Archives: Insights

Video: Remedies in trust litigation: Deploying commercial and insolvency remedies pre-action and post-judgment (Private Client Conference 2021)

Josh Lewison and Poppy Rimington-Pounder of Radcliffe Chambers with Andreas Kistler of Carey Olsen and Jacob Ward of Macfarlanes discuss how to deploy commercial and insolvency remedies in trust litigation. This webinar is part of the Radcliffe Chambers Private Client Conference 2021 and was recorded on 16 June 2021. You can also watch this webinar […]

Video: Death, litigation and a hint of insolvency (Private Client Conference 2021)

Kate Selway KC and Matt Mills host a practical discussion on how clients can issue a claim against an estate which does not have a personal representative, or keep existing litigation going where the other party dies. They also address some problems that can arise where an estate might appear to be insolvent, particularly where […]

Court of Appeal holds pensions increase rule means what it says (Britvic plc v Britvic Pensions Ltd) – Article by Henry Day

The Court of Appeal gave judgment last week in the Britvic pension increase case, applying the Supreme Court’s recent guidance on contractual interpretation, explaining the weight to be given to a provision’s wording as against contextual factors, and making clear the limits of ‘corrective construction’. Henry Day examines the decision in this article for LexisPSL. […]

One year of the profession’s new power tool: restructuring plans – Article by David Mohyuddin KC and Andrew Brown

In this article David Mohyuddin KC and Andrew Brown review the judgments made on restructuring plans to identify common themes in their usage. This article first appeared in the Summer 2021 edition of RECOVERY and is reproduced with the permission of GTI Futures and R3. Read the full article here.

Favourite Cases: Target Holdings Ltd v Redferns [1996] AC 421 – Article and Video by Peter Dodge

In this edition of Favourite Cases, Peter Dodge tells the story of Target Holdings v Redferns [1996] AC 421. Peter says: “Target pioneered the novel use of trust law in a professional negligence context. It shows the importance, when analysing any failed transaction, of “following the money”: that is to say, identifying through whose hands […]

Isle Investments v Leeds City Council – Article by Clive Moys

Non-domestic rates (aka business rates) payable by “the owner” of empty property is both topical and hotly contested. Schemes to avoid or mitigate empty property rates abound. Clive Moys’ article Shams, snails and empty property rates, first published in the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation Valuer magazine (June edition) considers the recent important billing […]

Favourite Cases: Saunders v Vautier [1841] 49 ER 282 – Video by Josh Lewison

In this edition of Favourite Cases, Josh Lewison explains the rule in Saunders v Vautier [1841] 49 ER 282 and tell us why it is his favourite case. Favourite Cases is a Radcliffe Chambers project for August 2020, which takes a look at interesting and important chancery and commercial decisions.

Video: An Introduction to Restructuring – Junior Programme: Restructuring

In this Junior Programme: Restructuring ‘An Introduction to Restructuring’ webinar, Lauren Kreamer and James Fagan present an introduction to, and overview of, the restructuring options available to companies in financial difficulty, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. This talk covers CVAs, administration, liquidation, LPA receivership, administrative receivership, dissolution, and schemes of arrangement, as […]

Video: Boundary Determination under s 60 of the Land Registration Act 2002 Radcliffe talks Real Estate

In this Radcliffe talks Real Estate webinar Simon Williams is in conversation with boundary surveyor Carl Calvert FRICS about the pros and cons of applying for a determined boundary from both the legal and surveying points of view, and about alternative means of resolving boundary disputes. Radcliffe talks Real Estate is a series of short […]

Favourite Cases: Parker v British Airways Board – Article by Natalie Pratt

In this edition of Favourite Cases, Natalie Pratt tells the story of Parker v British Airways Board [1982] QB 1004. Natalie says: “ I choose Parker as my favourite case for three reasons. First, as an academic property lawyer by background, any case that acknowledges theoretical principles, such as the relativity of title applied in […]