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DateTitleContributorsPractice AreaView PDF
January 2012
Leasehold enfranchisement: busy times
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2012
Kenneth Munro Property View PDF
January 2012
No smoke without fire
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2012
James Thom Q.C. Property View PDF
January 2012
Signed, executed and all that!
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2012
Gerard van Tonder Property View PDF
October 2011
Don't mention the tax
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2011
Leigh Sagar Trusts and Estates , Tax View PDF
October 2011
Trusts and divorce
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2011
Charles Holbech Trusts and Estates View PDF
October 2011
Are we "all in this together"?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2011
Thomas Fletcher Trusts and Estates View PDF
23 September 2011
Can you trust a mediator?
New Law Journal
Alexander Learmonth Trusts and Estates
September 2011
RSPCA v Sharp - What the Court of Appeal did, and why it is important
Trust Quarterly Review - produced by STEP
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates
June 2011
Non-disclosure - managing the fall-out
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - June 2011
David Fisher , Nicola Allsop Commercial Chancery View PDF
June 2011
E-mails and pre-action third party disclosure
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - June 2011
Nigel Hood Commercial Chancery View PDF
June 2011
Making freezing orders bite
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - June 2011
Emily Gillett Commercial Chancery View PDF
April 2011
A warning to administrators: the Insolvency Act applies in Hollywood too
Corporate Rescue and Insolvency
James Bailey Company and Insolvency View PDF
March 2011
Derivative claims: who pays?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - March 2011
Robin Hollington Q.C. Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View PDF
March 2011
Derivative claims: how far can you go?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - March 2011
Claire Staddon Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View PDF
March 2011
Interpreting articles of association
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - March 2011
Sebastian Prentis Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View PDF
January 2011
Some holes in the road and how to avoid them
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2011
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates View PDF
January 2011
Constructive will construction in and out of court
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2011
Alexander Learmonth Trusts and Estates View PDF
January 2011
Testamentary capacity - recent developments
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2011
Charlotte Ford Trusts and Estates View PDF
January 2011
Wills and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2011
John Eidinow Trusts and Estates View PDF
January 2011
Adult children and the Inheritance Act
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2011
Christopher Semken Trusts and Estates View PDF
October 2010
Overage agreements and unforeseen contingencies
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2010
Alexander Hill-Smith Property View PDF
October 2010
Possession orders: the absent defendant
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2010
Ian Peacock Property View PDF
October 2010
Stopping mortgage interest by tender
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2010
Anna Littler Property View PDF
September 2010
Good riddance to the presumption of advancement?
Trusts & Trustees
James Brightwell Trusts and Estates
August 2010
Serving two masters
Trusts and Trustees

This article explores some of the problems of conflicts of interest which arise when a person, typically a corporate trustee, holds shares in a trading company as a trustee of more than one trust. It examines the relevant legal principles and then considers in relation to two typical situations which are hypothetical but based on actual facts how conflicts may arise and how they should be addressed and resolved.  Please click here to view a copy.

Rodney Stewart Smith Trusts and Estates
July 2010
Just get on with it – lessons to be learned from Welsh rugby
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2010
Robin Hollington Q.C. Company and Insolvency View PDF
July 2010
Redundancy payments for controlling shareholders
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2010
Company and Insolvency View PDF
July 2010
Recent changes to the Insolvency Rules
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2010
Nicola Allsop Company and Insolvency View PDF
20 May 2010
Follow your instincts and turn a passion into a niche practice
The Times - Student Law Supplement

Gordon Bennett apears in The Times Student Law supplement, about his specialism in tribal land claims, and his recent work helping 200 bushmen to be allowed back onto their land in Botswana.

Please click here to read a copy of the article.

