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.
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Ten Old Square is a professional, friendly and forward-looking set.
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Our resources pages include information on recent cases and publications.
This includes links to articles authored by our barristers and high profile cases in which we have been involved.
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 […]
20th Mar 2019
David Schmitz, a barrister with Ten Old Square, is running the London marathon on Sunday 28th April 2019 in aid of C-Potential, formerly the London Centre for Children with cerebral palsy. The registered charity provides vital life changing learning for children and adults, running a range of activities and therapies including Conductive Education, speech and language therapy […]
13th Mar 2019
Ten Old Square are hosting a number of informative and practical training events during 2019 and are currently finalising the topics and content of each seminar. Save the Dates! 2019 seminars include: “Litigants in Person” Update briefing for junior lawyers – evening seminar – Wednesday 27 March Disclosure Pilot Scheme – breakfast briefing – Thursday 4th April […]
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 […]
30th Jan 2019
Ten Old Square is pleased that members of chambers have been recognised by the Lawyer Magazine as advising on one of the ‘Top 20’ cases in 2019. Ten Old Square’s Eason Rajah QC, Leon Pickering and Bryony Robinson are instructed by Withers’ partner Paul Hewitt to represent HEH 8th Nizam of Hyderabad’s interest in the […]
4th Dec 2018
Chambers is delighted to announce that Francis Barlow QC, 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 […]
