Practice is primarily trusts-based and includes related tax work; advises on and litigates in areas of family, charitable, pension, commercial and employee trusts, this includes the duties of trustees and their breach, conflicts of interest and self-dealing, variation of trusts, and attacks by creditors and others on trusts and trustees; advisory work includes drafting of trust documentation and effect of UK taxation on both UK and overseas trusts; a substantial part of his practice concerns offshore trusts, estates and companies in the Channel Islands, BVI, Cayman Islands, Bahamas and Hong Kong; called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Court in the BVI and Anguilla; acted for over four years in the long-running Alhamrani litigation in Jersey; was an editor of the 17th and 18th editions of Lewin on Trusts and is senior editor of the forthcoming 19th edition; won the award for Chancery Junior of the Year at the Chambers Bar Awards in 2011.
London Bar
Lynton Tucker –New Square Chambers ‘Lynton has a vast experience of all matters relating to trusts both contentious and non-contentious and his wisdom is very deep. He is very thoughtful and very practical in his advice.’
The English Bar Offshore
Lynton Tucker –New Square Chambers ‘Lynton is a first class litigator, with an intellectual rigour, hands-on approach and team work. He is noted for his highly persuasive advocacy and his ability to master and control very large scale and often cross-jurisdictional litigation.’