Gordon Bennett
May 2010
Gaines-Cooper – a troublesome case for United Kingdom residents who emigrate
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - May 2010
Robin Mathew Q.C. Offshore work and other areas , Tax View PDF
May 2010
Greens: landowners bogey in the Supreme Court
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - May 2010
Rodney Stewart Smith Property , Public Law View PDF
May 2010
A fresh insight into the battle of the forms
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - May 2010
Malcolm Chapple Commercial Chancery View PDF
4 March 2010
Secret filming and the case law that subsequently arises
Law Society Gazette
Madeleine Heal Commercial Chancery
February 2010
Making your freezing injunction bite
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - February 2010
Stephen Smith Q.C. Commercial Chancery , Offshore work and other areas View PDF
February 2010
Thriving in the shadow
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - February 2010
Gerard van Tonder Commercial Chancery , Property View PDF
February 2010
A grave year for undertakers
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - February 2010
Adrian Pay Commercial Chancery , Property View PDF
December 2009
Alhamrani v Alhamrani
Trusts & Trustees, Vol. 15, No. 10, December 2009
Lynton Tucker Trusts and Estates , Offshore work and other areas
December 2009
The irresistible force and the immovable object: when overriding powers and ‘absolute’ interests collide
Trusts & Trustees
Mark Hubbard Trusts and Estates
November 2009
Wilson v Yorkshire Dales NPA (Case Note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Adrian Pay Property , Public Law
November 2009
Potential liabilities arising from surveying authority roles
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
October 2009
Alhamrani
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2009
Tim Akkouh , Lynton Tucker , Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. , James Brightwell Trusts and Estates , Offshore work and other areas View PDF
October 2009
Appropriation – a “novel remedy"
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2009
Caley Wright Commercial Chancery , Offshore work and other areas View PDF
July 2009
A wide-ranging contentious probate claim
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2009
Rodney Stewart Smith Trusts and Estates View PDF
July 2009
Proprietary estoppel after Cobbe: still alive and kicking
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2009
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates View PDF
July 2009
Advising on insolvent estates
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2009
Tim Akkouh Trusts and Estates View PDF
May 2009
Extracting costs: non-party orders against directors
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - May 2009
Thomas Graham Commercial Chancery View PDF
May 2009
Extracting your money: CPR Part 71
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - May 2009
Nigel Hood Commercial Chancery View PDF
May 2009
Extracting the Law Lords: the Supreme Court
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - May 2009
Emily Gillett Commercial Chancery View PDF
May 2009
Dangerous sports: Solicitors' undertakings in conveyancing transactions
Professional Negligence Law Review
Adrian Pay Commercial Chancery , Property
16 April 2009
Sunny places for shady debtors
Asociación Eurojuris España
Please click here to view a copy of the article. 
Sebastian Prentis Company and Insolvency
April 2009
Herrick v Kidner and Somerset County Council
Rights of Way Law Review
Stephen Schaw Miller Property , Public Law
March 2009
Onshore: England and Wales
Trusts & Trustees
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates
March 2009
Dealing with the estate's beneficial interest in a bankrupt's home: use it or lose it
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - March 2009
Gary Pryce Company and Insolvency View PDF
March 2009
Appointing administrators: 'pre-packs' and procedural errors
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - March 2009
David Eaton Turner Company and Insolvency View PDF
March 2009
Financial adventure and forensic archaeology: transactions at undervalue and limitation periods
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - March 2009
Stephen Schaw Miller Company and Insolvency View PDF
January 2009
Divorces, shams and settlements
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2009
Jane Evans-Gordon Trusts and Estates View PDF
January 2009
Serving abroad in trust disputes
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2009
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. Trusts and Estates View PDF
January 2009
Trustees spilling the beans
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - January 2009
John Eidinow Trusts and Estates View PDF
October 2008
Managing expectations, disappointing hopes
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2008
Alexander Learmonth Commercial Chancery View PDF
October 2008
Carry on varying
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2008
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates View PDF
October 2008
The end of some bank charges?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - October 2008
Charlotte Ford Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View PDF
September 2008
The new regime for the enforcement of foreign taxes in the United Kingdom
Trusts & Trustees Journal
Robin Mathew Q.C. Trusts and Estates , Tax View PDF
July 2008
Closure for crime prevention
