| Richard Dew's practice is focussed
on Wills, Estates and Trusts and related professional negligence. His practice
is predominantly litigation, and he is becoming increasingly involved in
larger and more complex claims, but he also provides expert advice in respect
of tax and tax planning (principally capital taxation). He is a member
of STEP and ACTAPS. He has experience at all levels of litigation (with
two recent cases in the Court of Appeal) and considerable experience in
the conduct of mediation and alternative dispute resolution.
Richard is an editor of Tolley's
Inheritance Tax Planning and the Trusts and Estate Practitioner's Guide
to Mental Capacity. He is a contributor to the recent book on International
Trusts Disputes.
Richard lectures regularly on chancery
and private client matters. Recent lectures topics include "setting aside
trusts" (including fraud, mistake and rectification) and "Insolvent Estates".
Richard’s reported cases include:
• Shovelar v Lane [2011] 4 All ER
669
• Sutton v Sutton [2010] WTLR 115
• Dibble v Pfluger [2010] EWCA Civ
1005
• Lamothe v Lamothe [2006] EWHC 1387(CH)
(Revocation and the testator's intention)
• Banks v National Westminster Bank
plc and another [2005] All ER (D) 159 (Apr) Will ademption following loss
of the testator's capacity)
• Clark v Clark [2004] All ER (D)
224 (Dec) (application for solemn grant of probate)
• Leadenhall Independent Trustees
Ltd v Welham and another [2004] All ER (D) 423 (Mar) (pensions)
Richard’s published articles include:
• Trusts and Disclosure, 2011 Private
Client Business [2011] PCB 241-247
• "Can TLATA 1996 be Interpreted
as a Fiscal Bill?" Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, May 2009,
11 (jointly with Gill Steel)
• "A Wasted Opportunity" (Trustee
Exclusion Clauses) T.E.L. & T.J. (2007) No.83 January/February Pages
23-25
• Equitable Compensation and Contributory
Negligence in Trusts and Estates Law and Tax Journal January/February 2006
• Banks v Natwest and Davenport in
Trusts and Estates Law Journal July/August 2005
• Property Sales under EPAs in Elderly
Client Adviser September/October 2005
Richard
Dew is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed
by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. He is registered
with The Bar Standards Board [Bar Ref 40317] and is fully insured with
the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund [BMIF Ref 2360/053] to provide legal services,
please refer to the BMIF
website for full details of the world-wide cover provided. He is registered
for VAT under the reference 761309146. If you wish to contact Richard Dew
please do so by telephone to 00 44 (0) 20 7405 0758 or by email to clerks@tenoldsquare.com
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