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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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.
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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.
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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.
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 […]
7th Jul 2022
Trusts and Trustees has published an article by Thomas Arnull concerning the recent important Jersey case of Cohen and Crooks as the Joint Administrators of the Estate of the Late James Donald Hanson and Anor. v Arbitrage Research and Trading Limited S.A. and Ors [2021] JRC319, relating to sham trusts. The article analyses the doctrine on sham […]
4th Jul 2022
Richard Dew and James Kirby have written for Private Client Business on when it might be appropriate to apply to the Court of Protection for a statutory will, in circumstances where there is a dispute about the validity of an existing will. The article explores the problems involved in terms of legal principle, procedure and costs. It […]
20th Jan 2022
Evan Price has written ‘A Practical Guide to Challenging a Will Due to Undue Influence or Fraudulent Calumny’, published by Law Brief Publishing. The work is a guide to the concepts of ‘undue influence’ and ‘fraudulent calumny’ and sets out a practical framework for challenges to wills where there is such a claim. Drawing on […]
4th Jan 2022
Article: Freedom to disinherit Sidney Ross has written for STEP’s Trust Quarterly Review (TQR) on forced heirship rules and 1975 Act claims by adult children. The article examines inheritance claims by adult children, identifying factors which significantly influence outcomes and questioning whether there has been any change in judicial attitudes since Ilott v Mitson [2018] […]