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
July 2008
Land Law: getting your deposit back
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2008
Gary Pryce Property View PDF
July 2008
Ashe v National Westminster Bank plc: let the lenders beware!
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2008
Gerard van Tonder Property View PDF
July 2008
Enfranchisement valuations post-Sportelli
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - July 2008
Kenneth Munro Property View PDF
June 2008
Book Review - Blackstone's Guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Oxford Journals
Jane Evans-Gordon reviews Blackstone's; Guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005, 18th edition by Professor Peter Bartlett for Oxford Journals. 
Jane Evans-Gordon Trusts and Estates
May 2008
Enfranchisement valuations post Sportelli
News On The Block - Enfranchisement Supplement
Kenneth Munro provides an update post Sportelli. 
Kenneth Munro Property
May 2008
The Winchester case: CA
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
22 April 2008
Directors' Duites under the Companies Act 2006
Robin Hollington Q.C. Company and Insolvency View PDF
18 April 2008
To seal or not seal a will, To unseal or not unseal a will
Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates
April 2008
The Companies Act 2006: Provisions coming into force on 6 April 2008
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - April 2008
Emily Gillett , David Eaton Turner Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View PDF
April 2008
Bankruptcy: using the domestic courts to obtain orders relating to overseas property
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - April 2008
Sebastian Prentis Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View PDF
17 March 2008
Getting wiggy with it
The Lawyer
Nicholas Le Poidevin and Jane Evans-Gordon examine the case for and against wigs and gowns.  Please click here to read their article. 
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. , Jane Evans-Gordon
8 February 2008
How to justify shifting income after April
Financial Times
To read a copy of James' article, please visit the FT website by clicking here
James Brightwell Tax
February 2008
Bankruptcy Annulments: the decision in Halabi v London Borough of Camden Council and others
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - February 2008
James Bailey Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View PDF
January 2008
A claimant changing the name of a defendant company by direct action
New Square Chambers - Legal Update
Malcolm Chapple Commercial Chancery View PDF
January 2008
The Money Laundering Regulations 2007
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 8 - January 2008
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. , Watson Pringle View PDF
January 2008
Pye revisited: Human Rights and Adverse Possession
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 8 - January 2008
James Thom Q.C. Property , Public Law View PDF
8 December 2007
Money Laundering Regulations 2007 Registration
Taxation Web
Leigh Sagar, outlines the scope of the new Money Laundering Regulations in terms of the requirement to register for regulation.
Leigh Sagar Tax
1 December 2007
Permanent establishments and trustee residence
Taxation Web
Leigh Sagar, examines the application of permanent establishment rules to the trustee residence of offshore corporate trust service providers ('TSPs'), following changes introduced in the Finance Act 2006.  To view his article, please click here.
Leigh Sagar Tax
October 2007
Dividing up the family home
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 7 - Autumn 2007
Jane Evans-Gordon Property View PDF
October 2007
Landowners lament rights way of ruling
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 7 - Autumn 2007
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law View PDF
October 2007
Avoiding comprimising positions
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 7 - Autumn 2007
The changes to CPR Part 36
Nicola Allsop View PDF
20 July 2007
Merger talks
New Law Journal
Mark Hubbard View PDF
6 June 2007
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 – Some possible questions and asnwers
The Trust Quarterly Review, Volume 5, Issue 3, 2007
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates
June 2007
Where does the public interest lie?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 6 - Summer 2007
John Macdonald Q.C. View PDF
June 2007
How big is an equity?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 6 - Summer 2007
Adrian Pay View PDF
June 2007
A sharp carving knife rather than a salami slicer
New Square Chambers Newsletter - Issue 6
Leigh Sagar View PDF
June 2007
Are inter partes communications open or without prejudice?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update
Malcolm Chapple Commercial Chancery View PDF
21 May 2007
IR 20: 'Guidance' or Concession?
The Tax Journal
Discussion of whether the emigrant taxpayer has any remedy if HMRC unreasonably refuses to apply the rules set out in their booklet IR 20.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
May 2007
Rights of Parking and the Ouster Principle after Batchelor v Marlow
The Conveyancer, May-June 2007, at 223
Alexander Hill-Smith Property
May 2007
Maintenance of highways revisited
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
April 2007
Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Limited v Dorset County Council (case note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
