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Andrew Willetts' recent article titled 'Red Lines'

10th July 2017

Andrew Willetts writes for the June edition of the STEP Trust Quarterly Review on the subject of trust disclosure. In an article entitled ‘Red Lines’ Andrew examines the recent Court of Appeal decision in Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing LLP [2017] EWCA Civ 74. Dawson-Damer concerns the conflicting approaches to disclosure under general trust law, which preserves the trustees right of non…

Escalating Ground Rents - 'Run to Ground' an article by Rawdon Crozier

29th June 2017

Escalating Ground Rents 'Run to Ground' an article by Rawdon Crozier (co-authored by Ibraheem Dulmeer of the Leasehold Advisory Service) on the highly topical issue of escalating ground rents appears in the June Issue of Property in Practice, the magazine of the Law Society's Property Section PiP 2017, 59, 12-14. A version of the article is now also available on the Lease …

Cleared of Murder, Manslaughter , Attempted Murder, Section 18 GBH and Section 20 GBH

28th June 2017

A 16 year old defendant (R v EI) was cleared of all charges after a 6 week trial at the Central Criminal Court. A multi-handed case involving three sixteen year old defendants and two sixteen year old complainants. The case involved a detailed understanding of knife crime - wound mechanics, tracking and angles of penetration - and how to mount a complex defence in dealing with issues p…

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Defendant Cleared of Murder and Manslaughter - Represented by Joe Stone QC

KBG Chambers welcome Michael Baker