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The Chambers Bar Awards 2011
Congratulations to Paul Girolami QC on being awarded 'Silk of the Year' in the Chancery category at the Chambers Bar Awards.
Maitland welcomes two new tenants
Maitland Chambers is pleased to announce that Narinder Jhittay and Christopher Carr have accepted tenancy, commencing 1 October 2011, following their pupillage.
Sir William Blackburne re-joins chambers as an Arbitrator
Chambers is pleased to announce that Sir William Blackburne has joined chambers as a door tenant to accept appointments as an Arbitrator.
Double the fun
David Mumford is representing one of the parties in the High Court dispute between Russian oligarchs Boris Berezovsky and Roman Abramovich. The case is unique in that for the first time ever a Chancery judge and a Commercial Court judge sat together to give directions in the dispute.

For further details follow the link to The Lawyer article.

SEMINARS
Members deliver seminars on a regular basis both in chambers and at clients' offices. Those held in chambers are accredited for CPD by the Law Society and Bar Standards Board.
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ARTICLES
The light stuff
John McGhee QC
A recent rights to light case demonstrated how property rights are treated differently than contractual rights. John McGhee QC reports. Please click here to follow the link to the article.
The BVI VISTA - Just how unspoilt is it?
Jonathan Russen QC
An in-depth article about the use of trusts as planning structures with reference to the British Virgin Island's special regime for VISTA trusts.
Beneficiaries' information rights
Michael Gibbon QC
This article examines, from an English standpoint and by reference to Rosewood v Schmidt and Breakspear v Ackland, the court’s discretion to intervene in the administration of a trust to order disclosure of information to beneficiaries. Please click here to read the full article
Regulation overload
James Clifford
The problem persists that a regime designed to protect members' pensions has had the consequence of undermining desirable corporate activity.
Steps in the wrong direction
James Clifford
The complexity of the government's latest proposals to reform the employer debt regime may create yet further problems for businesses looking to restructure.
RECENT CHAMBERS CASES
Crossco No.4 Unlimited & Ors v Jolan Ltd & Ors (2011)
Michael Driscoll QC, Ciaran Keller
LTL 22/12/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 1619
Court of Appeal
Sylvana Marchant Perdoni, Roberto Perdoni v Carmen Curati (2011)
Nigel Thomas
LTL 22/12/2011 : [2011] EWHC 3442 (Ch)
Chancery Division
Mukhtar Ablyazov v JSC BTA Bank (2011)
George Hayman
LTL 28/11/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 1386
Court of Appeal
Louis Glatt v Nigel Heath Sinclair (2011)
Edmund Cullen
LTL 23/11/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 1317
Court of Appeal
London Tara Hotel Ltd v Kensington Close Hotel Ltd (2011)
Mark Wonnacott
LTL 22/11/2011 : (2011) NPC 119 : [2011] EWCA Civ 1356
Court of Appeal
Bethell Construction Ltd & Bethell Group Plc v Deloitte & Touche (2011)
John Dagnall
LTL 18/11/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 1321
Court of Appeal
Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-Operative Ltd (2011)
Mark Wonnacott
LTL 9/11/2011 : [2011] UKSC 52
Supreme Court
Semaj John Dance v Robert Savery, Philip Geoffrey French, Mark Treneer (2011)
Mark Wonnacott
LTL 3/11/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 1250
Court of Appeal
Revenue & Customs Commissioners v Rochdale Drinks Distributors Ltd (2011)
Rosanna Foskett
LTL 13/10/2011
Court of Appeal
Shiraz Boghani v Bashir Nathoo (2011)
Catherine Newman QC, David Mumford
LTL 4/8/2011 : [2011] EWHC 2101 (Ch)
Chancery Division
Cleaver & Ors v Schyde Investments Ltd (2011)
Tom Leech QC, Philomena Harrison, Alan Johns
LTL 29/7/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 929
Court of Appeal
Philip Towers v Premier Waste Management Ltd (2011)
Alastair Walton
LTL 28/7/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 923
Court of Appeal
Neale v Whitney Electric Theatre (2011)
Mark Wonnacott
LTL 25/8/2011 : [2011] EWCA Civ 1032
Court of Appeal
Rees v Peters (2011)
Tom Leech QC
LTL 21/7/2011
Court of Appeal
Anthracite Rated Investments (Jersey) Ltd v Lehman Brothers (2011)
Jonathan Russen QC, Rosanna Foskett
LTL 18/7/2011 : [2011] EWHC 1822 (Ch)
Chancery Division
Chief Land Registrar v Leonard Stuart Silkstone, Gary Greville Silkstone & Simon Derek Tatnall (2011)
Amanda Tipples QC
LTL 14/7/2011 : (2011) NPC 76 : [2011] EWCA Civ 801
Court of Appeal
NML Capital Ltd v Argentina (2011)
Benjamin John, Ciaran Keller
LTL 6/7/2011 : Times, July 8, 2011 : [2011] UKSC 31
Supreme Court
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