February 2007
An Introduction to the Companies Act 2006
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 5 - February 2007
Tim Akkouh , Emily Gillett , Robin Hollington Q.C. View PDF
January 2007
The Companies Act 2006
Solicitors Journal
Tim Akkouh , Emily Gillett , Robin Hollington Q.C.
January 2007
Factual evidence and testamentary capacity
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists Newsletter
Trusts and Estates
2007
Limitation of actions: putting the cart before the horse? (on Green v Gaul; Re Loftus)
Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal - [2007] 88 TELTJ 12
Alexander Learmonth Trusts and Estates
2007
Annulments: interest and ad valorem fees
Insolvency Intelligence - 7
Alexander Learmonth Company and Insolvency
2007
The lawfulness of metatags as trade marks
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 6 - Summer 2007
Malcolm Chapple View PDF
2007
Oppression of Minority Shareholders - Reflections on Blisset v Daniel
The Denning Law Journal - Volume 19, pp 5-31
A closer look at the leading case of O'Neill v Phillips and the old case of Blisset v Daniel, and a look at the question of whether the reasoning of Lord Hoffman in O'Neill v Phillips is, or was ever meant by him to be, of general application.
Robin Hollington Q.C. View PDF
November 2006
Old values in a new world: domicile of choice vs domicile of origin
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 4 - Winter 2006
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax View PDF
November 2006
White v Jones - whatever next?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 4 - Winter 2006
Rodney Stewart Smith View PDF
October 2006
Town or village greens revisited
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property
October 2006
Bankruptcy Restriction Orders
Solicitors Journal
Tim Akkouh View PDF
September 2006
Misconduct and unfair prejudice - and divorces (Grace v Biagioli and Richardson v Blackmore)
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 3 - Autumn 2006
Robin Hollington Q.C. View PDF
September 2006
Trustee directors and trust companies (Re Poyiadjis)
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 3 - Autumn 2006
Mark Hubbard View PDF
September 2006
Disclosure in share sale agreements
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 3 - Autumn 2006
View PDF
September 2006
Without prejudice?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 3 - Autumn 2006
Emily Gillett View PDF
11 August 2006
No prejudice: Bradford & Bingley v Rashid [2006] UKHL 37
Solicitors Journal
Tim Akkouh , Emily Gillett View PDF
June 2006
Human rights and adverse possession
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 2 - June 2006
James Thom Q.C. View PDF
June 2006
Getting at the court record - access by all and sundry?
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 2 - June 2006
Gary Pryce View PDF
June 2006
Charity ends at home
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 2 - June 2006
View PDF
4 February 2006
What did Lord Cockburn mean? Some thoughts about Banks v Goodfellow
Trust Quarterly Review, Volume 4, Issue 2 of 2006
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates
February 2006
The significance of user evidence
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
February 2006
The last word on the difference between fixed and floating charges? In re Spectrum Plus [2005] 2 A.C 680(HL)
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 1 - February 2006
Tim Akkouh View PDF
February 2006
The Privy Council simplify the test for dishonest assistance: Barlow Clowes & Ors v Eurotrust International Ltd [2006] 1 All ER 333
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 1 - February 2006
View PDF
2006
Trade marks - was FCUK lawful
New Square Chambers - Legal Update - Issue 4 - Winter 2006
Malcolm Chapple View PDF
December 2005
Dishonest assistance
Solicitors Journal
Discussion of the reformulation of the Twinsectra test in the wake of Barlow Clowes v Eurotrust International Ltd [2005] UKPC 37.
Tim Akkouh View PDF
14 November 2005
Culpable Conduct
Tax Journal
Considers who should open tax appeal tribunal proceedings if the Crown alleges dishonesty by the taxpayer/appellant.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
13 June 2005
SDLT: Are transactions "linked"?
Tax Journal
Whether for Stamp Duty Land Tax ("SDLT") purposes two or more transactions are to be linked and treated as one.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
2 May 2005
Human and legal interest in a probate action: Re Sherrington
Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates
April 2005
Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council (Court of Appeal) (case note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
2005
In the Name of the Child
Legalease
Public Law
2005
A Shepherd's Pie: a Case Note
Trust Quarterly Review
Leigh Sagar
2005
Incriminating Evidence
Solicitors Journal
(re O Ltd v. Z [2005] EWHC 238)
Alexander Learmonth Commercial Chancery
2005
Oxley v Hiscock
Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal
Alexander Learmonth co-authored an article on the case of Oxley v Hiscock (constructive trusts of co-owned houses). 
Alexander Learmonth Trusts and Estates
2005
Dishonest assistance and knowing receipt distinguished
Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal - [2005] 71 TELTJ 4
Alexander Learmonth Trusts and Estates
27 May 2004
Whose right is is anyway?
Taxation
