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.
4th May 2023
James Kirby acted for the First Defendant in James v Scudamore [2023] EWHC 996 (Ch), in which a claim to revoke a grant of probate was defeated by what the claimant’s delay in issuing proceedings. The case is legally significant because it establishes the existence of a “probate doctrine of laches”, under which a claim […]
11th Apr 2023
Evan Price acted for the successful respondents in this interesting property appeal where the issues related to a physical re-entry of commercial property. The appellants sought to appeal on grounds that the right to re-enter was waived by the landlord; that the s.146 notice was defective and so invalid; and that relief from forfeiture should […]
27th Mar 2023
On 21 March 2023, the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) handed down judgment in HFFX LLP v HMRC [2023] UKUT 73 (TCC). James Kirby acted as junior counsel for HMRC. The Upper Tribunal’s decision is the latest in a series of income tax appeals concerning corporate partner avoidance schemes, whereby LLPs in the financial […]
21st Mar 2023
Congratulations to The Honourable Mr Justice Eason Rajah on his appointment to the High Court Bench (Chancery Division). Eason was a member of Ten Old Square throughout his career at the bar. Click here to read more.
22nd Feb 2023
Partnership & LLP Law – Recent Case Law & Developments – Webinar (mblseminars.com) A webinar offering a practitioners’ eye review of key developments in the case law relating to partnerships and LLPs with Jeremy Callman and Tom Arnull Partnership & LLP Law – A Roundup of Recent Cases with Ten Old Square Chambers – […]
22nd Feb 2023
Partnership & LLP Law – An Introductory Guide – Webinar (mblseminars.com) A one hour webinar providing an introduction to partnerships and LLPs with Jeremy Callman Drafting LLP & Partnership Agreements – Uncovering the Key Clauses – Webinar (mblseminars.com) A one hour practitioner’s webinar review of key points to have in mind when drafting in […]
13th Feb 2023
On 30 January 2023, the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber) handed down judgment in Executors of the estate of Linington and another v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2023] UKFTT 89 (TC). Thomas James (led by James Henderson of Pump Court Tax Chambers) acted successfully for HMRC. The decision concerns the inheritance tax valuation of trust interests […]
