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Simon Taube KC

Simon Taube KC

Work Department

Private Client: Trusts and Probate, Private Client: Personal Tax, Charities

Position

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;

Career

Qualified 1980, Middle Temple and Lincoln’s Inn; QC 2000.

Important cases include: Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing [2017] EWCA Civ 74, [2015] EWHC 2366: Data Protection Act and trusts; Davidson v Seelig [2016]: Protector’s powers and court’s trust jurisdiction; Crociani v Crociani and others [2014] UKPC 40: contentious breach of trust claim; Re Nina Wang [2014] HKCA: charitable trust and company law; The Warburg Institute [2014]; construction of trust deed; Re: The Law Society [2014]; Buzzoni v HMRC [2013] CA: HT and unjust enrichment; Labrouche v Frey [2012] CA: breach of trust, abuse of process; In the Matter of the A Trust [2012] Bermuda: trust jurisdiction clauses; A-G’s Poverty Reference [2011] public benefit in charity; Fattal v Walbrook [2010] trustee exoneration clause.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; Revenue Bar Association; STEP.

Education

Westminster School; Merton College, Oxford (1978 Modern History 1st); Diploma in Law.

Leisure

Singing, tennis.

Mentions

London Bar

Charities

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Simon Taube KC –Ten Old Square 'Simon is intensely intelligent and highly focussed. His attention to the finer details is a joy to behold.'
London Bar

Private wealth and probate

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Simon Taube KC –Ten Old Square 'Simon is excellent in his field, technically astute and very responsive.'