Whether a bankrupt's right of appeal against an income tax assessment is "property" belonging to his trustee in bankruptcy - who has standing to pursue an appeal against assessment - case note on Edward Agop Ahajot, The Count Artsrunik v Waller (SpC 395).
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
2004
STEP Directory and Yearbook
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Leigh Sagar
11 December 2003
Who Lurks in the Shadows?
Taxation
Legal tests for determining, in company and tax law, who are shadow directors.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
September 2003
Modifying mistaken modifications (3)
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
August 2003
Silk system hiatus
European Lawyer - Issue 30
An article on the Silk system hiatus. 
Alexander Learmonth
25 July 2003
Compulsory Questioning by the SFO
New Law Journal
A look at some of the dangers for the Serious Fraud Office in interviewing suspects under s. 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 where co-defendants run cut-throat defences - one co-defendant may put in evidence the interview of another defendant under s. 2 - potential for severance of the trial - practical implications of the rulings in the Wickes trials (R v Sweetbaum and Others, R v Rosenthal).
Nigel Hood
30 January 2003
Statutory Fiction
Taxation
Discusses the tax consequences of the decision in CVC/Opportunity Partners Ltd v. Demarco Almeida, [2002] B.C.L.C. 108 (P.C.) as to whether quasi-partnership shares must be valued on a going concern basis with no discount on the value of minority holdings.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
January 2003
Modifying mistaken modifications (2)
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
2003
Late registration of charges over the Property of Insolvent Companies
Insolvency Lawyer - 44
Alexander Learmonth Company and Insolvency
2003
A Moment of Sanity [153 NLJ 2003]
New Law Journal, Butterworths
The correct approach to technical defects in Part 36 offers, and the exercise of the discretion to disallow as unjust the ordinary consequences of a 'beaten' Part 36 offer.
Thomas Graham
November 2002
Modifying mistaken modifications (1)
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
September 2002
The new definition of town or village green
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
June 2002
The 'fence to fence' presumption
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property
2002
Watch out for the small print
New Square Chambers - Company and Insolvency Newsletter - Issue 2 - Spring 2002
Mark Hubbard View PDF
2002
Piercing the Corporate Veil
New Square Chambers - Company and Insolvency Newsletter - Issue 2 - Spring 2002
Robin Hollington Q.C. View PDF
2002
Accessory Liability: The "New" Dishonesty
New Square Chambers - Company and Insolvency Newsletter - Issue 2 - Spring 2002
Claire Staddon View PDF
2002
Equitable Compensation When Rescission is Barred
Trusts Law International [2002] 16 TLI 151
Tim Akkouh
2002
Mistake, Misprediction and Change of Position
Restitution Law Review [2002] RLR 107
Tim Akkouh
2002
Eddie, are you okay? Product endorsement and passing off (re Irvine v Talksport Ltd)
The Journal of World Intellectual Property - [2002] IPQ 306
Alexander Learmonth Commercial Chancery
18 October 2001
Does 'Available' Equal 'Provided'?
Taxation
Discussion of the question of whether, if living accommodation is "available" to an employee, it is thereby "provided" to that employee - benefits in kind - Taxes Act 1988, s. 145, Schedule E.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
May 2001
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
New Square Chambers - Company and Insolvency Newsletter - Issue 1 - May 2001
Company and Insolvency View PDF
May 2001
Unjustly Frozen : Section 127 of the IA reinterpreted
New Square Chambers - Company and Insolvency Newsletter - Issue 1 - May 2001
Mark Hubbard Company and Insolvency View PDF
May 2001
Piercing the Corporate Veil: The House of Lords Approves Prudential v Newman Industries (No 2)
New Square Chambers - Company and Insolvency Newsletter - Issue 1 - May 2001
Robin Hollington Q.C. Company and Insolvency View PDF
April 2001
Opinion, Advice or Direction of the Court
Trusts and Trustees
An analysis of the various mechanisms available in different jurisdictions around the world to allow trustees to seek the assistance of the Court in the execution of the trust.
Leigh Sagar Trusts and Estates
April 2001
Marriott v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (case note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
March 2001
Misfeasance In Public Office - The Tort Defined
Banking & Finance Law Review (Canada): Vol.16 No.2 Mar 2001 at 317
James Bailey
February 2001
Countryside and Rights of Way Bill: final update
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
2001
Lowly Power of Revocation: An Examination
Tax Notes International
Leigh Sagar Tax
July 2000
Countryside and Rights of Way Bill: update
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
5 June 2000
Analysis of the New Appeals Procedure
Published as part of the Litigator's View column.
Mark Hubbard
March 2000
Countryside and Rights of Way Bill
Rights of Way Law Review
Overview of the new Countryside and Rights of Way Bill (now the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) and the new right of access - other changes to the law of public rights of way.
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
February 2000
Mortgage Debts and Survivorship
The Probate Section Journal
