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.
5th Dec 2023
Ten Old Square is delighted to announce the publication of the 5th edition of Sidney Ross’s ‘perennial classic’ on Inheritance Act Claims, a comprehensive exposition of the present state of the law on claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The new edition marks the thirtieth anniversary of the textbook’s first […]
1st Dec 2023
In the latest issue of Trusts & Trustees, Georgia Bedworth and James Kirby discuss the courts’ approach to the application of the open justice principle in trusts and capacity proceedings. The article traces the evolution of the case law and procedural rules both in England and Wales and in offshore jurisdictions. It also takes stock […]
16th Oct 2023
James E. Petts has written an article for Private Client Business, examining the legal issues that arise when a licensee of a deceased’s property, who is also a residuary beneficiary under the will, remains in occupation after death without the permission of the personal representative. The article arises out of a recent case in […]
8th Feb 2023
Elizabeth Atkinson has written an article for Private Client Business, looking at the judgment given in the landmark case of Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27. The Supreme Court handed down majority and minority judgments which examine the proper approach to remedies in cases of proprietary estoppel. The article comprehensively considers these judgments and their […]
10th Oct 2022
Paul Stafford has written again on manorial law for the Property Law Journal. The article, “Re-constructing manorial title”, examines basic principles of manorial law as it affects lordships, and recent decisions in the higher courts. It asks whether purchasers of manorial titles today can identify and exercise rights which have substantive value. In short, is […]
29th Jul 2022
Sidney Ross has written for Private Client Business on the additional claims that could be made by the claimant to a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The article reviews the outcomes of 16 claims under the 1975 Act in which an additional claim was brought and questions whether […]
20th Jul 2022
Ten Old Square is delighted to announce it has again been ranked as a Band 1 set for Chancery: Traditional in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners High Net Worth. Described as a premier set for handling trusts, probate and estates matters, the depth of our set’s expertise is highlighted as a particular […]
