Ten Old Square is renowned for its trusts and estates expertise.
We are consistently ranked as one of the top private client sets in Chambers UK, Chambers HNW and The Legal 500. We have won Chambers of the Year at the STEP Private Client Awards twice.
Many of our barristers are also individually ranked, with multiple ‘Star Individual’ and ‘Band 1’ rankings, and often appear in the largest and most complex trust and estates disputes, both in this jurisdiction and offshore.
Chambers UK Bar Guide states:
Ten Old Square remains a premier set for handling trusts, probate and estates matters. The bench strength at the set is highlighted as a particular asset, with one interviewee commenting: “The set has a strong set of barristers who between them are able to advise on the full range of chancery matters.” An impressed source echoes this, adding: “They are truly a specialist set for this sort of work, and a ‘go-to’ for high-value or complicated trust or probate litigation. Within that team they certainly have breadth of knowledge.” Barristers at the set have been involved in several high-profile matters recently, including the Del-Curto v Del-Curto matter, an international case concerning whether Italian forced estate succession rights could be enforced in England. Other matters handled include Gorbachev v Guriev, a case concerning two Russian billionaires, and Dawson-Damer v Grampian Trust Co Ltd, a large breach of trust claim in Bermuda.
Several of our barristers are also individually ranked by the directories, with Simon Taube KC and Richard Dew both receiving the rare and coveted accolade of “Star Individual” from Chambers UK.
Many of our barristers are specialists in related fields such as Court of Protection, Private Client (Non-Contentious), Partnerships, Property and Tax. This means we can provide a full service at the highest level of expertise for all matters relating to trusts and estates.
Our members give regular seminars to other legal professional in this area. Ten Old Square also hosts the London Trusts Conference, an annual event that features in the calendars of most of the leading trusts lawyers in the UK and beyond.
For more information or to instruct our barristers, please contact our clerks.
Our barristers have expertise in all types of contentious trusts work, including:
For more details on our barristers’ experience in non-contentious trusts matters, please see our Private Client page.
Our barristers are among the leading experts in disputes relating to probate, inheritance and estates, including:
Our barristers author some of the leading textbooks in this field, including Ross on Inheritance Act Claims (5th edition, 2023), Williams on Wills (11th edition, 2021) and Rossdale on Probate and Administration of Estates (online).
Key trust and estate cases in which our barristers have been involved include:
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