Joint tenancies - survivorship - whether entire debt (together with entire property) falls on survivor - duties of personal representatives - life policies - family provision.
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. Trusts and Estates
October 1999
Environmental Protection Act 1990 as a Remedy for Obstruction of the Highway
Rights of Way Law Review
A discussion of the ruling in Westley v Hertfordshire County Council [1998] J.P.E.L. 947 (D.C.) that "statutory nuisance" (as defined in s. 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990) does not encompass obstruction of the highway - R v Bristol City Council, ex parte Everett [1999] 2 All E.R. 193 (C.A.) also discussed.
Property , Public Law
September 1999
Ex parte Sunningwell Parish Council: a case note
Rights of Way Law Review
Effect of the decision in R v. Oxfordshire County Council, ex parte Sunningwell Parish Council [1999] 3 W.L.R. 160 - meaning of "as of right" in definition of "town or village green" - Commons Registration Act 1965, s. 22(1) - procedural aspects of case - obtaining judicial review where binding Court of Appeal authority adverse to applicant.
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
April 1999
Tax Appeals and the Civil Procedure Rules
Tax Journal
Effect on tax appeals of the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
April 1999
Wentworth v Wiltshire CC: case note
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
February 1999
Events which trigger a DMMO
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
February 1999
Definitive Map Modification Orders
Rights of Way Law Review
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, s. 53(3) - events which trigger a definitive map modification order.
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
February 1999
Ex parte Billson (case note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Implications of the decision in R v. Secretary of State for the Environment, ex parte Billson [1998] 3 W.L.R. 1240, in particular its interpretation of some key words and phrases in Highways Act 1980, s. 31, and Law of Property Act 1925, s. 193.
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
November 1998
British Telecom Pension Scheme Trustees and ors v Clarke (HMIT) a case note
Tax Journal
Implications of the decision in British Telecom Pension Scheme Trustees and ors v. Clarke (HMIT) [1998] Simon's Tax Cases 1075 - activities and transactions which constitute a "trade" for tax purposes.
Robin Mathew Q.C. Tax
October 1998
User Element in Definition of Byways Open to all Traffic
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
October 1998
User element in definition of BOATs (1)
Rights of Way Law Review
User element in the definition of "byway open to all traffic" - Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, s. 66(1) - whether current vehicular user required - whether both pedestrian and equestrian current user required.
George Laurence Q.C. Property
June 1998
Stevens v Secretary of State for the Environment: a case note
Rights of Way Law Review
Effect of the decision in Stevens v Secretary of State for the Environment, The Times, 20 February 1998 (Sullivan J.) - reclassification of road used as a public path (RUPP) as a bridleway, rather than as a byway open to all traffic (BOAT) - acquisition of right through conduct which is prohibited by public statute - consideration of Robinson v Adair, The Times, 2 March 1995.
Property , Public Law
November 1997
Bridges: Responsibility to repair them (1), (2), and (3)
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
1997
Flying High Above the Law
Air and Space Law 2 (1997) 81
James Bailey
October 1996
R v Suffolk County Council, ex parte Steed (case note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
March 1996
Definitive map – continuous review
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
November 1995
TROs and the duty to maintain
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
June 1995
Dynevor (Lord) v Richardson (case note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property
March 1995
Mid Glamorgan County Council v Ogwr Borough Council (case note)
Rights of Way Law Review
Ross Crail Property , Public Law
October 1994
CCT: sanctions and “acb”
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. , Edwin Simpson Property , Public Law
June 1994
R v Cornwall CC ex p. Huntington (C.A.)
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
June 1994
Ex p. Bagshaw and ex.p. Norton
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
January 1994
CCT and public rights of way
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
October 1993
Modifications of the definitive map
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
July 1993
Ex parte Cowell: case note
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
November 1992
The Lasham Case
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
September 1992
The Mayhew Case
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
April 1992
R v Cornwall CC ex p. Huntington
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
February 1992
Fowler v Devon CC: case note
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
May 1991
Ss.54(2) & 57(3) of the WCA 1981
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
March 1991
The duty to modify
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
April 1990
Upgrading of Reclassified RUPPs
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
January 1990
Ex p. Burrows and Simms: the issues
Rights of Way Law Review
George Laurence Q.C. Property
 
