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Business & Property
19/02/2025

Mock Trial & Advocacy Insights, 11 March ’25

Please join us for an exclusive mock trial featuring our Business & Property Junior Barristers. This event offers a valuable opportunity to observe advocacy in action, as our barristers navigate a simulated trial, demonstrating strategic case...
Anya Newman
Business & Property
19/02/2025

High Streets Under the Hammer: Compulsory Auction Powers of Local Authorities

In the latest edition of Lay of the Land, Anya Newman provides an overview of this new power and what owners of empty town centre properties can do to avoid their assets being subject to a compulsory auction. On 2 December 2024 Part 10 of the...
Real Estate Spring Seminar
Business & Property
17/02/2025

Real Estate Spring Seminar, 26 March ’25

Breaking Up Is Never Easy: Navigating Tenancy Exits, Forfeiture and Sale of Land Disputes We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Real Estate Spring Seminar on Wednesday 26 March 2025. This free half-day event promises to be an insightful...
Business & Property
17/02/2025

Raghav Trivedi Secures Successful Outcome in Complex Property Dispute

Raghav Trivedi has secured a successful result for his client in a recent complex proprietary estoppel case following a three-day preliminary issues trial at the High Court in Birmingham. The case involved a high-value dispute within a wealthy...
John Aldis
Business & Property
04/02/2025

John Aldis Secures Reverse Summary Judgment in Pre-Emption Clause Dispute

John Aldis secured a reverse summary judgment against the Claimant lessor of a public library who was claiming specific performance of a right of pre-emption. The Claimant sought an order requiring the Defendant lessee Council to offer to sell the...
Charles Towl
Business & Property
30/01/2025

The Worst Secret Santa? Reflections on Hirachand v Hirachand and Anor [2024] UKSC 43

On 18 December 2024, the Supreme Court delivered its much-anticipated decision in Hirachand, holding that Conditional Fee Agreement (“CFA”) success fees cannot be recovered as part of an applicant’s financial needs under the Inheritance...
Anthony Verduyn
Business & Property
20/01/2025

Anthony Verduyn Shifts Focus to Mediation after 30 years at the Bar

After more than 30 years as a barrister in Birmingham and tenant of Chambers, Anthony Verduyn is leaving practice to dedicate himself to mediations and judicial work.  Anthony has been a cornerstone of St Philips Chambers, our Business &...
Signing will
Business & Property
15/01/2025

Probate & Trusts Q1 2025 Update

Welcome to the fourth quarterly case update from the Probate and Trusts team at St Philips.  We hope that you find it helpful and informative. This update has been written by Christopher Buckingham and Gavin McLeod. General enquiries can be sent to:...
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