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.
21st Mar 2025
James Poole acts for successful Claimant in dispute over the burial wishes of his late father. The judgment is here, and the costs judgment is here. James was instructed by Matt Smith of Rollasons LLP.
Ten Old Square will hold a live webinar with Q&A featuring James Kirby and Adam Stewart-Wallace. Children and the Court of Protection What is the role of the Court of Protection in managing the property and affairs of children who lack mental capacity? This Friday Briefing will explain the powers of the Court of Protection […]
19th Mar 2025
The Lexis+ Practice Note tackles expenses in the context of insolvency, bankruptcy and administration. It provides accessible, detailed guidance to practitioners on: What counts as an expense? What are expenses? Liquidation and bankruptcy Expenses properly incurred in realising assets of the company/bankrupt Costs of the petitioner Necessary disbursements Administration Expenses properly incurred by administrator in […]
14th Mar 2025
A Brief Guide to Modern Manorial Law by Paul Stafford of Ten Old Square is now due for publication later in the spring. The book draws on the author’s experience over nearly twenty years of advisory work and litigation in the field of modern manorial law and reflects the issues which most frequently arise. It examines […]
Event Date: 1st April 2025, 18:00 to 22:00
Mistakes and How To Fix Them This year, Ten Old Square’s Private Client Evening Seminar takes a look at the remedies for mistake in trusts, wills and estates. Join us to hear Susannah Meadway, Richard Dew and Thomas James explore claims for rescission and rectification as ways of undoing mistakes, as well as professional negligence […]
3rd Mar 2025
The webinar will be held at 9am-10am on Friday 7 March 2025. The Professional Practices Alliance will be hosting a webinar with an expert panel featuring Ten Old Square’s Jeremy Callman alongside Corinne Staves and Sarah Chilton of CM Murray LLP and Dr Richard Millard of the Cambridge Strategy Group. The panel will discuss developments […]
26th Feb 2025
The Court of Protection has held that it retains jurisdiction over a minor’s property in England in Irwin Mitchell Trust Corporation v KS and others. James Poole acted for the successful deputy and Richard Dew acted for the Official Solicitor as KS’s litigation friend. The issue for the court was whether the deputy’s appointment remained […]
