Matthew Weaver KC
Kemp & Hunt v WTB UK SPV No.1 Ltd & Telefonica UK Ltd [2024] EWHC 2235 (Ch)
Non-assignment clauses are back in the news again. Many commercial and finance contracts contain a qualified non-assignment clause which prohibits an assignment without the prior written consent of the other party. What happens when one of the contracting parties purports to assign receivables arising under the contract without the prior consent of the other, but consent […]
Junior Programme: Top Cases of 2023 hosted by Piers Digby and Robert Lee – Thursday 7 December
Join us for our final Junior Programme of 2023, hosted by Piers Digby and Robert Lee on Thursday, 7th December, 11:00-12:00. This webinar will be hosted on Zoom. You can sign up via Zoom’s website here. Junior Programme events are aimed at recently qualified lawyers and consist of an hour long webinar covering topical issues such […]
Insolvency v Arbitration – Privy Council holds that Salford Estates was wrongly decided
In a judgment handed down today, the Privy Council (Lords Briggs and Hamblen giving a single judgment) held that BVI law is that where the debt on which the winding up application is based is subject to an arbitration agreement the court may make a winding up order unless the debt is disputed on genuine and substantial […]
Re Project Verona Limited – Sanction of a Restructuring Plan
Matthew Weaver KC and Katie Longstaff instructed by Shoosmiths LLP, acted for the successful plan company, Project Verona Limited, obtaining an order sanctioning its proposed restructuring plan under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006. The plan company had assumed certain liabilities of Tasty plc and Took Us A Long Time Limited, which together operate restaurant chains trading under the names […]
Tina Kyriakides
Radcliffe Chambers Restructuring and Insolvency Conference – Thursday 9 November 2023
We are delighted to announce Radcliffe Chambers Restructuring and Insolvency Conference 2023 will be held on Thursday, 9th November, 12:30 – 20:00 at Andaz London Liverpool Street. The sessions will be led by Radcliffe Chambers barristers along with special guest speakers. The day will begin with lunch at 12:30 followed by the first plenary session […]
Blessings: when worlds collide – Article by David Mohyuddin KC and Daniel Burton
For over 100 years, the English Courts have entertained applications by trustees for directions, including to bless proposed “momentous” exercises of powers. Recently, this jurisdiction has extended through judicial decisions to corporate office-holders. The jurisdiction has received increasing scrutiny, not least in relation to the vexed question of immunity, resulting in the Court of Appeal’s recent […]
Junior Programme: Insolvency and Commercial
Join us for ‘Navigating Knowledge – Establishing Knowledge in Claims for Breach of Directors’ duties’ and ‘Privilege in Corporate Investigations’ presented by Katie Longstaff and James Fagan on Tuesday, 17 October, 17:30-21:00. Katie will consider the challenges commonly faced by parties in assessing whether directors had the requisite state of knowledge to give rise to […]
Restructuring and Insolvency Conference 2023 Three Minute Video
Radcliffe Chambers’ Restructuring and Insolvency practice group is proud to present its Restructuring and Insolvency Conference 2023 in this three minute video. Led by members of Radcliffe Chambers’ Restructuring and Insolvency practice group together with industry experts, the conference covered a wide range of pertinent issues and trends faced by the business world today, providing […]