IHT and interests in possession
Rodney Stewart Smith Trusts and Estates , Tax
 
Disappointed beneficiaries
Rodney Stewart Smith
Publications
DateTitleContributorsPractice AreaView Details
December 2010
Theobald on Wills (17th Edition)
Sweet & Maxwell
John Ross Martyn, Alexander Learmonth and Charlotte Ford are authors of this book.
John Ross Martyn , Alexander Learmonth , Charlotte Ford Trusts and Estates , Offshore work and other areas View Details
December 2010
Shareholders' Rights (6th Edition)
Sweet & Maxwell

Robin Hollington QC wrote the entirety of this book. 

Robin Hollington Q.C. Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View Details
August 2010
Lewin on Trusts (18th Edition) - 1st Supplement
Sweet & Maxwell
Lynton Tucker , Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. , James Brightwell Trusts and Estates View Details
September 2009
Shareholders' Rights (5th Edition) - 1st Supplement
Sweet & Maxwell
Robin Hollington Q.C. Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View Details
May 2009
The Law of Freedom of Information
Oxford University Press
The second edition of The Law of Freedom of Information, edited by John Macdonald QC, Clive H. Jones and Ross Crail.
Emily Gillett , John Macdonald Q.C. , Ross Crail , Stephen Schaw Miller , Ian Peacock , Edwin Simpson , Mark Hubbard , Adrian Pay , Watson Pringle , Charlotte Ford Public Law View Details
2009
The ICSA Directors Handbook
ICSA Publishing
Robin Hollington QC wrote Chapter 15 titled 'Shareholders remedies'.
Robin Hollington Q.C. Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View Details
April 2008
Trusts Law
Palgrave Macmillan
Tim Akkouh is one of the co-authors of this book with Charlie Webb. 
Tim Akkouh Trusts and Estates View Details
March 2008
Personal Insolvency: Law and Practice
LexisNexis Butterworths (4th Edition)
Stephen Schaw Miller is one of the co-authors of this book with HHJ E Bailey. 
Stephen Schaw Miller Company and Insolvency View Details
January 2008
Lewin on Trusts (18th Edition)
Sweet & Maxwell

John Mowbray Q.C., Lynton Tucker, Nicholas Le Poidevin, Edwin Simpson and James Brightwell wrote the entirety of this book.  Updates to this work are available here on this website

Lynton Tucker , Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. , Edwin Simpson , James Brightwell Trusts and Estates View Details
January 2008
Shareholders' Rights (5th Edition)
Sweet & Maxwell

Robin Hollington QC wrote the entirety of this book. 

Please click here, to read an independent review.   

Robin Hollington Q.C. Commercial Chancery , Company and Insolvency View Details
20 December 2007
Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks - Executors, Administrators and Probate (19th Edition)
Sweet & Maxwell

John Ross Martyn is one of the joint editors of this book. 

Alexander Learmonth edited a chapter on inheritance tax and other assistance. 

