal […]

Hampshire County Council pays Mrs Marion Feltham a six-figure sum in compensation

Hampshire County Council pays Mrs Marion Feltham a six-figure sum in compensation, together with her costs, to settle Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) 2021-593, a reference due to have been heard over three days in November 2022. Clive Moys, instructed by Colin Passam of Burgate Litigation Services, advised and represented Mrs Feltham through-out. The case arose […]

Issues with issue: the interpretation of ‘children’ and s.33 of the Wills Act 1837 and Top tips for advising clients and instructing counsel

A Junior Programme: Private Client webinar on “Issues with issue: the interpretation of ‘children’ and s.33 of the Wills Act 1837” and “Top tips for advising clients and instructing counsel” presented by Nicholas Macklam and Poppy Rimington-Pounder.   Issues with issue: the interpretation of “children” and s.33 of the Wills Act 1837 Poppy explores interpretation […]