Elliott Phillips

Litigation, Private Wealth Disputes, international contentious trusts and estates

Elliott is an internationally recognised barrister (qualifying in England and Gibraltar in 2002) and specialises in global commercial litigation, offshore contentious trusts, estates and private wealth disputes.

His practice also includes civil fraud, asset tracing, insolvency (including insurance), and shareholder disputes. Uniquely, Elliott is also able to accept instructions to appear before all Courts in England and Wales.

Primarily based in Gibraltar, Elliott is regularly instructed by leading international firms in which Gibraltar proceedings are issued or where there is a strong Gibraltar connection to the litigation. Elliott has considerable experience in trust disputes and appears regularly before the Chancery Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council.  .

Elliott’s cases involve, directions applications, removal of trustees, protectors and executors, challenging trustees’ decisions, breach of trust, advising trustees and beneficiaries on freezing order and Norwich Pharmacal applications in both domestic and in support of foreign proceedings, as well as advising on trusts in the divorce context.

Beyond his chancery/commercial work, Elliott led a team in Gibraltar’s first ever abuse of dominate position claim under the Competition Act 2020 and related regulatory appeals up to Gibraltar final appellate level before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Elliott is also a proponent of pro-bono and has led the advocacy on behalf of many families in the context of inquests involving, health authorities, the Ministry of Defence, the Royal Navy, the Prison Service and law enforcement agencies including successfully securing a verdict of unlawful killing.

Elliott is recognised in the Private Client Global Elite, a global directory of elite lawyers advising UHNW clients. In 2020 he was also recognised by Citywealth's Leaders List as on of the Top 100 Trust Litigators and Top 35 Private Client Litigators (Europe).

In 2015, Elliott was elected as a Member of Parliament in Gibraltar and served as the Shadow Minister for Justice between November 2015 and November 2017 and as HM Leader of the Opposition from 4 December 2017 to 19 October 2019. Elliott was re-elected in 2019 for a further four years and served as Shadow Minister for Health during the Covid 19 Pandemic. Elliott retired from front line politics in November 2023 after 10 years in public life.

University of Plymouth.