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.
17th Apr 2019
Sam Laughton, barrister at Ten Old Square Chambers, explores the decision in Taurusbuild Ltd and others v McQue which appears to be the first time a court has suggested that, when an owner of two adjoining properties grants a mortgage over one of them, easements can be implied in favour of the mortgagee over the non-mortgaged […]
6th Feb 2019
Matthew Slater acted for investment bank Canaccord Genuity in the Court of Appeal case Medsted Associates Limited v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) [2019] EWCA Civ 83, an important decision on brokers’ fiduciary duties, with CityWire calling the trial judgment “historic”. Matthew’s practice covers a wide range of Chancery, Commercial and (as one of the Attorney-General’s Treasury Counsel) Public […]
4th Dec 2018
Chambers is delighted to announce that Francis Barlow KC, Head of Chambers, has been nominated “Silk of the Year 2019” and Ten Old Square as “Set of the Year” in this year’s Legal 500 Bar awards. Mr Barlow is acknowledged as a leading Silk both at home and abroad and is highly respected for his private client trusts […]
15th Nov 2018
Paul Stafford, Chancery counsel at Ten Old Square, recently gave an insightful tax talk at STEP Manchester with delegates commenting it was “easy to engage with” the topic and the briefing gave them “plenty to think about”. Paul spoke on ‘Facilitating tax evasion and enabling tax avoidance: corporate criminal offences and civil penalties’ , addressing […]
28th Aug 2018
Eason Rajah KC is named in this year’s Private Client Global Elite 2018 directory, recognising his private client expertise advising UHNW clients. The global directory lists the world’s top private client and trust disputes lawyers and recognises Eason’s broad practice which includes domestic, off shore and cross-border trusts, will disputes and related tax and professional negligence issues.
13th Jun 2018
Ten Old Square warmly welcomes James Egan to chambers. He joins the set to undertake contentious and non-contentious Chancery and Commercial matters, focusing on commercial and property matters. James achieved a Double First Class Honours in Law at Downing College, University of Cambridge, where he was awarded several scholarships for his performance in examinations.
6th Jun 2018
James MacDougald considers the recent decision by the Court of Appeal in Payne v Payne [2018] EWCA Civ 985, which reviewed the formal requirements for attestation of wills and the evidential rules in probate claims. To read the published article click here: https://www.lawskills.co.uk/articles/2018/06/what-forms-of-attestation-are-accepted-in-court/
