Sarah Harrison joins Chancery House.
Chancery House welcomes Sarah Harrison to Chambers. Sarah [1989] specialises in probate, trusts and the taxation of trusts. Her work encompasses contentious and non contentious matters including extensive experiences of probate litigation and drafting trust documentation.
In particular Sarah deals with the duties of trustees and personal representatives, contentious probate disputes, Will construction, family provision claims, the administration of estates, Court of Protection cases and associated capital taxation issues. She also deals with professional negligence claims related to these areas.
Sarah is recommended in Legal 500.
Important case on Part 36 Offers.
William Buck has successfully won an important dispute on when an offer is a valid Part 36 offer. In Thewlis v Group Ama Insurance Company Limited [2012] EWHC 3 (TCC) it was argued by the offeree that even though the offer was extensively labelled as being ‘Pursuant to Part 36’, it was not a valid Part 36 offer because it did not state that it was intended to have the consequences of Part 36. This argument was accepted by HHJ Behrens, who also held that on a proper construction of the offer letter, the offer was not in strict compliance with the requirements of Part 36. The decision is important as it demonstrates that all the requirements of Part 36 must be strictly adhered to, regardless of how technical they are, otherwise an apparent Part 36 offer will not be valid as such.
Success in the Court of Appeal.
Representing the respondents, William Buck has successfully appeared in front of the Court of Appeal in Kaur v Kaur [29th November 2011]. In their judgment their lordships upheld an argument that the conduct of the Appellant was an abuse of process in seeking to bring fresh claims against the respondents in respect of an alleged £2m trust of property.
Anna Stubley completes pupillage.
We are delighted to announce that Anna Stubley has joined chambers after successfully completing her pupillage. Anna has gained considerable experience in pupillage, from hearings in the County Court to matters in the Court of Appeal. Anna's practice focuses upon areas of commercial chancery, including contested probate disputes, property law, insolvency and company law.
Tax Specialist joins Chambers.
Edward Hewitt [2007] has accepted a position at Chancery House to offer specialist tax advice in respect of all areas of private client work, both contentious and non contentious.
Stuart Roberts joins Chancery House.
Chancery House welcomes Stuart Roberts to Chambers. Stuart was called to the Bar in 1994 and joins us with a strong practice covering the areas of commercial litigation, probate, wills and trusts disputes and employment law.
John Brennan joins Chancery House.
Chambers is pleased to announce that John Brennan will be joining us on 1 December 2010.
John is a distinguished chancery practitioner, having built a successful reputation in Birmingham.
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Success in the Court of Appeal.
William Buck has successfully represented the Respondent in the Court of Appeal in the matter of Westlaw Services Ltd, Khan v Boddy (SRA intervening), judgment being handed down on 30th July 2010. The case concerned whether contracts infringing SPR Rule 7 (the prohibition against fee sharing with non-solicitors) were unenforceable by the non-solicitor counterparties to those agreements even though they were not themselves regulated persons. The case also raised issues as to the availability of an alternative quantum meruit, the application of limitation to such a claim and the definition of employee within the SPRs. The Court of Appeal (Etherton, Rix and Gross L.J.J) accepted the submission that those contracts were unenforceable on the grounds of illegality and/or public policy and denied the Appellants permission to raise a quantum meruit. William Buck represented the estate of Mr Boddy with James McClelland representing the SPR as an intervening party. The Appellants were represented by Robert Englehart QC and Kevin Metzger.
IChemE Adjudicator appointment.
Anthony Edwards has been successfully accepted on the IChemE Panel of approved Adjudicators and Arbitrators.