Richard Wallington has specialist
knowledge and experience of
trusts, wills, probate, and administration
of estates (contentious and non-contentious); claims under Inheritance
(Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; taxation of trusts and
estates and associated personal taxation (especially inheritance tax);
professional negligence claims and rectification claims in respect of trust
and similar documents.
His practice also includes the broad
range of Chancery work and he has particular experience of real property
matters, both contentious and non-contentious.
Leading Publications:
• Richard became a joint editor of
Williams on Wills in 1978
• He became one of the editors of
Foster’s Capital Taxes Encyclopaedia (later Foster’s Inheritance Tax) in
1982 and then became general editor of Foster’s Inheritance Tax and responsible
for the entire work in 1990
• Joint editor of Halsbury’s Laws
of England, vol 50 reissue, Wills, 1998
• Joint editor of Halsbury’s Laws
of England, vol 17(2) reissue, Executors, 2000
• Joint editor of Mellows: Taxation
for Executors and Trustees, from 2003
• Co-Author of Butterworths New Law
Guide to the Land Registration Act 2002
Richard’s notable cases include:
• Re Sweeting Deceased [1988] 1 All
ER 1016 (concerning wills and ademption)
• Gold v Jacques Amand (1992) 63
P & CR 1 (concerning whether there was an agricultural tenancy)
The Legal 500 2004 lists Richard
as a leading junior in Personal Tax, Trusts and Probate and says he is
"recommended for his drafting skills, especially on wills and complex deeds
of variation" and The Chambers & Partners Guide to the Legal Profession
2005 lists him as a leading junior for Traditional Chancery work and Charity
work and says "He's on [the] list of top estates-and-wills men" and has
"impecable drafting skills".
He is a member of the Chancery Bar
Association, the Revenue Bar Association and STEP.
Richard
Wallington 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 18575] and is fully insured
with the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund [BMIF Ref 2360/033] 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 234245778. If you wish to contact Richard Wallington
please do so by telephone to 00 44 (0) 20 7405 0758 or by email to clerks@tenoldsquare.com
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