Lynne Counsell

Call date: 1986

Lynne is a Full Member of Addington Chambers. Her two areas of expertise are private client (traditional Chancery work such as probate procedure, accounts, Inheritance Act claims, Court of Protection matters, cases under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958, mutual wills, construction of wills and trusts) and financial services (interpretation of the FSMA 2000, collective investment schemes, regulatory issues and the marketing of investments).

This is with a particular emphasis on drafting but also includes advisory and litigation work. Drafting comprises the drafting and interpretation of wills and trusts as well as commercial documents.

Lynne is the author of numerous books, including various volumes of Atkin’s Court Forms. This gives a unique insight into drafting, procedural and legal issues and means, for example, she has won cases on more obscure causes of action such as account stated.

She is also on the expert panel for LexisNexis Q&A – Private Client and LexisNexis Q&A – Commercial Lynne has given numerous lectures and seminars on the “Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Court of Protection”, including for Leeds Law Society.

History BA (Hons) – Bedford College, London University.

Diploma in Law – City University, London

Chancery Bar Association

2017 Corporate International Global “Investment Contracts Barrister of the Year in England”.