Sidney Ross

• British Academy of Forensic Science (Fellow)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow)
• Chancery Bar Association
• Institute of Family Law Arbitrators
• Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners

• PhD, University of York (2020)
• BA, Open University (2010)
• LLB, University of London (1982)
• MSc University of London (1966)
• PhD, University of London (1958)
• BSc, University of London (1955)

• Disappointed beneficiaries: alternatives affecting 1975 Act claims, Private Client Business, 2022 (4), 130-137.
• The freedom to disinherit: forced heirship rules and 1975 Act claims by adult children; Trust Quarterly Review, 19(4) 2021.
• Applications for extensions of time under s.4 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, Trust Quarterly Review 18(3), (2020).
• The superannuated concept-Domicile as a barrier to family provision claims: Trust Quarterly Review 11(3) (2013) 27-46.
• Ilott v Mitson-incremental development or revolutionary departure?:  Trust Quarterly Review 9(4) (2011) 12-19.
• Inheritance Act Claims by Dependants: Family Law 40, (2010) 490-499.
• 1975 Act claims by surviving spouses-the impact of Miller and Charman:  Trust Quarterly Review 5(4) (2007) 35-46.
• Forfeiture clauses in wills:  Trust Quarterly Review 1(1) (2003), 7-17.
• Personal representatives and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; TACT review (Quarterly Review of the Association of Corporate Trustees) (2002), issue 20, p.8.
• The implications of White v White for Inheritance Act claims, Part I [2001] Family Law 547; Part II, [2001] Family Law 619.
• 17 other articles in Family Law Journal, Family Law Week, Resolution, Elderly Client Adviser and Trusts and Estates Law Journal.

Sidney Ross is a self-employed, independent barrister whose practice is governed by the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales. He is regulated by The Bar Standards Board [Bar Ref 19392] and is fully insured with the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund [BMIF Ref 2360/075] to provide legal services, please refer to the BMIF website for full details of the world-wide cover provided. He is NOT registered for VAT .