We offer expert legal advice and representation with barristers who specialise in Chancery and Commercial law.
Chambers has extensive, collective expertise and considerable practical experience of how multiple legal disciplines often overlap when applied to the actual issues our clients face. We also offer highly skilled barristers who practice in areas that fall outside the scope of traditional Chancery law.
Our friendly, professional Clerks’ Room is the principal port of call for anyone who would like to instruct a barrister at Ten Old Square.
Our team of clerks will advise on the expertise and availability of the barristers in Chambers and discuss the most suitable fee structures for your case. They will do this in a speedy and responsive manner, keeping you fully informed throughout the process.
Our clerks offer a very high quality service combined with a down-to-earth and collaborative approach.
If you would like to discuss a specific case, arrange a meeting or receive further information about any of our barristers, areas of expertise or about the way we work in general, please contact our clerks.
Our excellent legal services extend beyond case work to the provision of remote talks, complimentary training events and programmes to support our clients’ continuing competence requirements.
Further details about this can be found on our events page or by contacting Emily Overett.
Ten Old Square is a professional, friendly and forward-looking set.
We are renowned for delivering an outstanding level of service and welcome applications from like-minded individuals.
Ten Old Square is an award-winning set of Chancery barristers’.
Chambers contains some of the finest and brightest lawyers currently practising in all the current Chancery disciplines. Our Chambers comprises of talented barristers whose expertise meets and exceeds the demands of those who approach us needing legal representation and require expert advice of the very highest calibre.
Event Date: 10th October 2017, 18:00 to 09:30
The Use and Abuse of Trustee Power Our annual complimentary private client seminar and drinks reception was held at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Parliament Square, London, SW1P 3BD. As well as an analysis of the modern scope and use of trust powers, we considered the application of trust powers to increase flexibility […]
21st Jul 2017
Before: Mr Justice Teare Citation: [2017] EWHC 1815 (Comm) Following a two-week trial in the Commercial Court, Matthew Slater succeeded in defending a leading investment bank against a very substantial claim for damages and quantum meruit: Medsted Associates Limited v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) [2017] EWHC 1815 (Comm) Read more…
18th Jul 2017
Eason Rajah KC successfully represented the widow of the international banker, Thomas Petschek, in an attempt by her stepchildren to overturn a £3.5million payout awarded to her by US Courts. The payout (Beddoe Claim) was unsuccessfully disputed in the UK Chancery Division. The battle between the widow and her stepchildren over the £30 million estate […]
5th Jul 2017
In his paper entitled ‘Digging the dirt on basements’ David Schmitz highlights five key issues for building owners to consider: (1) what are the consequences at common law and in equity of any unpleasantness caused the carrying out of the necessary works of construction; (2) what are the consequences in common law and in equity where the presence of […]
4th Jul 2017
Leon Pickering has been named in the Private Client ‘Ones to Watch’ 2017 list of 72 lawyers recently published by Legal Week. He is the only private practice barrister to be listed. The Private Client Global Elite 2017 survey identified 208 lawyers as the ‘Global Elite’, additionally, 72 international private client lawyers were also identified as ‘Ones to Watch’ for 2017. A gala dinner […]
3rd Jul 2017
Paul Stafford examines the consequences of the Act for landowners, including the significant loss of common law rights. This article was first published in Property Law Journal (June 2017) and is also available on lawjournals.co.uk. Download PDF
