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Adam Stewart-Wallace

Land, especially mortgages, landlord and tenant; and constructive trusts; professional negligence, insolvency and franchising;

Elizabeth Atkinson

Barrister specialising in general Chancery, commercial and property litigation, public and administrative law and judicial review.

Georgia Bedworth

A barrister whose practice encompasses litigation, drafting and advisory work across the full range of Chancery and Chancery commercial matters. A significant part of her practice involves dealing with all aspects of landlord and tenant law and real property issues and she is recommended in the property litigation section of ‘The Legal 500’. Georgia also has experience of trusts and estates, in particular the administration of estates, probate claims, family provision claims and non-contentious matters, including inheritance tax planning.

Barrister with a commercial and chancery practice including litigation, contentious and non-contentious drafting and advisory work. Particular experience of large scale litigation in commercial chancery and partnership/LLP practice areas.

Private Client - non contentious and contentious; property; partnership; commercial Chancery; Court of Protection

Barrister - Called 2015

Barrister - Called 2017

James MacDougald

Barrister with a general Chancery practice including litigation, advice and drafting in all of Chambers’ core disciplines. He has particular experience of private client work and advises regularly on wills, trust and estate administration, capital taxation, Court of Protection matters, contentious trust and inheritance disputes and family provision claims.As a litigator, James appears in trust and estate disputes both as sole counsel and as part of a team. He also undertakes property, insolvency and general commercial litigation in the High Court and the County Court. While the majority of his cases are litigated in the English courts, he has also recently been instructed in trust disputes in Jersey, Bermuda and the Bahamas.

Jeremy has a chancery commercial practice, focusing on litigation. He is a Barrister and Arbitrator with a strong reputation in partnership and LLP litigation. He regularly advises management on internal issues within partnerships/LLPs (including partner exits, team moves and restructuring). He represents both firms and individual partners, from solicitors, private equity, financial services firms, accountants, doctors and dentists to hedge funds, recruitment consultants, family property partnerships and farmers. Additionally he regularly advises on non-contentious partnership matters. He also acts on all manner of business related disputes, company disputes, professional negligence, insolvency and commercial matters. Jeremy regularly represents clients at arbitrations and mediations. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Co-author of “LLP and Partnership Law: A legal and practical guide” published by LexisNexis 2024. Shortlisted for “Chancery Junior of the Year” by both Legal 500 Bar Awards 2023 and Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022.

Jonathan Gavaghan

Jonathan Gavaghan has a busy chancery and commercial practice. He has particular expertise in partnership/LLP, commercial and property litigation in both the High Court and arbitration. Company law (including breach of fiduciary duty claims and shareholder disputes) is a further area in which he specialises.

Matthew Slater’s practice covers a wide range of Chancery, Commercial and (as one of the Attorney-General’s 'A' Panel Counsel) Public Law work. He undertakes the full-range of domestic trust, probate and estate litigation as well as advising and acting for investment funds, banks and investors. In addition, he is often instructed when the Government becomes involved in commercial disputes.Matthew also has wide experience of substantive appeals before the Court of Appeal, appearing for both commercial and governmental clients.

Naomi’s practice covers litigation, drafting and advisory work across the full range of commercial chancery and chancery matters, but with particular focus on partnership and LLPs. Her practice also covers probate and trust matters. In her partnership work, Naomi represents clients in litigation (both at hearings and at the settlement stage), advises on internal issues within partnerships/LLPs and undertakes non-contentious advisory and drafting work, both for firms and individuals.

Barrister specialising in commercial and property-related issues of chancery work, including Lloyds’ Names, the regulation of financial services professionals, solicitors, accountants and surveyors.

An experienced Chancery practitioner, Philip Jenkins’ practice encompasses the breadth of chancery and related commercial work and his time is divided between litigating, advising and drafting. He has particular expertise in trusts, wills, probate, the administration of estates, family provision, real property and professional negligence claims In relation to these fields. In the commercial sphere he is regularly instructed In partnership, company and shareholder disputes. Philip regularly delivers talks and seminars to clients, regional law societies and branches of STEP.

Richard Dew's practice is focussed on Wills, Estates and Trusts and related professional negligence. His practice is predominantly litigation, and he is frequently involved in large and complex claims. He also advises and represents in Court of Protection matters and provides expert advice in respect of tax and tax planning (principally capital taxation).

Robert Arnfield

Barrister in general Chancery/commercial practice. Particular expertise in relation to trusts, wills and probate, estate administration, family provision, disputes over land, charities and insolvency along with related litigation, taxation (in particular inheritance tax, capital gains tax and stamp duty land tax) and professional negligence.

Samuel Laughton

Barrister specialising in Chancery, especially property litigation, landlord and tenant, commercial, company and insolvency, probate and administration of estates, and professional negligence arising out of the above fields.

Sidney Ross was called to the Bar in 1983 at the age of 51, after a career of 24 years lecturing in Chemistry in the University of London. His practice is entirely in the field of trusts and estates, with particular emphasis on claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The current edition of his textbook on that subject is published by Sweet & Maxwell in the Trusts, Wills and Probate Library series and he is a frequent contributor of articles on family provision and will construction to legal journals.

Barrister specialising in Chancery work (both litigation and advisory work) with special expertise in the fields of trusts, estates and tax, professional negligence, partnership, charity, real property, Inheritance Act claims;

Susannah Meadway

Susannah Meadway's practice encompasses advisory, drafting and litigation work in the fields of trusts and associated taxation, with a preponderance of work for large landed estates. Her work extends to wills, probate and the administration of estates, pensions, family provision, Court of Protection matters and charities. A significant part of her practice concerns applications to the Court under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 to extend the lifetimes of trusts, and securing rectification by the Court of trust documents. Out of court, her work mainly consists of assisting trustees and beneficiaries to achieve their aims for the continuation and smooth running of their trusts, tax efficiently and with maximum flexibility.