John Ross Martyn , Alexander Learmonth Trusts and Estates View Details
22 November 2007
Copinger & Skone James on Copyright (15th Edition)
Sweet & Maxwell
Alexander Learmonth edited the chapters on the Protection of Goodwill and Confidential Information. 
Alexander Learmonth Commercial Chancery View Details
2007
A Practical Guide to the Transfer of Trusteeships
STEP
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. Trusts and Estates View Details
2007
A Portrait of Lincoln's Inn
Third Millenium Information
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. View Details
November 2006
Probate Practitioners Handbook (5th Edition)
Law Society Publishing
Alexander Learmonth contributed a chapter on the proceeds of crime. 
Alexander Learmonth Trusts and Estates View Details
July 2006
Taxation of Trusts
STEP Journal
Leigh Sagar Trusts and Estates , Tax View Details
2004
Atkin's Court Forms
Butterworths
Robert Levy contributed to the titles on Easements, Trespass to Land, Commons and Compulsory Acquisition of Land
James Brightwell View Details
20 March 2003
The Law of Freedom of Information
Oxford University Press
The first edition of The Law of Freedom of Information, edited by John Macdonald QC and Clive H. Jones.
John Macdonald Q.C. , Ross Crail , Stephen Schaw Miller , Ian Peacock , Edwin Simpson , Mark Hubbard , Jane Evans-Gordon , Adrian Pay , James Bailey Public Law View Details
2003
Halsbury's Laws of England, vol.6
Butterworths
James Brightwell contributed to the titles on Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (volume 4(1)) and Clubs (volume 6)
James Brightwell Trusts and Estates View Details
2002
Tax Statutes and Statutory Instruments (the Red and Green Books)
James Brightwell was a technical editor for these editions of the Red and Green Books.
James Brightwell Tax View Details
2002
Halsbury's Laws of England, vol.4(1)
Butterworths
James Brightwell View Details
2002
Disclosure to objects of powers
Legalease Offshore & Private Client Yearbook 2002
Leigh Sagar Trusts and Estates View Details
7 June 2001
Theobald on Wills (16th Edition)
Sweet & Maxwell
John Ross Martyn is one of the joint editors of this book.   
John Ross Martyn Trusts and Estates View Details
2000
Encyclopaedia of Professional Negligence
Butterworths
Alexander Hill-Smith is one of the contributors to this encyclopaedia. 
Alexander Hill-Smith Commercial Chancery View Details
December 1999
Cohabitation: Law and Precedents
Sweet & Maxwell
Jane Evans-Gordon wrote the property chapter and co-wrote the wills and intestacy chapter
Jane Evans-Gordon Property , Trusts and Estates View Details
1997
Law and the Business of Sport
Butterworths
Malcolm Chapple wrote the section on intellectual property in this book
Malcolm Chapple Commercial Chancery View Details
1992
Handbook of Dilapidations
Sweet & Maxwell
James Thom QC is an editor of this work
James Thom Q.C. View Details
1985
Consumer Credit: Law and Practice
Sweet & Maxwell
Alexander Hill-Smith View Details
 
Re Diplock
Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2006
Tim Akkouh View Details
 
The Reports of John Bryt, 1410-1411
Selden Society, forthcoming
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. View Details
Podcasts
DateTitleContributorsPractice Area
November 2010
Insolvency in Trusts
CPDCast
Nicholas Le Poidevin QC discusses the consequences for a trust if one of the parties to it becomes insolvent. Taking the settlor, the trustee and the beneficiary in turn, he considers whether the trust can carry on, who is entitled to it and whether assets can be put at risk.  To downlaod a copy, please visit the CPDCast site, by clicking here.
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. Trusts and Estates
June 2009
Village Greens and Public Rights of Way
CPDCast
This podcast concerns some of the technical issues when dealing with public access to and over areas of land in the countryside. It analyses three statutory provisions, s31 Highways Act 1980 and s67 Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, concerning the establishment and extinguishing of public rights of way and vehicular access and s15 Commons Act 2006 concerning the issues when designating and registering land as a town or village green.  To downlaod a copy, please visit the CPDCast site, by clicking here.
George Laurence Q.C. Property , Public Law
April 2009
Liability of Directors of Corporate Trustees
CPDCast
Nicholas Le Poidevin discusses the concept of the 'dog leg' claim. This is a claim brought by beneficiaries directly against the directors of a corporate trustee for breach of trust. The podcast looks at the troubled history of the claim, how it might be justified and looks at other more conventional means to get around the problem of enforcing an indirect fiduciary relationship.  To downlaod a copy, please visit the CPDCast site, by clicking here.
Nicholas Le Poidevin Q.C. Trusts and Estates
March 2009
Valuation in Enfranchisement Cases
CPDCast

Kenneth Munro examines the fall out from the recent House of Lords decision to exclude 'hope value' from the valuation process under the majority of leasehold enfranchisement applications. It examines the issues in how to value the respective interests of both tenants and landlords, both individually and in instances of collective enfranchisement.  To download a copy, please visit the CPDCast site www.CPDcast.com.

Kenneth Munro Property
November 2007
Discharge from bankruptcy
CPD Legal Programme
Clive Jones and Tim Akkouh contributed to a CPDcast on the subject of 'Discharge from bankruptcy'. To download a copy, please visit the CPDcast site www.CPDcast.com.
Tim Akkouh Company and Insolvency
November 2007
Recent Issues in Trusts
CPD Legal Programme
Leigh Sagar and Emily Gillett contributed to a CPDcast entitled 'Recent Issues in Trusts'. To download a copy, please visit the CPDcast site http://www.cpdcast.com/podcasts/recent_issues_in_trusts
Emily Gillett , Leigh Sagar Trusts and Estates
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